Cécile Renouard Date / time: Thursday, October 8, 2020 – 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Place : Inria Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes – Grand Amphi ; Ligne TAG C1 Abstract : To understand in order to act, to train in order to transform – this is the aim of the Grande…
Denis Dupré Date / time: Thursday, January 23, 2020 – 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Summary: Finance: firefighters of collapse (Part II): How can alternative financial practices limit ecological and societal collapses? In this talk, we’ll look in detail at the technical workings of these alternative forms of finance (green…
Denis Dupré Date: Thursday 05 December 2019 – 11.30am-1.30pm Location : Inria Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes – Grand Amphi ; Bus line TAG C1 Summary: Finance: the firestarter of collapse (Part I) : How does modern finance share responsibility for ecological and societal collapse? In this talk, we will look in…
Sophie Wahnich Date: Thursday 24 September 2019 – 11.30am-1.30pm Location : Inria Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes – Grand Amphi ; TAG line C1 Summary: The french king was not hated in 1789; far from it, he was praised as a king who listened to his people, because the Third Estate, which…
Summary: This conference provides an overview – by no means exhaustive – of the barriers to action on environmental issues. It focuses largely on psychological, biological and cognitive barriers. These barriers, which act at the level of individuals and groups, facilitate the effect of more structural and significant barriers, such…
Christophe Bonneuil Date: Thursday 13 June 2019 – 11.30am-1.30pm Location : Inria Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes – Grand Amphi ; TAG line C1 Summary: For half a millennium, defining the Earth’s wealth, equilibrium and limits, and its ‘proper’, sustainable and rational use, has been an issue of power. Rather than an…
Grégoire Chambaz Date: Thursday 16 May 2019 – 11.30am-1.30pm Location: Inria Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes – Grand Amphi ; TAG line C1 Summary: A blackout is the interruption of a region’s electricity supply. It is a phenomenon little known to the general public, but feared by specialists. The consequences of such…
Olivier Vidal Date: Thursday 11 April – 11.30am-1.30pm Location: Inria Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes – Grand Amphi ; TAG line C1 Summary: The energy transition requires the construction of new infrastructures for the production, storage, transport and use of energy, which consume many ‘basic’ raw materials and rarer substances. The production…
Francoise Berthoud Date / time : 15 November 2018 – 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Place : Inria Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes – Grand Amphi ; Ligne TAG C1 Summary : For over 10 years, digital technology has been widely promoted as a technological solution to the energy transition and, more generally,…
Benoit Pelopidas Date / time : 9 October 2018 – 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Place : Inria Grenoble – Rhône-Alpes – Grand Amphi ; Ligne TAG C1 Summary : In 2018, there are more than 14,000 nuclear weapons systems in the world; most nuclear-weapon states are in the process of…
