Mapping agro-ecology for better assessment
An innovative approach combining fieldwork and local participation means that agroecology can be evaluated with fewer resources and comparable results
Making water use fair for everybody
As World Water Day approaches, Hester le Roux highlights the link between water security, gender equality and women’s rights – and explains why the Fair Water Footprints programme is working to ensure that the water we use is truly equitable for all.
The Knowledge Communities
The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development organizes permanent forums for dialogue and exchange bringing together partners around major societal challenges
Projecting the Anthropocene
Anthropocene engagements with the general public through visual and artistic approaches in Korea
Stéphanie Bost: “We are structuring non-academic research”
In France, ALLISS brings together academic and non-academic organizations to develop a “third sector” for research, which is essential for the development of participatory research
The president of IUPAP presents EHC
A roundtable dedicated to the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development was organized in Muscat, Oman
Thierry Machefert: ”The University Caen Normandy has a unique approach to science and society relationships”
In the past four years, participatory research pervaded several kinds of initiatives undertaken by the university in order to develop strong links between research and citizens
Florence Belaen: “University must be involved in the development of the economy and the region”
The science shop at Lumière-Lyon 2 University gives associations and social economy businesses access to research
Morocco: Co-Constructing the Past at Igîlîz
Interactions between local knowledge and scientific expertise about the use of Argan tree promote heritage resilience in a rural environment in Morocco