Sustainability Science - Volume 3
Understand, co-construct, transform
This third volume of contributions from members of the IRD community - scientists, experts, artists, project leaders and representatives of civil society - brings the total number of articles published on this theme since 2022 to over 100. Structured around the triptych “understand, co-construct, transform,” these articles collectively amount to a compendium of sustainability science, a science which is rapidly emerging as a key response to some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, an...
Note de l’éditeur
Peer review board
Valérie Verdier, IRD Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer
Gilles Pecassou, Deputy Executive Director
Isabelle Benoist, General Secretary
Philippe Charvis, Deputy Director for Science
Marie-Lise Sabrié, Director of the Scientific and Technological Culture Mission
Claire Fréour, Sustainability Science Mission Director
Éditeur : IRD Éditions
Lieu d’édition : Marseille
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 16 juillet 2026
ISBN numérique : 978-2-7099-3120-5
DOI : 10.4000/16l6q
Collection : Hors collection
Année d’édition : 2024
Nombre de pages : 156
Valérie Verdier
PrefaceOlivier Dangles, Marie-Lise Sabrié et Claire Fréour
IntroductionUnderstand
Joseph Larmarange
The science of implementation: from effective innovations to sustainable interventionsLaetitia Gauvin
Human transport systems and sustainabilityRomain Authier, Benjamin Pillot, Guillaume Guimbretière et al.
The food-energy-water nexus for small islandsHeribert Hirt, Ndjido Ardo Kane et Laurent Laplaze
A paradigm shift in agricultural research to tackle climate changeOttone Scammacca
Geodiversity, geofunctionality and land planning: an interdisciplinary perspective on non-organic resourcesPatricia Licznar-Fajardo et Jean-Louis Perrin
An interdisciplinary approach to studying antimicrobial resistanceGuillaume Dezecache
Cognition at the heart of sustainabilityAndres Garchitorena
Global health challenges and solutions: what can sustainability science bring to the table?Risa Permanadeli, Irene Valitutto, Martin Aweh et al.
The concept of the “sustainable city” in the Global South and the spectre of decolonisationRomain Guyot, Rommel Montufar et Cédric Mariac
What can genetics bring to the concept of ecological sustainability?Isabelle Guérin
Women in debt: the invisible cost of sustainabilityCo-construct
Éric Blanchart et Jean Trap
Intensifying the ecological functions of soils for a more sustainable agriculture: acting with actorsAlice Chadwick El-Ali et Maggy Heintz
Equitable research partnerships: putting theory into practiceMarie-Paule Bonnet, Neriane N. da Hora, Kevin Chapuis et al.
Fishing in the Amazon: play first, negotiate laterMina Kleiche-Dray et Maël Goumri
Participatory research and sustainability scienceSylvie Fanchette, Nadège Letourneur et Emmanuel Pannier
The ambivalence of low carbon research with partners in the Global SouthPapa Gueye Sow, Antoine Baigue, Manon Balagi et al.
Joint field work, a catalyst to transdisciplinarityJulien Rebotier, Pascale Metzger, Jean-Mathieu Nocquet et al.
Developing disaster science as a means of reducing risksTransform
Maïssa Mbaye, Gaoussou Camara et Hélène Kirchner
The digital transformation of African universities: opportunities and challenges for the SDGsThomas Delahais et Agathe Devaux-Spatarakis
How can we amplify and promote the impact of scientific research on society?Jean-Marc Lange
Towards a didactics of sustainabilityValéry Ridde et Tony Zitty
Knowledge brokering: rising to the challenges of sustainability scienceAlice Comte, Stéphanie Juban, Laura Leblanc et al.
Sustainability science in Horizon Europe collaborative projectsOlivier Ragueneau et Vanessa Lea
Transformative territorial science: the example of the “Zone Atelier” networkNathalie Blanc
In defence of artistic ecologiesFrédéric Zahm, Sydney Girard, David Carayon et al.
Evaluating the sustainability of agricultural systems: the example of the Idea4 methodThis third volume of contributions from members of the IRD community - scientists, experts, artists, project leaders and representatives of civil society - brings the total number of articles published on this theme since 2022 to over 100. Structured around the triptych “understand, co-construct, transform,” these articles collectively amount to a compendium of sustainability science, a science which is rapidly emerging as a key response to some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, and a catalysing force for the necessary societal transformations.
Olivier Dangles (dir.)
Olivier Dangles is a researcher in sustainability science at IRD and co-founder of WasiLab at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. His scientific approach, both nomadic and attentive to aesthetics, engages with sustainability challenges across multiple ecosystems, with a particular focus on the tropical Andes.
Marie-Lise Sabrié (dir.)
Director of the scientific and technological culture mission at IRD, Marie-Lise Sabrié is also the delegate for ‘science with and for society’ within IRD's governance structure.
Claire Fréour (dir.)
Claire Fréour is a sustainability science project manager at IRD.
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Préhistoires au sud du Triangle d’or
Valéry Zeitoun, Hubert Forestier et Supaporn Nakbunlung (dir.)
2008
À la découverte des villages de métier au Vietnam
Dix itinéraires autour de Hà Nội
Sylvie Fanchette et Nicholas Stedman
2009
Des sources du savoir aux médicaments du futur
Jacques Fleurentin, Jean-Marie Pelt et Guy Mazars (dir.)
2002
Manuel de sclérochronologie des poissons
Jacques Panfili, Hélène de Pontual, Hervé Troadec et al. (dir.)
2002
The inland water fishes of Africa
Diversity, ecology and human use
Didier Paugy, Christian Levêque et Olga Otero (dir.)
2017
Discovering Craft Villages in Vietnam
Ten itineraries around Hà Nội
Sylvie Fanchette et Nicholas Stedman Nicholas Stedman (trad.)
2016
Coopération Afrique-Europe en matière de recherche et innovation
Défis mondiaux, réponses bi-régionales
Andrew Cherry, Gérard Ralphs, James Haselip et al. (dir.)
2018
Au cœur des mondes de l'aide internationale
Regards et postures ethnographiques
Philippe Lavigne-Delville et Marion Fresia (dir.)
2018
