BETTER Metaprogramme

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Governance

The metaprogramme is led by a team consisting of a director, a co-director and a project manager in charge of operations. A broader steering committee advises and supports the interdisciplinary approach.

Management team

Sophie Thoyer, Director, joint research unit CEE-M, Montpellier Centre

Jean-Philippe Steyer, co-director, research unit LBE (Narbonne), Montpellier Centre

Pascale Manchado-Sarni, Project Manager joint research unit SPO , Montpellier Centre

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee supports the Metaprogramme’s management team in programming, events management, and scientific monitoring. This committee is composed of scientists from different research divisions, representing a range of disciplines, approaches and scientific backgrounds.

The BETTER Steering Committee by INRAE division:

ACT - Action and transitions: Marc Barbier (LISIS, Marne la vallée), Julie Wohlfahrt (ASTER, Colmar)
AGROECOSYSTEM - Agroecosystems: Arnaud Hélias (ITAP, Montpellier), Florent Levavasseur (ECOSYS, Palaiseau), Christophe Schwartz (Sols et Environnement, Univ . de Lorraine, Nancy)
AQUA - Aquatic ecosystems, water resources and risks: Sami Bouarfa (G-eau, Montpellier)
ECOSOCIO - Economics and Social Sciences: Sophie Thoyer (CEE M, Montpellier), Philippe Delacote (BETA, Nancy)
MICA - Microbiology and the food chain: Véronique Broussolle (SQPOV, Avignon)
MATHNUM - Mathematics and Digital Technologies : Jean Denis Mathias (LISC, Clermont Ferrand)
PHASE - Animal physiology and livestock system : Joël Aubin (SAS, Rennes)
TRANSFORM - Food, bioproducts and waste : Jean Philippe Steyer (LBE, Narbonne), Sylvie Gillot (REVERSAAL, Lyon), Bernard Kurek (FARE, Reims), Anne Tremier (OPAALE, Rennes), Pascale Manchado-Sarni (SPO, Montpellier)
INRAE, CODIR, Cellule de coordination nationale des métaprogrammes : Isabelle Maillet (Paris)

INRAE advisor to the management board: Monique Axelos, Scientific Director for Food and Bioeconomy (Paris)

More about the members of the BETTER Steering Committee

International Scientific Committee

An international committee ('Scientific Advisory Board' or SAB), made up of international scientific experts, provides guidance and advice.

Name	Organisation
Jean-Benoit Bel	Association of cities and regions for sustainable management, Bruxelles, Belgique
Sophie Bernard	Département de Mathématiques et Génie Industriel, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Nicolas Derlon	Department of Process Engineering, EAWAG, Suisse
Sybil Derrible	Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks, Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois, USA
Virginie Le Ravalec	ADEME - RDI Bioéconomie – Agronomie Direction Exécutive Prospective et Recherche (DEPR)
Anne Grenier	ADEME – Villes durables
Vincent Viguié	École des Ponts, Cired, économie et prospective modelling, physique, modélisation et économie

Contact

better@inrae.fr

Governance

Governance

Management team

Steering Committee

International Scientific Committee

Contact

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