Governance

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)
• 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)
• 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)

International Scientific Committee

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