"The subject of mountains is widely covered at Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA" - A look back at Democracy and Mountains Day

"We are mobilizing all our disciplines to think about the future of mountain regions: from research in public law, territorial development, and the environment to teaching and training, to field projects carried out by our Master's students in the Vercors or Alpe du Grand Serre, for example." - Simon Persico, Director of Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA, Professor of Political Science.

Democracy and Mountains: a day of debates to better build the mountains of tomorrow together - January 29, 2026

Today, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA's Lecture Hall F welcomed a succession of mountain experts.

Thank you to them for discussing these major contemporary issues during four roundtable discussions:

1/ The Mountain Sports Code: a legal anomaly?

Philippe Yolka - Professor of Public Law, University of Grenoble Alpes

Yannick Vallencant – President of the Interprofessional Mountain Union (SIM) – CFDT, high-altitude mountain guide

Jean-Yves Lapeyrère – President of the European Outdoor Employers Organization (EC-OE), ski instructor

Olan Boucherand – General Manager, Savoie Grand Revard

Patrick Dupont - AC Administrator!! Anti-corruption

Animation:

Olivier Moret (Petzl Foundation)

2/ Combating gender-based and sexual violence: how can French skiing organizations move forward?

Adrien Duvillard – Former member of the French national ski team, president of the Association Piste Libre

Claude Vermorel – Attorney at Law

Animation:

Calvin Leclère (Journalist, Spotlighted)

3/ The 2030 Olympic Games: for whom and for what?

Delphine Larat – lawyer and consultant, JOP30 collective

Guillaume Desmurs – Journalist and author

Pierre Janot – Regional Councilor for AURA, lawyer

Arnaud Pugin – Director of Operations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Marie Christine Plasse – President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Olympic and Sports Committee

Animation:

Jeanne Planchon & Victoria Duhoo (Agir Alternatif, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA)

4/ Ecological transition: things are heating up at the stations

Eric Adamkiewcz – Senior Lecturer at the University of Toulouse

Vincent Neirinck – Mountain Wilderness France

Emmanuel Heyrman – Community of municipalities of Cœur de Chartreuse

Joan Deas – Coordinator of Collectif citoyen La Morte Vivante, an association committed to the future of Alpe du Grand Serre

Olan Boucherand – General Manager, Savoie Grand Revard

Animation:

Agathe Besse & Nina Dreveton (Agir Alternatif, Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA)

An event co-organized by Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA and the Observatory of Mountain and Mountaineering Practices (OPMA) with the support of Spotlighted.