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"Living with the consequences of climate change: illuminating and building the foundations of a social contract" - launch of the FORESEE project

Sciences Po Grenoble-UGA is involved in 2 of the 6 France 2030 projects of the AMI "Programmes de Recherche en Sciences Humaines et Sociales": FORESEE led by UGA and DemoCIS led by the University of Lille.

 

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Date

April 15, 2025

Amélie Artis

 

Amélie Artis (photo above), University Professor at Sciences Po Grenoble-UGA, is scientific coordinator of the FORESEE project, alongside Caroline Rossi and Anna Ghimenton.

A program fully aligned with the school's commitment to transitions (creation of cross-disciplinary courses in A1 and A3 on digital and ecological issues) and with the participation of graduate courses such as Transitions Ecologiques - TE, Management et gestion des entreprises - MGE and Développement et expertise de l'économie sociale - DEES.

 

While scientific knowledge of the climate has been accumulating for decades, the consequences of climate change are now a reality experienced on a large scale. The project focuses on this largely unexplored lived dimension, in order to :

 

  • Understand the varied reactions to the consequences of climate change, documenting discourses, epistemic obstacles and the emergence of ecological sensibilities.

     

  • Analyze local adaptation and resilience mechanisms, exploring the dynamics of public, private and associative players, with a particular focus on vulnerable areas.

     

  • Rethinking the foundations of the social contract, by examining the impact of climate inequalities and injustices on fundamental legal and social concepts.

Its flagship initiatives include the creation of an Observatory of Climate Inequalities and a Reference Framework on the consequences of climate change to guide public action. FORESEE thus illustrates the central role of the human and social sciences in understanding and adapting to a world transformed by climate. A promising initiative to inform decisions and build a sustainable future.

 

This project involves a consortium of 7 institutional partners (Université de Lille, Université Lyon 3, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, INRAE), bringing together 323 researchers and 52 laboratories, with funding of 9 million euros over 7 years. It is supported by numerous local (CEA, Fondation UGA, Grec Alpes- Auvergne...), national (ANACT, Rossignol...) and international (Oxford University, MIT, University of Stockholm) stakeholders.