End : 24 April 2026 à 16:00
The PMMU research group is organising a seminar on Friday 24 April 2026, from 2 pm to 4 pm in room B235 (Bienvenüe Building) and via Zoom.
Daniel Florentin and Emile Balembois will present their work on the ANR Ecomodam project and the challenges posed by planetary boundaries.
A different approach to measurement and a shift in priorities in urban projects. Insights into the Ecomodam project – Daniel Florentin
As part of the ANR Ecomodam project, we are examining the issue of greening in spatial planning and how this is reflected in the practices and tools of (public) planners. The challenge is to understand the challenges involved in this greening process, to observe the transformations in professional practices at work, and to equip certain planners to take into account new metrics related to materials, living organisms or energy. The presentation will offer a dual account of the transformations identified in our various fields of study and the experiments underway regarding the transformation of planning management tools, particularly assessments. These empirical observations raise questions about the different versions of greening that coexist and the forms of friction that drive them.
What role do planetary boundaries play in informing the development of French municipal and inter-municipal policies? – Emile Balembois
This presentation reports on doctoral research into the use of territorialisations of the planetary boundaries framework. The research comprises an interdisciplinary research-intervention approach centred on the development of territorialisations and the analysis of their effects. It was conducted in collaboration with members of a network of stakeholders at the (inter)municipal level (France Villes et Territoires Durables). The presentation will first outline the research approach and its results. It will then focus on the analysis of the discourses observed throughout this research, which justify the mobilisation of planetary boundaries. These discourses highlight the motivations emerging around a problem that inter-municipal bodies must resolve, for which planetary boundaries facilitate early identification and represent a means of addressing it subsequently. The analysis of these mobilisations will reveal the agenda-setting strategies at work. These revolve around a tension between local environmental problems and engagement with global issues.
