Spring School "Water, a resource under high voltage?", May 22-26, 2023

The theme of the 2023 edition: "Water, a resource under high tension?"

The place of water is central, as it is a necessary element for the development of life on Earth and central to climate regulation. If it runs out, if there is an excess or if its quality deteriorates, a whole range of ecosystems and entire populations are threatened. Against a backdrop of profound global change, this week's course will explore an emblematic resource at the heart of environmental issues, examining water from a number of angles: from uses, to stakeholders, to management and sharing methods, right through to issues of power and risk.

Initiated by Inalco's Environment specialization course and the Centre d'études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains et asiatiques (CESSMA), this training course will also involve several partners, relays from the scientific world and experts in the field of water: Action contre la faim (ACF), the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), and the association Réseau d'Études et d'Echanges en Sciences Sociales sur l'Eau (Rés-EAUx).

The spring school is aimed at anyone (Master's students, doctoral and post-doctoral students, professionals) wishing to learn more about water-related environmental issues. It also targets players involved in the entire project cycle. It is open to public and private administrations, the associative world(NGOs, associations, solidarity and humanitarian foundations...), companies and international institutions.

Join us for an enriching experience that will help you meet current and future water challenges!

The Spring School will be held from May 22 to 26, 2023 at Inalco.

• Monday May 22 - inaugural conference: "Water, a resource under high tension?" - 4:30pm-6pm

Inalco, PLC - 65, rue des Grands Moulins - 75013 Paris

• Tuesday May 23 to Friday May 26, 2023

Inalco, Maison de la recherche - 2, rue de Lille - 75007 Paris

Contact: Mounia Bouali - mounia.bouali@inalco.fr

The objectives of the spring school

The main aims of this training week are:

• Treat project management in a conceptual and practical way in relation to water (from its conception to its realization)
• Cross experiences by combining multidisciplinary theoretical knowledge on water and emblematic practical case studies such as the Baltic Sea, the Aral Sea, South India, the Mediterranean basin, etc.
• Cross experiences by combining multidisciplinary theoretical knowledge on water and emblematic practical case studies such as the Baltic Sea, the Aral Sea, South India, the Mediterranean basin, etc.
• Cross experiences by combining multidisciplinary theoretical knowledge on water and emblematic practical case studies.
• Targeting participants' needs as closely as possible by working in days centered around major water themes, each time bringing together an expert from the world of development and a scientific expert
• Nurturing more generally the subjects
• and the subjects
• . in a more general way the reflections and exchanges around the current issues of water resource management and sharing

An original space for training and collective work

Working language: French

The total duration of the training course is around forty hours. It takes place over five days, including a first half-day of introductory and general training, followed by four specific thematic days that can be followed independently of the others.

High points will punctuate the thematic days:

• Introductory sessions with a theoretical focus and more practical case study sessions will be presented by intervenors specializing in water.
• Individual and group work sessions will enable formal and informal exchanges encouraged between participants and speakers in order to facilitate personalized exchanges on participants' projects/work
• activities will enrich exchanges, such as the opening of an exhibition on fishing practices, a screening-debate around the documentary film Nations of Water, etc.

At the end of the Spring School, participants will be able to:

• Constitute and/or consolidate specific knowledge around a water-related issue according to the themes addressed (uses, players, management, risks, etc.).)
• Acquire expertise in the various phases of project management: from its conception to its implementation
• Build a network of potential contacts with experts in development and research projects
• Be able to have a more global reflection around water in a current context of accelerating socio-environmental changes

Program

Find the complete program here.

Day 1: inaugural conference - Water: a resource under high tension?
May 22 - Inalco - Auditorium PLC

General introductory afternoon open to all
with talks by:

• David Blanchon (Geographer, University Professor, Paris Nanterre University-Author of the World Atlas on Water, Autrement, 2022)

"Regards de pêche" exhibition by Rés-EAUx

Day 2: Water: actors and modes of governance
May 23 - Inalco - Maison de la recherche

Day 3: Water: management of a resource and power issues
May 24 - Inalco - Maison de la recherche

Day 4: Water: social dynamics in the face of environmental change
May 25 - Inalco - Maison de la recherche

• Debate screening of the documentary film Nations of Water. Law and climate migrations in the Pacific.

Day 5: Water: habitat and major risks
May 26 - Inalco - Maison de la recherche

Registration procedures

The training is fee-based in two modalities and limited to 20 participants.

Pricing per week:

• 500 euros for professionals
• 250 euros for doctoral and post-doctoral students
• Free for students

Pricing per day (with the exception of the first day being. free and open to all)

• 100 euros for professionals
• 50 euros for doctoral and post-doctoral students
• Free for students

Organizing committee members
Ornella Puschiasis, senior lecturer in geography, Inalco, CESSMA
Assen Slim, university lecturer in Economics, Inalco, CREE-CESSMA
Mounia Bouali, architect-doctor of urban planning, scientific coordinator, Inalco

Scientific committee members
Olivia Aubriot, Research Fellow in Geography / Agro Ethnologue, CNRS-CESAH
Sylvie Fanchette, Director of Research in Geography, IRD-CESSMA
Selin Le Visage, senior lecturer in geography, MCF Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, LADYSS, member of Rés-EAUx

Scientific event subsidized by the Inalco Scientific Council, the CESSMA laboratory, the Inalco Foundation and the SEDIF.