PhD · Université Grenoble Alpes

Agricultural Metabolism in France, 1852–2050

Quantitative Environmental History and Biophysical Analysis of Stakeholder Perspectives.

ISTerre · CIRED · defence scheduled for 12 November 2026

Question

How does the material structure of agricultural systems shape their performance, vulnerabilities, historical trajectories and possible futures?

Approach

Social metabolism, nitrogen and carbon accounting, network science, unsupervised learning and quantitative foresight.

E-GRAFS

An open model for agro-food flow accounting

E-GRAFS extends the GRAFS framework with a more disaggregated, modular and reproducible representation of agricultural systems.

E-GRAFS architecture
PhD

Supervision

The thesis is conducted at the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre) and the International Research Center on Environment and Development (CIRED).

Thesis supervisor

Olivier Vidal

Co-supervisor

Lauriane Mouysset