Valette, Elodie

 

 

VALETTE Elodie Geographer 41 years old   Date of birth : November 19th 1975 Nationality : french Spoken languages : French (Mother Tongue), English : good writing and speaking

UMR ART-DEV CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development). TA C-113/15 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5    Tel : +33 4 67 61 44 11 Mail : elodie.valette@cirad.fr

 

 

Urban agriculture and land issues

       Assessment of land-use changes in peri-urban areas in North and West Africa

       Analysis of farmers’ strategies focusing on land-use decisions and contribution to land governance

       Public policies analysis (housing, agriculture, land) and the evaluation of their impact on urban agriculture, and specifically on land use and land tenure

 

Territorial development and governance    

 

 

 

• 2016- : Senior Research Scientist, Environment and Society Department of CIRAD (Agricultural Research for Development), UMR ART-DEV, Montpellier, France.

•2014-2016 : Senior Visiting fellow, International Food Policy Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C., USA

• Since 2007: Research Scientist, Environment and Society Department of CIRAD (Agricultural Research for Development), UMR TETIS – Mixed Research unit (Territories, Environment, Remote sensing and Spatial Information), Montpellier, France.

• Since 2010: Leader of the TETIS UsIG research group (Use of spatial information and governance)

• 2008-2012: Co-leader of the Research Master course Innovation in rural and periurban areas (Montpellier 3 University, Montpellier Supagro, IAMM).

• 2004-2006: Postdoctoral fellow, ADES Mixed Research Unit, CNRS / Bordeaux 3 University

• 2000-2002: Teaching and Research Assistant, Bordeaux 3 University

  

 

•  2018-2023 : Leader of the research program URBAL Urban Innovations for Sustainable Food Systems

• 2010-2015: Co-leader of the research program DAUME (French National Research Agency  – 2010-2014) Sustainability of Mediterranean urban agricultures http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/daume/

• 2009-2012: WP2 leader for the SERENA research project, Environmental services and uses of rural areas ». French National Research Agency.

• 2008-2011: WP2 leader for the INTERSAMA research project, Territorial integration of rural livelihoods systems». PSDR research fund.

 

 

• 2003:           PhD in Geography, Paris 7 University, with distinction

Dissertion : Pour une approche géographique de l’innovation sociale. L’exemple des territoires ruraux périurbains de la garrigue nord-montpelliéraine (Towards a geographical approach of social innovation. The example of peri-urban rural areas North of Montpellier).

• 1998:          Master degree in Geography and Land Planning, Montpellier University, 1998, with distinction

 

 

• 2004-2005:   Aquitaine Region post-doctoral fellowship

• 2000:            MOST-UNESCO/ IRMC project, Young Scholars seminar, Tunisia.

 

  See https://agritrop.cirad.fr/view/auteurcirad/863.html