Sustainable agro-ecosystems design challenges

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1 Sustainable agro-ecosystems design challenges Elsa Berthet Sustainable Futures Research Laboratory, McGill University AgreenSkills Annual Meeting October 2015, Barcelona 1

2 Background Life sciences BA in life sciences at Paris Sud University (2002) Agricultural Engineer degree at AgroParisTech (2006) Work experience as a research engineer at INRA: Animation of 4 national and European research programs ( ) M.S. in Management of Public Organizations and Policies at Paris Ouest University, Mines ParisTech and ESCP (2010) PhD in Management Science at Mines ParisTech and INRA (2013) Dir.: Prof. B. Segrestin et Dr. E. Valsceschini Contribution to a design theory of agro-ecosystems. Ecological funds and common unknown Social sciences Postdoctoral fellow at McGill University, NRS (Feb 2015 Jan 2017) With Prof. G. Hickey 2

3 Postdoctoral project 1) Ecology for innovative AES design Ecological knowledge is generally used to inform decision Under what conditions may ecology support innovation processes? 2) Governing the common unknowns In many regulation models, ecosystems are seen as stocks to preserve Can we observe innovative governance settings facilitating the design of new AES? 3

4 1) Ecology for innovative AES design - Maintain >10% grasslands How to build a high quality mosaic? Landscape mosaic, with >10% high quality areas Meadow Alfalfa No till What are the potential values of a landscape mosaic? Weed control Pollination Water quality 4

5 1) Ecology for innovative AES design Principles of a generative ecology AES modeling List of known management factors Changes in AES properties AES design Intermediary variables Hatchuel et al

6 2) Governing the common unknowns Comparison of 2 cases in Quebec (out of 15) and 1 in France Research objective Characterize innovative governance models set up to foster collective AES management Highlight some principles for the design of common unknowns Case selection Cereal agro-ecosystems - water and biodiversity issues Success stories Original and contrasted governance settings Data collection Semi-structured interviews (Nov. 15 Jan. 16) Sequence of actions Design reasoning Knowledge sources Stakeholder system and governance Focus groups: feedbacks on intermediary results (Sept. Oct. 16) 6

7 Publications Publications Berthet E. (2015) Agroécosystèmes innovants : des stocks à préserver aux fonds à concevoir, Vie et Sciences de l Entreprise,199, Berthet E., Barnaud C., Girard N., Labatut J. & Martin G. (2015) How to foster agroecological innovations? A comparison of participatory design methods. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (online first) Berthet E. (2014) Concevoir l écosystème, un nouveau défi pour l agriculture. Presses des Mines, Paris Berthet E., Bretagnolle V. & Segrestin B. (2014) Surmonter un blocage de l innovation par la conception collective. Cas de la réintroduction de luzerne dans une plaine céréalière, Fourrages, 217, Berthet E., Bretagnolle V. & Segrestin B. (2012) Analyzing the Design Process of Farming Practices Ensuring Little Bustard Conservation: Lessons for Collective Landscape Management, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 36:3, Forthcoming papers Levillain K., Agogué M. et Berthet E. (Accepted) Innovation sociale et innovation radicale sont-elles contradictoires? Maîtriser la formulation de la mission sociale pour assurer la générativité. Revue Française de Gestion Agogué M., Berthet E., Fredberg T., Le Masson P., Segrestin B., Stoetzel M., Wiener M. and Yström A. (Accepted) Explicating the role of innovation intermediaries in the unknown : A contingency approach. Journal of Strategy and Management Prost L., Berthet E., Cerf M., Jeuffroy M.H., Labatut J. and Meynard J.M. (Submitted) Innovative design for agriculture in the move towards sustainability: scientific challenges. Research in Engineering Design Work in Progress Berthet E., Hickey G. and Segrestin B., Understanding environmental crisis as a knowledge crisis: toward design-oriented environmental policies, for Research Policy or Environmental Science and Policy Berthet E., Bretagnolle V., Lavorel S., Sabatier R., Tichit M. and Segrestin B, A new perspective on ecology for the innovative design of sustainable agro-ecosystems. A priori for Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7