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ABOUT MY RESEARCH

After a training in biology and ecology, I progressively shifted to social sciences with a growing interest for human - animal relationships and human activities linked with animals (livestock breeding and hunting).

My PhD focused on Kyrgyz shepherds relationships with wolves, based on participant observations and interviews. Then I developed a fieldwork in Macedonia to compare local people relationships with three different carnivore species: lynx, bears and wolves.

RESEARCH TOPICS

Human - Animal Relationships

Reciprocal influences through interactions

Human - Large Carnivores Conflicts

Knowledge, interactions and perceptions

Local Ecological Knowledge

How animals participate to knowledge construction

Domestication and wild / domestic categories

(de)construction and relevance of categories.

CURRENT PROJECTS

2025 - 2028 Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

REFOUND : Rethinking the culture of the Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.) by valorizing
the characteristics of its ecological niche: From the mobilization of adapted resources and interacting biotas in spontaneous truffle grOUNDs, to the development of biodiversity-based practices

2024 - 2029 Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

LEPTONEX - évaluer le risque de transmission de la leptospirose par les interactions humains-ragondins

Financé par l'Institut ExposUM et l'Université de Montpellier

2020 - 2025 Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

PASTODIV - Pastoral practices and domestic animal diversity

Founded by Agence National pour la Recherche (France). Fieldwork coordinator Kyrgyzstan.

PAST PROJECTS

05.2012 – 11.2013 Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Sustainable landscapes: from conflict to coexistence. Does jaguar conservation conflict with environmental justice in Brazil?

Founded by the Norwegian Research Council

05.2010 – 05.2012 Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Redefining wild-domestic boundaries in a changing landscape through the human – wolf – dog relationships

Founded by a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (PIEF-GA-2009-255286 HumanWolfDog).

09.2008 – 05.2010 Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Influence of the level of interactions with lynx on the local populations' perception
Founded by Norwegian Research Council / Balkan Lynx Recovery Program.

09.2007 – 09.2008 Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Influence of the level of interactions with large predators (bears, wolves, lynx) on the local populations' perception

Founded by the Fyssen Foundation.