LabEx DRIIHM

InterDisciplinary Research Facility on Human-Environment Interactions

Laureate of the Laboratory for Excellence project (LabEx) in the program « Investment in the future », the DRIIHM LabEx, InterDisciplinary Research Facility on Human-Environment Interactions, aggregate 131 human-environments observatories (OHM in french), tools for observing socio-ecosystems impacted by anthropic events. Created by CNRS-INEE in 2007, they are located in metropolitan France (6: Bassin Minier de Provence (provence Coalfield), Pyrénées-haut Vicdessos, Vallée du Rhône (Rhone valley), Littoral Méditerranéen (French mediterranean coastal zone), Pays de Bitche (Bitche County) and Fessenheim), overseas France (2: Oyapock (French Guyana), Littoral caraïbe (Caribbean Coast)) and abroad (5: Estarreja (Portugal), Téssékéré (Sénégal), Nunavik (Canada), Pima County (USA), Patagonia-Bahia Exploradores (Chile)).

DRIIHM brings together over 1,400 research staff, including 300 foreigners, from 200 research units in 87 french and foreign universities, 46 research organizations and "Grandes Écoles". It has financed 960 research projects, supervised 190 doctorates, 110 post-doctorates and over 400 Master's degrees.

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Littoral Caraïbe Observatory
Following its creation in 2012, the Port (GPM) of Guadeloupe has set up a project to expand the terminal Jarry Baie-Mahault.
Haut-Vicdessos Observatory
In the Pyrénées (France), the Observatory leads a prospective question: what future for the territory and its resources ?
Oyapock Observatory
The Observatory seeks to understand the interactions between men and environments along the river, even a bridge between French and Brazilian banks upsets the balance.
Téssékéré Observatory (Sénégal)
The study area of this OHM is characteristic of the African Sahel : a bioclimatic transition region affected by ecological and human crises.
Nunavik Observatory (Canada)
This International OHM focuses on the territory of the village of Kangiqsujuaq (Hudson Strait) helps resident communities to control their development and management of their resources.
Pima County Observatory
The mission of the observatory is to study the problem of citizen participation in environmental regulation.
Fessenheim Observatory
Patagonia - Bahia exploradores Observatory
Bassin Minier de Provence Observatory
The Observatory monitors the development of men-environment interactions as part of the post-mining and in the context of metropolization in Provence.
Vallée du Rhône Observatory
The Vallée du Rhône OHM studies the contemporary evolution of the river and its riparian societies.
Estarreja Observatory (Portugal)
This OHM studying long-term impacts of a chemical complex located on the edge of the largest lagoon in Portugal (Ria de Aveiro).
Pays de Bitche Observatory
Structured for centuries by a strong military presence, the gradual withdrawal of the military has had the effect to transform the territory over the last twenty years.
Littoral Méditerranéen Observatory
The scientific project of this Observatory is the study of urbanization and coastal human impacts in the Mediterranean.

Upcoming events

14May
Séminaire annuel de restitution de l'OHM Pays de Bitche
Bitche, France
19May
Cazères Sur Garonne - Agroécologie et biodiversité : construire la recherche en lien avec les territoires
Cazères Sur Garonne, France
20May
Séminaire annuel de restitution de l'OHMi Tessekere
Dakar, Sénégal
22May
SEEB2025 - Guadeloupe - Agroécologie, système alimentaire et biodiversité
Gosier, Guadeloupe
10Jun
Séminaire 2025 du LabEx DRIIHM
Brest
11Nov
Séminaire de restitution de l'OHMi Nunavik
Québec, Canada
20Nov
Colloque ENERGON 2025
Aix en Provence
26Nov
Séminaire annuel de restitution de l'OHM Oyapock
Guyane

OHMs websites

Documents and resources

News

Recruitment of post-doctoral researcher for ENERGON project

Details

The postdoctoral researcher position for 2 years is at the heart of the interdisciplinary project ENERGON "Energy transitions and reconfigurations of socio-ecosystems: mobilizing the OHM (Human Environment Observatories / Observatoires Hommes-Milieux) to produce an integrated methodology", selected in the framework of the LabEx DRIIHM call for project transverse.

The ENERGON project brings together six OHMs, including four in France: Bassin Minier de Provence; Fessenheim; Pays de Biche; and Vallée du Rhône, and two in North America: Nunavik (Canada) and Pima County (Arizona). It brings together 23 researchers and teacher-researchers from three major interdisciplinary groups: social sciences (14), environmental sciences (5) and science and technology (4); the team represents some 15 scientific structures.
The position will be attached to the UMR Telemme 7303, a laboratory which is located in the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme (MMSH), in Aix-en-Provence. The UMR Telemme participates in the activity of the OHMs network, in particular in the OHM-Bassin Minier de Provence. Sylvie Daviet Professor of Geography, member of the UMR Telemme, is in charge of the ENERGON project.

Read more: Recruitment of post-doctoral researcher for ENERGON project

Recrutement CDD Chercheur : Analyse de cycle de vie appliquée à la gestion des déchets nucléaires

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Au sein de l'Interreg Rhin Supérieur, l'OHM Fessenheim participe au projet CO2InnO dans le cadre duquel il recherche un-e post-doctorant-e qui sera en charge de réaliser une modélisation prospective des impacts environnementaux de différents scénarios de gestion de déchets TFA (très faible activité) issus du démantèlement du CNPE de Fessenheim par la méthodologie de l'analyse du cycle de vie.

Durée du contrat : 12 mois

Date d'embauche prévue : 1 février 2023
Quotité de travail : Temps complet
Rémunération : Entre 2833,40 et 4003,62 euros bruts mensuels selon expérience
Niveau d'études souhaité : Doctorat
Expérience souhaitée : 1 à 4 années

Pour en savoir plus et/ou postuler : https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7178-REGSOM-134/Default.aspx

Séminaire annuel de l’OHM Pyrénées haut Vicdessos : Toulouse, 22 Septembre 2022

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Le séminaire de l'OHM Pyrénées haut Vicdessos aura lieu à Toulouse à la Maison de la Recherche (amphi F417) la journée du 22 septembre.

Programme et inscription sur : https://ohmpyr2022.sciencesconf.org/

Recrutement - CDD Chercheur(e) postdoctoral - 14 mois

Details

Ce recrutement s'inscrit dans le projet interdisciplinaire ENERGON « Transitions énergétiques et reconfigurations des socioécosystèmes : mobiliser les OHM pour produire une méthodologie intégrée », retenu dans le cadre de l'appel à contribution Programmation Transverse du LabEx DRIIHM (2021-2024).

Ce projet regroupe 6 OHM dont 4 OHM sur le territoire français : Bassin Minier de Provence ; Fessenheim ; Pays de Biche ; Vallée du Rhône et 2 OHM internationaux en Amérique du Nord: Nunavik (Canada) et Pima County (Arizona). Il rassemble 23 chercheurs et enseignants-chercheurs de trois grands ensembles interdisciplinaires : sciences sociales (14) ; sciences de l'environnement (5) et sciences et technologies (4) ; l'équipe représente une quinzaine de structures scientifiques.


Le poste sera rattaché à partir du 1er octobre à l'UMR Telemme 7303 qui est située au sein de la Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme, à Aix-en-Provence.

Deadline pour candidater : 24 août 2022

Read more: Recrutement - CDD Chercheur(e) postdoctoral - 14 mois

2022 DRIIHM Symposium - June 20th-22th

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The 2022 DRIIHM symposium will take place in Nantes (France) from June 20 to 22.

The website dedicated to this meeting is open: https://driihm2022.sciencesconf.org/?forward-action=index&forward-controller=index&lang=en

It will allow you to register to these days whether you are present in Nantes or whether you choose the distance learning.

Read more: 2022 DRIIHM Symposium - June 20th-22th

Call for research projects 2022 - Cloture of the submission platform

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The Call for Research Projects 2022 of the LabEx DRIIHM ends today, except for the Mediterranean Coastal zone OHM and Patagonia OHMi which have until January 10 to submit their projects.

124 OHM projects and 4 inter-OHM projects have been submitted and are distributed as follows:

Provence Coalfield: 7 projects / Estarreja: 19 projects / Fessenheim: 12 projects / Pyrenees: 13 projects / Caribbean coast: 8 projects / Nunavik: 6 projects / Oyapock: 5 projects / Bitche County: 3 projects / Pima County: 8 projects / Tessekere: 34 projects / Rhone Valley: 9 projects

The 4 inter-OHM projects submitted concern the following OHM: 1 project for all OHM carried by the DataDRIIHM / SO-DRIIHM group, 1 project concerning Estarreja and Tessekere, 1 project concerning Pima County and Bitche County, and the last one concerning Oyapock and Caribbean Coast.

The results will be published in January 2022 according to the dates of return of the first evaluations of the OHM' Scientific Councils. The evaluation will be done in two steps: an evaluation by the OHM + Evaluation and final validation by the LabEx DRIIHM.

 

2022 Call for research projects: new deadline!

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The deadline for submitting a OHM or InterOHM project to the 2022 call for research projects of the LabEx DRIIHM has been postponed for all OHM, with excepted of the "French Mediterranean Coastal zone" OHM, to midnight on 15 December 2021.

The platform will remain open after this date only for the "French Mediterranean Coastal zone" OHM and this until 10 January 2022 at midnight.

Thanks.

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