Exploring non-linear transition pathways in socio-ecological systems with Jean-Denis Mathias

L’École polytechnique de Louvain (EPL) a reçu Jean-Denis Mathias dans le cadre du projet « EPL Transition ».
Du 14 au 19 décembre 2023, les enseignant·es et les chercheur·euses en sciences de l’ingénieur et en sciences informatiques de l’Ecole polytechnique de Louvain ont participé à 4 demi-journées de formation. Au programme : 13 expert·es aux disciplines variées sont intervenus autour de la question « Comment évaluer la soutenabilité socio-environnementale d’une technologie ? ».
En mai 2024, trois modules de formation transversaux ont été proposés afin de compléter l'éventail de formation générale à destination des enseignant·es et chercheur·euses de l’EPL. Au programme : questions d’éco-anxiété, trajectoires de transitions de systèmes socio-écologiques, et critères ESG.
👉 Le programme complet des formations 2023-2024 : uclouvain.be/f...
👉 About Jean-Denis Mathias: Jean-Denis MATHIAS is a research director at the Laboratory of Engineering for Complex Systems (LISC), a laboratory of the INRAE French institute (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment). He is also the Head of LISC. He defended his PhD in 2005 and his accreditation to supervise research in 2011. He was also a visiting scholar at the Arizona State University (2015). His research focuses on the dynamical modeling of social-ecological systems in order to better characterize transitions in SES dynamics. He has also some interest in control theory with a specific focus on the viability theory in order to operationalize many concepts used in sustainability science such as resilience or vulnerability concepts.
👉 About the talk: Tipping point dynamics are fundamental drivers for sustainable transition pathways of social-ecological systems (SES). Current research predominantly analyzes how crossing tipping points causes regime shifts, however, the analysis of potential transition pathways from these social and ecological tipping points is often overlooked. In this talk, we analyze transition pathways and the potential outcomes that these may lead to via a stylized model of a system composed of interacting agents exploiting resources and, by extension, the overall ecosystem. Interactions between the social and the ecological system are based on a perception-exploitation framework. We show that the presence of tipping points in SES may yield counter-intuitive social-ecological transition pathways. For example, the high perception of an alarming ecological state among agents can provide short-term ecological benefits, but can be less effective in the long term, compared to a low-perception condition. This work also highlights how understanding non-linear interactions is critical for defining suitable transition pathways of any SES.
From the following paper: Mathias, JD., Anderies, J.M., Baggio, J. et al. Exploring non-linear transition pathways in social-ecological systems. Sci Rep 10, 4136 (2020). doi.org/10.103...
👉 À propos du projet EPL Transition : www.uclouvain.be/epl-transition
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