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Sylvia Becerra

41 years old, is a sociologist (PhD, Toulouse University, 2003), specialising in the sociology of public policies and social practices. Her research themes are social and institutional vulnerability to natural risks & environmental change. She obtained two qualifications for academic positions in 2004 (sociology and political sciences). Tenured as a researcher at CNRS since October 2006, she was assigned to the GET lab where she develops sociological research on environmental change, environmental contamination and natural risks at the Midi-Pyrénées Observatory (eight laboratories in earth sciences). Working in this context, she has developed her ability to manage and coordinate a research program in a multidisciplinary environment and since 2008 she has also completed management training (thesis supervision, project management, MS Project). She annually co-supervises two PhD students and she supervises several master students at the Institute of Political Sciences of Toulouse. She co-hosts theme 6 of GET Laboratoy:"Interactions between metallic contamination and ecosystems: interfaces with health and society" and the transverse action "Environment, Health and Society" of the Midi-Pyrénées Observatory. She was responsible for various tasks under the ANR projects Eclis (Breeding Climate and Society) and AMAC (flood warning Improvement). Since 2011, she has hosted a working group of the Scientific and Technical
Council of the Hydrometeorological and flood forecasting national Service (SCHAPI). She has included a social dimension in numerous scientific environmental projects and has built projects such as MONOIL on the interface between disciplines.

Laurence Maurice

51 yars old

Gaelle Uzu

34

Eva Schreck

35

Denis Requier-Desjardins

68

Charilaos Kephaliacos,

66

Jean-Pierre Del Corso

58 a

Luis Orozco

37

Mehdi Saqalli

43

Jacques Gardon

54

Emmanuelle Cadot

45

Hélène Budzinski

50

Alexandra Ter Halle

53

Jenny Ruales

59

Valeria Ochoa-Herrera

Nicolas Maestripieri