Baptiste GRARD

Professor and Researcher in Environmental Sciences
Coordinator of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Expertise

Assessment of ecosystem services provided by agricultural and urban ecosystems; Design and evaluation of constructed soils in urban agriculture

Research unit

Agroecology and the environment

Keywords

Agroecology, urban agriculture, rooftop gardens, multi-stakeholder research, soil science, ecosystem services, green roofs

Ongoing or recently completed projects

  • AE4EU : Agroecology for Europe
  • PATH2DEA : Paving the Way towards Digitalisation Enabling Agroecology for European Farming Systems
  • MARMITE : Soil organic matter and ecosystem services: market gardens for resilient territories

Teaching activities

Intervention MsC Agroecology, DA TIC-TAC and Food and Cities module

Professional experience and education

  • 2021-2024 : Coordination of the European project Agroecology for Europe (AE4EU – www.ae4eu.eu)
  • 2018-2020 : Postdoctoral researcher – SEMOIRS, FEW-Meter, and T4P research project – UMR ECOSYS (AgroParisTech – INRA)
  • 2014-2017 : Research engineer (1 year) then doctoral student (3 years) – Thesis in environmental sciences: “Technosols constructed from urban waste products: ecosystem services provided and evolution.” UMR ECOSYS and ESE (AgroParisTech – INRA – Paris Sud University).
    • T4P, TROL, and Techn’AU research project.
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  • 2011-2013 : Master’s Degree in Ecology, Biodiversity, and Evolution (EBE) – Professional track in “Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Management” jointly accredited by ENS, AgroParisTech, MNHN, Pierre and Marie Curie University, and Paris XI University

Latest publications

2025

Clara Lina Bader, Nina Isabella Moeller, Baptiste Grard, Alexander Wezel, Samuel Féret, et al.. Philanthropic Funding for Agroecology in Europe – Opening the (black) box of sustainable food system actors. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2025, pp.1 – 30.

Baptiste Grard, Alexandre Barrier-Guillot, Claire Chenu. Early pedogenesis of a young Technosol made from organic wastes. Geoderma, 2025, 459, pp.117343.

2024

Jason Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein, Joshua Newell, Erica Dorr, Silvio Caputo, et al.. Comparing the carbon footprints of urban and conventional agriculture. Nature Cities, 2024, 1, pp.164-173.

2023

Anna Brumer, Alexander Wezel, Jens Dauber, Tor Arvid Breland, Baptiste Grard. Development of agroecology in Austria and Germany [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Open Research Europe, 2023, 3 (25), pp.1-20

Erica Dorr, Jason K Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein, Agnès Fargue-Lelièvre, Runrid Fox-Kämper, et al.. Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2023, 43, pp.18.

Ileana Iocola, Corrado Ciaccia, Luca Colombo, Baptiste Grard, Stefania Maurino, et al.. Agroecology research in Europe funded by European and transnational programmes: current status and perspectives [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. Open Research Europe, 2023, 2 (139), pp.1-38.

2022

Sophie S. Joimel, Baptiste Grard, Claire Chenu, Pénélope Cheval, Samuel Mondy, et al.. One green roof type, one Technosol, one ecological community. Ecological Engineering, 2022, 175, pp.106475.

2021

Silvio Caputo, Victoria Schoen, Kathrin Specht, Baptiste Grard, Chris Blythe, et al.. Applying the food-energy-water nexus approach to urban agriculture: From FEW to FEWP (Food-Energy-Water-People). Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 2021, 58, pp.126934.

Giulia Giacche, Jean-Noël Consalès, Baptiste J-P. Grard, Anne-Cécile Daniel, Claire Chenu. Toward an evaluation of cultural ecosystem services delivered by urban micro-Farms. Sustainability, 2021, 13 (4), pp.1716.

Baptiste Grard, Sophie Joimel, L. Vieublé-Gonod, Giulia Giacche, Christine Aubry, et al.. Evaluation des services écosystémiques fournis par les sols de micro-fermes urbaines : Méthodologie et retours d’expériences. Étude et Gestion des Sols, 2021, 28 (1), pp.31-48.

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