Pierre Le Gall

Professor and researcher

Expertise

Production under quality certification, Territorialization of livestock farming systems and territorial qualification, Action research, History of livestock farming, Contemporary history, Territorial transition

Research unit

Laboratory for Rural Studies

Keywords

SIQO, interdisciplinarity, quality, territory, agriculture, livestock farming, systemic approach, science and technology studies

Ongoing or recently completed projects

  • ANR Gingko : Geographical Indications as Global Knowledge Commons (GIngKo). Reassessing current models of regulation and collective action towards more sustainable social-ecological systems
  • REACTIFFS : Renewal of Assets in Cheese Production Chains under Geographical Indications;
  • GO-PEI : Analysis of innovation processes in PEI (European Innovation Partnership) schemes.

Teaching activities

  • Social Science Research Methods (1st year apprenticeship)
  • Food Systems Economics (1st year apprenticeship)
  • Quality and CSR in Sustainable Food Systems, co-coordination of the Filière et Territoire program (4th year engineering and 2nd year apprenticeship)
  • EU Terroir(s) et Territoire(s) coordination – Advanced Diploma (DA) in Vines and Wines (5th year of engineering and 3rd year of apprenticeship)
  • Contributions to the DA in Territories, Ecology & Food (TERREA), the DA in Livestock, Environment, Health (EES), and the DA in Agroecological Transition of Mediterranean Agriculture (TAAM);
  • Coordinator of Teaching Units (UE) and Constituent Elements of Teaching Units (ECUE) in the Bachelor of Science and Engineering (BSI) in agronomy and agri-food.

Professional experience and education

  • 2021 : PhD in Geography at Lumière Lyon 2 University
  • 2021-2022 : Research Engineer at INRAE (5 months)
  • 2022 : Lecturer at ISARA (5 months)
  • Since 2023 : Lecturer-Researcher at ISARA

Latest publications

2022

Jean-Baptiste Grison, Bernard Pecqueur, Claire Delfosse, Pierre Le Gall. Livestock Farming in Relations between Urban Districts and the Mountains – The Case Of Grenoble. Revue de Géographie Alpine / Journal of Alpine Research, 2022, 110 (2),

2024

Christophe Berthelot, Pierre Le Gall, Sabrina Raynaud, Florence Bedoin, Léna Garrone, et al. What are the challenges associated with introducing “new summer forage species” into dairy farms under Geographical Indications, in a context of adaptation to climate change? Two case studies as part of the FESTIG project. 3R2024: 27th Ruminant Research Conference, Institut de l’élevage [IDELE], INRAE, Dec. 2024, Paris, France.

Claire Delfosse, Pierre Le Gall. “An agroecological transition at risk? The case of PDO products in Bresse, France”. AGROECOLOGY SCIENCE DAYS, University of Lausanne, Oct 2024, Lausanne ( CH), Switzerland

Pierre Le Gall. AOP and Territory Sectors: How can relationships be renewed to promote agroecological transition? 60th ASRDLF conference, “Territories, Creativity & Innovation,” ASRDLF, June 2024, Strasbourg, France.

Ioanna Mouratiadou, Laura Solaroli, Jacques-Aristide Perrin, Perrine Vandenbroucke, Vincent Payet, et al.. Where alternative food networks and agroecology meet: exploring synergies for food system transformation. 187th EAAE Seminar “Food System Transformation – Role of Research”, European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Jun 2024, Frick, Switzerland, Switzerland.

2023

Pierre Le Gall. Cattle breeding in the Massif Central at the centre of a research swaying between standardization and adaptation to mountainous environment (1960s-1990s). ESEH 2023 Mountains and Plains – Environmental and Climatic Entanglements. Past – Present – Future (12. Biennial Conference der European Society for Environmental History), European Society for Environmental History, Aug 2023, Bern (CH), France.

2023

Claire Delfosse, Pierre Le Gall. History of Protected Designations of Origin. Comparison with French wine. Strategy for French cheese terroir, a new value rooted in transitions, 2023.

2021

Claire Delfosse, Pierre Le Gall. Local dairy products in the face of the industrialization of the dairy industry (1950-1980). History of agricultural modernization in the 20th century, Presses universitaires de Rennes, pp.313-326, 2021.

2021

Pierre Le Gall. Governing the quality of cheese production in Auvergne. A systemic approach to Designations of Origin, from the post-war period to the present day. Geography. Lumière Lyon 2 University, 2021. French.

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