Hélène Brives

Professor and researcher in geography

Expertise

Sociology, counseling and support, knowledge and action, work in agriculture

Research unit

Laboratory for Rural Studies

Keywords

Sociology, counseling and support, knowledge and action, work in agriculture

Ongoing or recently completed projects

  • Co-facilitator of the Collective Work Organizations in the Territories of the Joint Technology Network for Work in Agriculture, 2020-2024
  • REACTIFFS: Renewal of Assets and Upstream and Downstream Professions in Cheese Production Chains under SIQO (PEI, FEADER, 2023-2026)
  • Be-CREATIVE: Co-Design of Pesticide-Free Territories (ANR, 2019-2025)
  • TRAACT, Transitions in Agricultural and Food Systems: Support, Experimentation, Capitalization in Territories (TETRAE, 2022-2027)
  • Ecology and work, Ecological transition and agricultural raw material supply: opportunities or constraints for working conditions (ANACT, 2023-2024)

Teaching activities

  • Qualitative research methods in social sciences
  • Sociology of innovation in agriculture, consulting, support
  • Sociology of science, actor-network theory
  • Work experience, work organizations, and quality of life at work

Professional experience and education

  • Since 2013: Lecturer and researcher at Isara (Lyon)
    2003-2013: Senior lecturer in sociology at AgroParisTech (Paris).
  • 2001-2003: Contract research engineer at INRA in Saint Laurent de la Prée, Charente Maritime.
  • 2001: Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Paris X-Nanterre. “Putting it into practice.” Agricultural advisors and water pollution in Brittany.
  • 1990: Engineer from the National School of Agricultural Engineering in Dijon.

Latest publications

Article in a journal

2024

Anna Hirson-Sagalyn, Lucy Zwigard, Hélène Brives, Maude Quinio, Caroline Champailler, et al.. Fruit production without synthetic chemical inputs in the Pilat, challenges and prospects for change. Innovations Agronomiques, 2024, 93, pp.69-81.

Anna Hirson-Sagalyn, Lucy Zwigard, Hélène Brives, Maude Quinio, Caroline Champailler, et al. Arboriculture without synthetic pesticides in Pilat: barriers and prospects for change. Innovations Agronomiques, 2024, 93, pp.93-107.

Blandine Passemard, Hélène Brives, Kim Deslandes, Mathilde Grau, Yasmina Lemoine. Short continuing education course for collective facilitators: “talking about work” in times of change. Agronomy, Environment & Societies, 2024, 14 (2), pp.95-103.

Philippe Prévost, Marianne Le Bail, Teatske Bakker, Sophie Chauvat, Hélène Brives, et al. Agricultural work and agroecological transition: what interactions, impacts, and consequences for agronomy and agronomists? [editorial]. Agronomy, Environment & Societies, 2024, 14 (1), pp.1-6.

Philippe Prévost, Mathieu Capitaine, Sophie Chauvat, Hélène Brives, Florian Celette, et al. Agricultural work and agroecological transition: what interactions, impacts, and consequences for agronomy training? [Editorial]. Agronomy, Environment & Societies, 2024, 14 (2), pp.9-13.

2021

Aurélie Cardona, Helene Brives, Claire Lamine, Jacques Godet, Lucie Gouttenoire, et al. Support for collective action mobilized in agroecological transitions. Lessons learned from the analysis of five farmer collectives in the Rhône-Alpes region. Cahiers Agricultures, 2021, 30, pp.21

2020

Hélène Brives-Beaume, Claire Heinisch, Mathieu Désolé, Carole Chazoule, Perrine Vandenbroucke. Does the development of local supply chains guarantee greener agricultural practices? Sustainable Development and Territories, 2020, 11 (1), Hélène Brives-Beaume, Claire Heinisch, Mathieu Désolé, Carole Chazoule, Perrine Vandenbroucke. Does the development of local supply chains guarantee greener agricultural practices? Sustainable Development and Territories, 2020, 11 (1),

2020

Caroline Brand. The return of the “providing mayor”: local authorities are reorganizing the availability of food supplies. 2020.

Paola Migliorini, Alexander Wezel, Eve Veromann, Carola Strassner, Dominika Średnicka-Tober, et al.. Students’ knowledge and expectations about sustainable food systems in higher education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020, 21 (6), pp.1087-1110.

Communication at a conference

2025

Anna Hirson-Sagalyn, Champailler Caroline, Hélène Brives, Florian Celette, Morvan Alienor, et al.. EMPOWERING SYSTEMIC CHANGE AT A TERRITORY SCALE: A COLLECTIVE LEARNING EXPERIMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS ALONG THE AGRIFOOD CHAIN IN THE PILAT, FRANCE. 8th International Farming System Design Conference, Aug 2025, Palaiseau, France. 4 p.

2024

Laure Courret, Hélène Brives, Perrine Vandenbroucke, Claire Delfosse. Finding a place in dairy farming: a study of twenty career paths in the Rhône and Loire regions. SFER Conference, SFER – ESA, June 2024, Angers (France), France.

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