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.

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