Feedback in pictures from the “International Field Schools”

October 14–18, 2019 – “Digital Fountain” at (S)pace – Triolet Campus, Monday through Friday // 7:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
October 21–30, 2019 – BU Sciences – Triolet Campus, Monday to Friday // 8 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Free admission.

An event presented by the Key Initiative MUSE WATERS (KIM WATERS).

This exhibition illustrates the 2019 edition of the International Field Schools (EIT) co-organized by the "key initiative" MUSE WATERS (KIM WATERS). An educational and research program, this year's EIT involved nearly 90 students and took place in Tunisia and Spain.

During these stays, students from the University of Montpellier and its regional (AgroParisTech, SupAgro) or international partners (Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Spain, Netherlands), studying water and environmental science, worked alongside local stakeholders to analyze the societal challenges associated with water resource management in the Mediterranean basin in a context of global change (climate, usage, etc.).

The aim of these missions is to train future graduates in the scientific approach by exposing them to real-world situations and concrete questions. It also involves implementing a rigorous methodology over a period of several weeks: working in multidisciplinary teams, measuring, investigating, analyzing, and then promoting the results.

Finally, these Field Schools enable students to broaden their skills by developing a more international and forward-looking vision of future water management issues.

Thanks to posters created by students and a selection of the most beautiful photographs taken during these expeditions, the exhibition provides an insight into this unique experience from an educational, cultural, and personal perspective, enriched by the diversity of landscapes, encounters with local populations, and the history of water, a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce.