A look back at the "International Field Schools" in pictures

From October 14 to 18, 2019 - "Fontaine numérique" du (S)pace - Campus Triolet, Monday to Friday // 7:30am-6:00pm.
October 21 to 30, 2019 - BU Sciences - Campus Triolet, Monday to Friday // 8am-10.30pm.
Free admission.

An event proposed by 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 initiative, this year's EITs involved almost 90 students, and took place in Tunisia and Spain.

During these stays, students from the University of Montpellier and its regional partners (AgroParisTech, SupAgro) and international partners (Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Spain, Netherlands), all with backgrounds in water and the environment, were tasked with working alongside local stakeholders to analyze the societal issues surrounding water resource management in the Mediterranean basin, against a backdrop of global change (climate, uses, etc.).

The aim of these missions is to train future graduates in the scientific approach, by confronting it with the reality of the field and concrete questions. In just a few weeks, they will also be able to put into practice a rigorous methodology: working in a multidisciplinary team, measuring, investigating, analyzing and then valorizing the results.

Last but not least, 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 produced by the students and a selection of the finest shots taken during these expeditions, the exhibition gives an insight into this unique experience from an educational as well as a cultural and personal point of view, enriched by the diversity of the landscapes, encounters with local populations and the history of this increasingly scarce resource, water.