
[LUM#16] Waters and Debates
Published on: May 16 , 2022
While water is a major global issue, water policies remain, however…

Kickoff of the first working week for experts from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in Montpellier
Published on: May 9 , 2022
On Monday, May 9, 2022, IPBES experts began their first week of…

UM atUM [S01-ep20]: From Natural Plant Immunity to X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Published on: May 9 , 2022
This week, Thomas Kroj, a biologist at PHIM, discusses his study on the stimulation of…

[LUM#16] River Biodiversity in Jeopardy
Published on: May 2 , 2022
Between species extinctions caused by habitat changes or pollution, and the…

Marine Le Pen: A Campaign Full of Paradoxes
Published on: April 22 , 2022
Everything seemed new in Marine Le Pen’s third presidential campaign. Over the past ten years,…

Metropolitan voting and its divisions: the case of Montpellier
Published on: April 14 , 2022
How to interpret the map of the municipalities that placed Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the lead in the first round…

Will *La France insoumise* be able to sustain itself in the long run?
Published on: April 11 , 2022
Jean-Luc Mélenchon's vote total placed him in third place in the first round of voting…

What Role Does Science Play in Times of Crisis? Perspectives in the Interconnected Fields of Health, the Environment, and Agriculture
Published on: April 5 , 2022
The conference will be opened by David Nabarro, the WHO’s Special Envoy for COVID-19…

Accelerating societal transitions with MAK’IT
Published on: April 4 , 2022
Since 2019, the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Montpellier, known as MAK’IT…

UM atUM [S01-ep17]: From Gender Tax Equality to the CAD/CAM Lab
Published on: March 31 , 2022
This week on "UM at theUM ," Lise Chatain, an associate professor at the faculty…

How the Omicron BA.2 variant has pushed the initial boundaries of COVID-19
Published on: March 14 , 2022
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a back seat in the news, it is far from over…

The Russia-Ukraine War: An Analysis of African Countries’ Votes at the UN
Published on: March 14 , 2022
In recent weeks, the world has witnessed some of the most tense situations in…

Debate: Is the "Grande Sécu" a myth or reality?
Published on: March 1 , 2022
Last November, Health Minister Olivier Véran commissioned the High Council for…

[LUM#15] The Groundwork for Conflict
Published on: February 24 , 2022
A different perspective on the violence sweeping across the African continent is what this offers…

[LUM#15] Loan, age 10: If you have sleeping sickness, do you sleep all the time?
Published on: February 22 , 2022
That’s an excellent question that can’t be answered with either “yes” or…

[LUM#15] Rethinking Intensification Models in Africa
Published on: February 21 , 2022
Producing more to feed a rapidly growing population is the challenge that must be met…