
[LUM#16] River Biodiversity in Jeopardy
Published on: May 2 , 2022
Between 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 where Jean-Luc Mélenchon came in first in the first round…

Will “La France insoumise” be able to sustain itself over the long term?
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
David Nabarro, the WHO’s Special Envoy for COVID-19, will open the conference…

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…

At theUM of Science [S01-ep17]: From Gender Tax Equality to the CAD/CAM Lab
Published on: March 31 , 2022
This week on *A l’UM * science, 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
While the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a back seat in the news, it is by no means 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 the…

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—that’s what this offers…

[LUM#15] Loan, age 10: When 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—that is the challenge we must meet…

[LUM#15] The Fake News Epidemic
Published on: February 14 , 2022
Social media, blogs, websites… Staying informed about the COVID-19 pandemic has never…

Science at theUM [S01-ep11]: From Populism to Masculinity at the Bar des Sciences
Published on: February 11 , 2022
This week, Alexandre Dézé and Emmanuelle Reungoat, political science researchers at Cepel and…

Science at theUM [S01-ep10]: From Circulating Tumor Cells to Robots Inspired by Climbing Plants
Published on: February 7 , 2022
This week, Catherine Alix Panabières, head of the Rare Circulating Cells laboratory…