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I will explain why climate change is, historically, probably the greatest market failure. I will show how a carbon price can realign the myriad of private interests with the general interest, while achieving the goal of reducing emissions at the lowest …

Hosted by Catherine de Coppet. Questioning the concept of adaptation in relation to the law opens up perspectives for reflection at the crossroads of ancient and contemporary law : has the law shown, in its history, a capacity for adaptation ? Is …

Hosted by Caroline Lachowsky. Demographic history, social and cultural factors and biological forces, such as the selection pressures exerted by changing environments (climatic, nutritional, pathogenic, etc.), have all had a major impact on the genome …

Abstract Radio astronomy is in the process of acquiring new-generation radio telescopes, in anticipation of the SKA (Square Kilometer Array). In Nancay, there are LOFAR stations, and recently a NenuFAR station, with metric or decametric wavelengths. The …

Abstract Fast radio bursts have been observed regularly since 2007. Recently, it has been possible to localize them thanks to the repetition of some of them. They are thought to be caused by neutron stars, and even stars with intense magnetic fields - …

Hosted by Caroline Lachowsky. The history of human societies can be a source of inspiration in the face of climate change. Indeed, the long history of humanity is a perpetual story of adaptation and resilience, with its examples of both success and …

Hosted by Catherine de Coppet. The European Union wants to position itself as the geopolitical leader in environmental transition. Brussels' political decisions are therefore ambitious. However, can these decisions really be translated into concrete …

In the 3rd century BC, the Babylonian priest Berossus presented the characteristics of Babylonian civilization in Greek in a work known only by quotations, the Babyloniaca. In it, he recounts how a being from the sea named Orannes gave the Babylonians all …

Abstract From its eco-geographical niche in Africa, the Homo sapiens species has spread its hold over the whole planet in the course of its expansion, leading to a loss of biodiversity and the disappearance of other human species, such as Neanderthals, …

Joint work with A. Alfonsi, R. Coyaud and D. Lombardi. …

This conference will focus on the new experiences of democratic revolutions in the Arab world, particularly in the years 2011/2018-2021. It all began with an anti-dictatorial revolution that was deconfessionalized, pluralist and authentically democratic. …

Genius is a particularly elusive term, whose origins date back to antiquity, through a variety of terminologies (Greek daemon , Latin ingenium and genius , not to mention Arabic djinn ) and multiple uses, giving the term a plurality of meanings and latent …

Abstract Many of Barthes' books are collections of articles and prefaces commissioned by book clubs in the years 1950-60. Sur Racine is a case in point. This constraint partly explains his paradoxism and radicalism. But Barthes, influenced by Lacanian …

Abstract Paul Valéry's poem " Palme " explores the two causes of the work : on the one hand, the mind's propensity to produce ; on the other, an external causality, that induced by the social world. Indeed, according to Valéry, and in line with Bergsonian …