{"id":27993,"date":"2025-09-01T15:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/?p=27993"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:41:52","slug":"30-years-of-cerege-celebrating-science-and-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cerege.fr\/en\/30-ans-du-cerege-celebration-science-et-partage\/","title":{"rendered":"30 years of CEREGE: celebration, science and sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the end of August 2025, CEREGE celebrated its 30th anniversary with a week packed with scientific meetings, exchanges, exhibitions and festivities. These three days offered a unique reflection of the laboratory's role in the geosciences, its commitment to society and its interdisciplinary dynamism.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On 26 and 27 August, CEREGE's Arbois campus hosted a interdisciplinary symposium<\/span>The event brought together researchers from France and abroad. This meeting, which was both a focal point and a showcase for the laboratory's scientific excellence, combined plenary sessions, informal exchanges and convivial moments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The first day of the symposium opened with a speech from Lucilla Benedetti<\/span><\/a>current Director of CEREGE. She set out her vision for the future of the laboratory, stressing the importance of this direction being in line with the continuity of its thirty years of existence. In the wake of, \u00c9douard Bard<\/span><\/a> offered a historical retrospective retracing the genesis of CEREGE, from its origins to its installation within the walls of a former sanatorium. Together, these presentations provided a framework that was both memorial and forward-looking, recalling the identity forged over the decades while opening up future horizons.<\/p>

The scientific sessions then provided an opportunity to revisit some of the major issues in contemporary geoscience: our understanding of the Critical Zone<\/span><\/em>on calibration of climate models<\/span> based on paleoclimatic data, the role of the soil in adapting to climate change<\/span>or the study of ancient sediments<\/span> and theSedimentary DNA<\/span>. Key speakers on the first day included J\u00e9r\u00f4me Gaillardet, Myriam Khodri, Claire Chenu, Mark Wiesner, St\u00e9phane Calmant and Ana Prohaska.<\/p>

On the second day, the focus shifted to other areas of research, from theocean<\/span> at landscapes<\/span>by way of the palaeoanthropology<\/span> and even thespace exploration<\/span>. Laurent Bopp, Rosalind Rickaby, Allistair Seddon, Bruno Maureille, Carole Petit, Joerg Schaefer, Mioara Mandea and Sanjeev Gupta shared their perspectives on marine biogeochemistry, landscape evolution, interactions between climate and glaciers, the dynamics of the Earth's magnetic field and the Martian adventure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Each session provided an opportunity for a two-pronged approach: on the one hand, rigorous scientific study in depth; on the other, an interdisciplinary approach that gave substance to the idea that research cannot be considered in isolation. The major environmental challenges call for cross-fertilisation and collective approaches, and this symposium was a powerful example of this.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On 29 August, institutional partners, sponsors, elected representatives and local players officially celebrated the laboratory's 30th anniversary. The morning began with official speeches<\/span> from Lucilla Benedetti<\/a> and Daniel Nahon<\/a>Arnaud Mercier (M\u00e9tropole Aix-Marseille) and representatives of the five supervisory bodies. Daniel Nahon left a lasting impression when he said: \"Think like a scientist and act like a citizen\".<\/i>This is a reminder that research is part of a collective and societal responsibility.<\/p>

The round table \"Paroles de science(s): what research is needed to tackle crises and think about the future?<\/i>hosted by Maud Dev\u00e8s and featuring Nathalie Blanc and Claudie Haigner\u00e9, Alexis Licht<\/a> and Nicolas Roche<\/a>extended this reflection. It examined the role of science in a world beset by multiple crises. More broadly, the discussions highlighted the fact that the ecological transition is not experienced in the same way by all social groups, and that scientific action must take account of this diversity of realities and capacities for commitment.<\/p>

Closing the show, the mural \"Space & Time<\/i> by Hitnes was unveiled at the cocktail reception. A monumental 124 m\u00b2 in size, this now permanent work symbolises the spatial and temporal scales on which CEREGE's research focuses.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Throughout the celebrations, two exhibitions were held to enhance visitors' discovery of CEREGE.<\/p>