1. UMR Gestion de l’Eau, Acteurs et Usages (G-EAU)

2. Strong ambition on interdisciplinarity
Our roots
From IWRM within irrigated systems to Adaptive Water Management in Sociological Hydrological Systems
Strong ambition on interdisciplinarity
Finalized research for public policy support, in Europe and developping countries
Trans-disciplinary research (co-design with stakeholders) 2 2 2

3. Inter-disciplinary skills
75 permanent staff + 40 PhD
25 staff outposted in partner institutions in developping countries
Full range of disciplines
Economics, sociology and policy analysis
Hydro(geo)logy and hydraulics
Agronomy
Method for inter-trans-disciplinarity: complex system modelling and simulation, integrated assessment, participatory research 3 3

4. Common focus: Adaptive Management of Social Hydrological Systems
Identification of dynamics driving social hydrological systems
Simulation of possible pathways
Soft and hard infrastructures to drive changes 4

5. Main research issues Characterize co-evolution water-society
Diversity of viewpoints
Technical change in water uses,
Consequences of changes in land cover and land use on water fluxes,
Consequences of water transfers on power relations,
Regulation of water availability, quality and uses
Hard infrastructures for a control on fluxes
Public policies for economic and social control on uses
Monitoring equipment: observation, collecting and sharing information
Methods for analysis and evaluation
Indicators to inform trade offs and negotiation
Participatory processes and water management
Simulation of possible changes in experimental setting
Towards new knowledge, new methods AND decision support 5

6. Partnership locally: IM2E
Involvement with structuring partners in the South
International networks
ICID
Resilience Alliance
Water related Businesses and public bodies

7. European Side Structuring partnerships with public bodies
« Syndicats mixtes » ie. association of local governments with a specific focus
Urban communities
River Basin agencies
Long term places of investigation
Lavalette, Crau
Drôme
Bassin de Thau
Côteaux de Gascogne
Beauce
With evolution thanks to project opportunities
Seine
Petite Camargue
Bretagne … 7

8. South of Mediterranée
Méditerranean basin: innovation in irrigated agricultures and co-evolution water-society in arid areas
Maroc: 3, Tunisie: 4
SIRMA + SICMED.
Western Africa: adaptive management of hydrosystems, co-evolution water-society
Guinea/Mali: 2, Sénégal: 3
Southern Africa: water economics and governance in fast changing environment
Mozambique: 1, Afrique du Sud: 1
University of Praetoria and University of Maputo
South east Asia: environmental evaluation, socio-technical dynamics
Thailand 2
Project based partnership
Eastern Africa
Brazil 8

9. G-EAU : an inter/trans disciplinary research group to understand and improve adaptation capacities in social hydrological systems
Plurality of viewpoints
In term of discipline, objective in relation to water…
Consistency in research obect
Time horizon: management
Spatial scale: managed area
Consistency in methods
Rooted in field work
Use of modelling
Integration of heterogeneous sources of knowledge
Cosistency of analysis
Justice and resilience issues
Contribution of water to meet a set of needs within a community