UNESCO Chair Bernard Maris Week

The team of the UNESCO Chair Bernard Maris is delighted to invite you to its new Chair Week, from 23 to 27 November 2026.

Discover below the day-by-day programme, structured around seminars and working sessions with the two co-holders, Rajeswari Raina and Ron Boschma, as well as working sessions with partners and invited researchers, and a screening of King Vidor’s film “Man Without a Star” (1955), followed by a discussion on cinema and the tragedy of the commons. 

Monday 23/11

10:00-12:30 | MD005
Rajeswari Raina teaching Agroecological transition

15:00-16:30 | MD404
Hybrid seminar with Hens Runhaar on "Progress and backlash in agri-food transformation policy: a research agenda for the study of organised interests" 
 

Connect with Hens Runhaar

Tuesday 24/11

10:00-12:30 | MD005
Rajeswari Raina teaching Agroecological transition

14:00-16:00 | MB3
Ron Boschma teaching "The geography of the green transition"

Wednesday 25/11

11:00-13:00 | MD404
Working session with Rajeswari Raina & Ron Boschma on AHE planning, Policy brief, Postdoctorate hiring

17:30-20:00 | MB3
Science-society 
An evening of discussion around the Commons, following a screening of the film: "A man without a star"

Thursday 26/11

9:00-12:00 | Siège de la Région Occitanie
Working session with the Chair partners

Friday 27/11

9:00-16:30 | MD404
Doctoral & postdoctoral Seminar: sharing perspectives on agroecology & food system reterritorialisation
 

Connect

Join us to engage with the Chair’s co-holders, its partners, and their guests, and help put economics at the service of inclusive ecological transitions!