Outreach

Sharing our work with the broader public is an essential extension of the science itself, and I place real importance on transdisciplinary engagement. The themes I work on, biodiversity, the aesthetics of life, species vulnerability, the human–nature relationship, draw real media interest, and I try to meet that visibility with interventions that are pedagogical, rigorous and accessible.

I have been fortunate to see my work covered in French and international newspapers, magazines and on radio. I am also increasingly drawn to the dialogue between science and art, as another way of opening biodiversity to a wider audience.

Public Engagement

2025 Scientific advisor for the exhibition Prodrome by Pierre Unal-Brunet at MO.CO. Montpellier.

2020 Participated in the LITTERNATURE project organized by the Scientific Culture Department of the University of Montpellier.

2019 Co-organized the NOUNOURSUS online campaign with the Scientific Culture Department of the University of Montpellier, 11,000 participants, on the site Biodiful.

2016-19 Participated in exhibitions and science outreach activities for Mission Peluche (peluche.umontpellier.fr) in collaboration with the Scientific Culture Department of the University of Montpellier.

2011–2014 Board member of the French Society for Ecology (SFE); created the EcoDiff mailing list (>9,000 subscribers) and launched the biodiversity outreach platform Regards et débats sur la biodiversité.

2009–2010 Organized Darwin au Lycée and Biodiversité au Lycée with the association Connaiscience, involving more than 40 researchers in over 30 high schools across Languedoc-Roussillon.

Media Appearances

A selection of press articles featuring some of the research we have published.

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    Tu osito de peluche necesita un cambio de look, Enrique Alpañés, September 2025.

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    Les animaux moches négligés par la science, Aurore Braconnier, December 2024.

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    Les adultes aussi ont le droit à un doudou, Sabrina Champenois, December 2024.

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    Un plaidoyer pour les poissons moches, Denis Delbecq, August. 2024.

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    Vulnerable fishes, inattentive humans, Becca Franks, July 2024.

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    Filmer les poissons pour les sauver, Denis Delbecq, March 2024.

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    On en sait peluche sur les doudous, Sarah Finger, February 2023.

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    Les pouvoirs magiques du nounours, Frédéric Mouchon, February 2023.

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    Quel est l’ours en peluche le plus reconfortant, Xavier Boivinet, February 2023.

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    Soucions nous des poissons moches, Xavier Boivinet, June 2022.

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    L'effondrement d'un écosystème, c'est quoi?, Genevieve Comby, November 2018.

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    Moi moche et utile, Frédéric Mouchont, August 2018.

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    Odes aux poissons moches, Marie-Noelle Bertrand, August 2018.

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    A espèce rare fonction écologique rare, Marie-Noelle Bertrand, May 2015.

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