M1 Transition vers la soutenabilité

The Master’s in Transition to Sustainability (M1) trains professionals to mobilize theoretical, methodological, and practical knowledge to understand and act on complex environmental, social, and economic challenges. All courses are taught in French, so a strong command of the language is required.

By the end of the year, students will be able to:

• Understand the history, political foundations, and evolution of sustainable development, analyze environmental, social, and economic conditions, and evaluate the diversity of theoretical and practical approaches to sustainability.
• Develop a multidisciplinary perspective on the interactions between biodiversity, food, agriculture, society, and the environment, and communicate and debate critically with both the public and professionals from diverse fields.
• Critically analyze economic systems, assess the impacts of human activities on ecosystems, and consider sustainable development pathways, including growth, alternative indicators to GDP, and ecosystem services.
• Master the fundamentals of environmental, ecological, and international political economy, development theories, and public policies, and use economic instruments to inform environmental policy choices.
• Rethink the links between human resources, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and sustainability, analyzing employment quality, well-being, inequalities, and the impacts of public policies and management practices.
• Study the role of mobility and transportation in sustainable territorial planning and propose strategies adapted to urban, rural, or regional contexts.
• Understand ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, biogeography, conservation biology, and human impacts, and analyze culture-environment interactions through anthropology and indigenous knowledge.
• Apply sociology to environmental issues and conduct field research on citizen, associative, or entrepreneurial initiatives.
• Design and carry out qualitative and quantitative field surveys, anticipate and manage difficulties, plan data collection, and limit bias.
• Grasp the systemic dimension of environmental risks and propose territorial risk management strategies (floods, droughts, fires, heatwaves, pandemics, etc.).
• Use participatory practices to integrate citizen participation into social, climatic, or health risk management.
• Develop an interdisciplinary approach to health and well-being, analyzing links between living environment, social justice, pollution, and territorial resilience.
• Master environmental law and its application (principles, actors, sanctions) and communicate in English on environmental sciences.
• Design and carry out a research project or internship, write a rigorous thesis or report, and develop autonomy, clear expression, and collaborative work skills.