Postdoctoral fellow CEFE/CNRS Campus du CNRS 1919, route de Mende 34293 Montpellier 5 France Bureau 211A et (+33)6 98 94 30 87 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Research themes

My research aims to understand the role played by agrobiodiversity in the resilience of agroecosystems amidst global changes. I document changes in agrobiodiversity over time and analyze the interplay between their various drivers. Specifically, I investigate how (e.g., choices, seed supply and sources of information) and why (e.g., values, insurance effects) farmers manage, maintain, and experiment with various crop varieties. During my Ph.D., I focused on wine-growing systems characterized by significant but underutilized diversity of grape varieties. I employ an interdisciplinary approach in ethnoecology, at the intersection of ecological, agronomical, social and human sciences. I use a wide range of methods, including long-term fieldwork, surveys, modeling (R cran), GIS, social network analysis, and the mixing of qualitative and quantitative data.

Thesis (September 2019 - April 2023)

Biocultural approach of grapevine varieties dynamics in the Gaillac wine-growing region (France). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36452.14722. CEFE-CNRS. Supervisors: Sophie Caillon & Delphine Renard.

Participation in research programs and projects

2024 – present: Member of the International Society of Ethnobiology

2022 – present: Member of the École thématique Ethnoécologie et interactions bioculturelles (CNRS)

2018 – present: Member of the GDR ReSoDiv (CNRS)

2019 – 2024: AgrobiodiverSity for a food-Secure PlanET (ASSET) – PI : Delphine Renard. Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) trought the program Make Our Planet Great Again

2020 – 2023: Assessing the crop diversity trends in relation with climate change based on local kowledge (CITRON). PI : Vanesse Labeyrie (Sens, CIRAD), Delphine Renard (CNRS), Victoria Reyes-Garcia (UAB). European Research Council (ERC).

2019 – 2021: Well-being indicators: Using a biocultural approach for co-construction. PI : Sophie Caillon and Ken MacDonald (University of Toronto). Institut Écologie et Environnement (INEE) of CNRS

Award

Doctoral Runner-up Award of the Wine and Vine Business Chair, Montpellier, France, 2024. (Institut Agro Montpellier, INRAE, University of Montpellier, AdVini, AgroSud, Diam Bouchage, ICV, InVivo Foundation, Lallemand Oenology, Mercier, Moët Hennessy et les Vignerons de Buzet)

Publications (4)

Isaac M., Lin T., Caillon S., Sebastien L., MacDonald K., Prudham S., Doncieux A., Renard D., Aumeeruddy-  Thomas Y., Vincent L., Cobelli O., Locqueville L., & Sterling E. (2024) Multidimensional measures of   farmer well-being: A scoping review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 44(4), 39.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00971-7

Doncieux A., Yobrégat O., Prudham S., Caillon S., & Renard D. (2022) Agrobiodiversity dynamics in a French   wine-growing region. OENO One 56:183–199. https://doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2022.56.4.5557

Demongeot M., Chapling-Krammer B., Pascual U., Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y., Caillon S., Cardenas T., Doncieux A, Locqueville J., McKey D., Porcuna-Ferrer A., Reyes-García V., Renard D (2022) IPBES VA Chapter 4 Literature review on values articulated in agrobiodiversity management / IPBES values assessment (4.8). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4394547

Gauthier P., Pons V., Fisogni A., Murru V., Berjano R., Dessena S., Maccioni A., Chelo C., de Manincor N., Doncieux A., Papuga G., & Thompson J. D. (2019). Assessing vulnerability of listed Mediterranean   plants based on population monitoring. Journal for Nature Conservation, 52, 125758.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2019.125758

Research presentations (8)

Doncieux A. (June 2024) Which winegrape varieties are selected why and how? Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society Conference. Wine and Climate change Kitchen session [roundtable session with wine tasting]. Syracuse, USA.

Caillon S., Vincent L., Sebastien L., Isaac M., Cobelli O., MacDonald K., Prudham S., Doncieux A., Renard D., J.   Locqueville J. & Sterling E. (May 2024) Biocultural Well-being Values Among French Organic   Winegrowers: Interconnectedness with People, Nature and Place. International Society of Ethnobiology Congress. Marrakech, Morocco

Doncieux A., Demongeot M., MacDonald K., Renard D. & Caillon S. (May 2024) Unpacking the multiple   motivations of grapevine variety choice. International Society of Ethnobiology Congress. Marrakech, Morocco

Doncieux A. (January 2024) Dynamiques de l’agrobiodiversité et résilience : approche bioculturelle dans les systèmes viticoles. Séminaire de l’UMR AGIR (INRAE). Toulouse, France. Invited talk.

Doncieux A. (December 2023) Dynamiques de l’encépagement en gaillacois et résilience. Assemblée générale des   IGPs Côte du Tarn. Gaillac, France. Invited talk.

Doncieux A., Demongeot M., MacDonald K., Renard D. & Caillon S. (March 2023). Décortiquer les motivations   multiples du choix des variétés de vigne. 14ème édition de la journée scientifique vigne et vin sur le thème «   La biodiversité en viticulture et en œnologie ». Montpellier, France.

Caillon S., Doncieux A., Vincent L. (February 2021). Climate change and French wine-growing systems. Climate   Change, Shifting Cultures. American Museum Of Natural History. New York City, USA. Invited talk and online conference

Jankowsky F., Doncieux A., Maizi P., Berthouly-Salazar C. & Barnaud A. (June 2020). La circulation des semences   de mil au Sénégal : reconfigurations sociales et ontologiques. Association for the anthropology of social   change and development (APAD). Lomé, Togo.

Posters (4)

Doncieux A., Caillon S. & Renard D. (2020). Semer la biodiversité : récolter la stabilité face aux variations   climatiques ? Mesure de l’effet d’assurance à une échelle fine. Med2020., conférence en ligne.

Doncieux A., Jankowski F., Gaudin A. & Barnaud A. (2019). Coexistence of certified and peasant seeds: the   challenge for agrobiodiversity conservation? Jack R. Harlan International Symposium. 3.  Montpellier, France

Doncieux A., Jankowski F., Gaudin A. & Barnaud A. (2018). Certified and peasant seeds: which network for   millet seed supply?. Société Française d’Écologie et d’Évolution. International Conference on   Ecological Sciences : Sfécologie, Rennes, France. https://hal.science/hal-02143842

Labeyrie V., Raimond C., Barnaud A., Jankowski F., Sall M. Ouédraogo L., Bodian A., Coulibaly H., Coumaré   O., Lawali S., Cobelli O., Beaurepaire S., Cazaban G., Doncieux A., Verzelen N., Barbillon P., Garine   E., Coppens D’Eeckenbrugge G., Saidou A., Leclerc C., Thomas M., Louafi, S. (2018). Documenting   crop diversity management practices in West-Africa: raising perspectives for improving governance   frameworks. Société Française d’Écologie et d’Évolution. International Conference on Ecological   Sciences. Rennes, France.

Outreach (3)

2050NOW (December 2023) Les survivants du changement climatique: de la vigne à l’aloe verra. Fitou, France.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzJZtaq5tQ

Doncieux A. (June 2023) La viticulture face aux changements climatiques. Le Troquet Toqué. Sauve, France.   Conférence grand public.

Doncieux A. (2023) Agrobiodiversity dynamics in a French wine-growing region. Science & Wine blog.   https://www.ciencia-e-vinho.com/.