Mountain habitability

I am a lecturer in geography at Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès, within ISTHIA and the UTOPI laboratory. I am also an associate researcher at the Institute of Geography and Sustainability at the University of Lausanne.

My research examines how climate and environmental change are transforming the habitability of mountain regions. Using tourism and outdoor recreation as key lenses, I investigate changing relationships between societies and mountain environments, from individual perceptions, practices and mobilities to the adaptation strategies of tourism stakeholders and territories.

My work addresses glacier retreat, mountaineering, ski tourism, mountain lakes and changing patterns of visitation, with a particular focus on the Alps and the Pyrenees. Across these topics, I study adaptation pathways, tourism decarbonisation, visitor management and changing human–environment relations, while integrating questions of environmental and climate justice into the analysis of mountain futures.

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From mountains to research

My passion for the mountains and my climbing and mountaineering practice have greatly informed my questions about the transformations of high mountain areas, their uses and their evolution in the face of climate and environmental change. In an interview with ISTHIA, I reflect on this path and on how tourism helps us understand changing mountain habitability.