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SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE & OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

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  • Editorial board member

    • Associate Editor of Insectes Sociaux (link) - in charge of the "other social insects"

    • Editorial Board Member of Biology Letters (link)

    • Recommender of Peer Community In Evolutionary biology (link)

    • Recommender of Peer Community In Zoology (link) 

    • Former Review Editor of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - section: Social evolution (link) from 2016 to 2022

    • Former Faculty member of the Faculty of 1000 Behavioural ecology section from 2015 to 2020

 

  • Guest editor of Special Issues in international journals

    • Insectes Sociaux (2024)

      • "Sociable arthropods: Broadening conceptions about social insects" (link)

      • Co-editors: Miriam Richards and Javier Quezada Euan.

    • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2020)

      • "Microbial Drivers of Sociality – from Multicellularity to Animal Societies" (link)

      • Co-editors: Dino McMahon, Peter Biedermann, and Marko Rohlfs.

    • Current Opinion in Insect Science (2018)

      • "Beyond eusocial insects: Studying the other social insects to better understand social evolution" (link)

      • Co-editor: Sandra Steiger.​

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  • Other current responsibilities​

    • Since 2024 - Deputy Director of the Institute for Research on the Biology of Insects (IRBI).

    • Since 2023 - Board member of the SSBCV doctoral school, co-director of the AEB branch.

    • Since 2023 - Delegate of the WP Open Science for Univ Tours in the European Alliance NEOLAiA.

    • Since 2015 - Board member of the French-speaking section of the IUSSI.

POPULAR SCIENCE AND MEDIA

  • Public conferences​ (selection)

    • Multiple times/year since 2018 - Université du Temps Libre (Tours, Juvisy, Sceaux ...), France

    • 2024 - Club Culture & Saveur, Tours, France

    • 2023 - Semaine de l'environnement, Veigné, France

    • 2023 - Fête de la nature, Sassay, France

    • 2022 - Association A.L.LE.E., Toulouse, France

    • 2022 - Journées de l'Environnement, Prades-le-lez, France

    • 2022 - Fête de la biodiversité, Tours, France

    • 2021 - Cycle de conférences "des Insectes et Hommes", Tours, France

    • 2017 - Ma petit académie en campagne, Nonard, France​

    • 2012 - Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle et d'Ethnographie de Colmar, France

 

  • TV / Newpapers

    • 2023 - Interview in the TV documentary "Smarte insekten - Wie winzige Gehirne Geniales leisten", Germany, Zdf, 3sat (link) (english link)

    • 2023 - Interview for a news report on our forficula research, France 3 région, France

    • 2023 - Interview for the newspaper Charlie Hebdo (link)

    • 2022 - Host of the team filming earwigs for the Arte TV documentary "Le petit peuple du potager", France (link)

    • 2018 - Host of the team filming earwigs for the Arte TV documentary "Fascinating insects", Germany/France (link)

    • 2015 - Campus TV Mainz, Germany (link in German)

    • ​2014 - Arte TV documentary/interview (X:enius), Germany/France (link in French)

    • 2010 - Basler Zeitung Journal, Switzerland

    • 2008 - TV documentary for "Science Suisse" (link), TSR, Switzerland

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  • Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

    • 2020 - Université Virtuelle Environnement et développement durable (UNIVED)

      • Vivre avec les autres animaux - "Les sociétés animales : une introduction​" (lien)

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  • University open doors & Science festival

    • Since 2021 - Fête de la Science, Tours

    • 2010 - 550th anniversary of the University of Basel, Switzerland

    • 2006/08 - University of Lausanne, Switzerland

 

  • School outreach

    • 2017, 2021 - Ecole maternelle des Gués, Veigné, France

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