International Research Seminar « Global Forests – 2026 » – Forest socio-ecosystems facing the effects of climate change (6-9 Oct 2026)

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Please note that the Autumn School will take place at the Maison Française in Oxford from 6 to 9 October 2026
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Global Forests: new multidisciplinary perspectives on forests

"Global Forests" is an International Research Seminar for doctoral and post-doctoral students whose research focuses on forest issues and coming from all scientific disciplines. The seminar aims to offer a time for scientific exchange and training to a multi-disciplinary group of young scientists. A large place is given to forestry issues in the South and early carrier researchers from the South are strongly invited to participate.

Conveners: GIP ECOFOR; Maison Française d’Oxford; Higher Education Research and Innovation Department of the French Embassy in London; In partnership with UMIFRE “Institut Français de Pondichéry”

Organisation Committee: Maya Leroy (AgroParisTech), Nicolas Picard (GIP ECOFOR), Pierre-Michel Forget (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle), Guillaume Lescuyer (CIRAD), Véra Ehrenstein (CNRS), Sylvain Burri (CNRS), Paul Bresteaux (GIP ECOFOR)

Scientific Committee: ECOFOR Scientific Committee

This seminar is part of the FORESTT-HUB project, linked to the public research program ‘FORESTT – Résilience des forêts, which provides partial funding.