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[Midisciences 2026] Discover the full programme

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22 January 2026

We are delighted to announce that Avignon Université's Midisciences series will resume on 5 February 2026. The Midisciences are short popular science lectures designed to convey the essentials of science and share, through discussion, questions and reflections on emerging knowledge.

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[Defence of thesis] 04/02/2026 - Kervens Valcin: «Litigation over land ownership in Haiti from 1804 onwards» (UPR JPEG)

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22 January 2026

Mr Kervens VALCIN will publicly defend his thesis entitled "Le contentieux de la propriété foncière en Haïti à partir de 1804" (Land ownership litigation in Haiti from 1804), directed by Mr Eric WENZEL, on Wednesday 4 February 2026 at 2pm, at Avignon University.

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[Thesis defense] 26/01/2026 - Agustín PEREZ BAANANTE: «Aesthetics of compassion: The theatre of Angélica Liddell and Juan Mayorga in the light of Martha C. Nussbaum's theory of emotions» (UPR ICTT)

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12 January 2026

Mr Agustín PEREZ BAANANTE will publicly defend his thesis entitled: «Aesthetics of compassion: The theatre of Angélica Liddell and Juan Mayorga in the light of compassion".

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[Thesis defence] 15/12/2025 – Sarah Kubien: «Avoidance in environmental law: an introduction through environmental assessment» (UMR IMBE)

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12 December 2025

Sarah KUBIEN will publicly defend her thesis entitled: «Avoidance in environmental law: an introduction through environmental assessment», supervised by Mr Thierry DUTOIT, Ms Isabelle DOUSSAN and […]

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[Thesis defence] 19/12/2025 – Michel Mouléry: «Analysis of interactions between short supply chains and morphological complexity of urban boundaries: application to fruit and vegetables in Provence (France)» (UMR ESPACE)

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11 December 2025

Mr Michel MOULÉRY will publicly defend his thesis entitled «Analysis of interactions between short supply chains and the morphological complexity of urban boundaries: application to fruit and vegetables in [...]

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The LIAvignon Chair presents its 2020-2024 activity report

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10 December 2025

The LIAvignon Chair in Artificial Intelligence presents its 2020-2024 activity report This document provides an overview of the actions carried out since the creation of the LIAvignon Chair: scientific advances, publications, […]

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[Thesis defence] 19/12/2025 – Ahmed NJIFENJOU: «Open-domain conversational agents based on transformer-based language models: towards multilingualism and personality» (UPR LIA)

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8 December 2025

Mr Ahmed NJIFENJOU will publicly defend his thesis entitled: «Open-domain conversational agents based on transformer-based language models: towards multilingualism [...]

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[Thesis defence] 16/12/2025 – Grace Tessa Masse: «Cyber deception and resilience with distributed machine learning» (UPR LIA)

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8 December 2025

Ms Grace TESSA MASSE will publicly defend her thesis entitled: «Cyber deception and resilience with distributed machine learning», supervised by Mr Abderrahim BENSLIMANE and Mr Vianney KENGNE TCHENDJI, […]

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[Thesis defence] 17/12/2025 – Javier Belinchon Moreno: «Genetic and functional diversity of the NLRome/resistome in melons» (UR GAFL)

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8 December 2025

Mr Javier BELINCHON MORENO will publicly defend his thesis entitled: «Genetic and functional diversity of the NLRome/resistome in melons,» supervised by Ms Nathalie BOISSOT and Ms Patricia FAIVRE [...]

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[Thesis defence] 17/12/2025 – Hadrien Di Costanzo: «Drought and its uncertainties in the Mediterranean context. A Bayesian model for proactive management of water resources and their uses: application to the Gardon d'Anduze and Galeizon basins.» (UMR ESPACE)

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8 December 2025

Mr Hadrien DI COSTANZO will publicly defend his thesis entitled: «Drought and its uncertainties in the Mediterranean context. A Bayesian model for proactive resource management [...]

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