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A former professor of environmental sociology (Université de Picardie "Jules Verne") and scientific advisor to the Conservatoire du littoral, he currently chairs the LittOcean association, a think tank that helps define maritime public policies. A director of SESS, B.
Most viewed articles
Imaginings of the sea: From past to futures
- Interview with Bernard Kalaora,
- by Denis Lacroix
In Futuribles (2022/1 No 446)
Sociology and the Environment in France
The Unobtainable Environment
- By Lionel Charles
- and Bernard Kalaora
In Écologie & politique (2003/1 No 27)
Frédéric Le Play and the social management of natural resources: A highly topical legacy
In Les Études Sociales (2025/2 n° 182)
From the Protection of Nature to Sustainable Development: Toward a New Cognition and a Framework for Action
- By Lionel Charles
- and Bernard Kalaora
In Espaces et sociétés (2007/3 No 130)
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Frédéric Le Play and the social management of natural resources: A highly topical legacy
In Les Études Sociales (2025/2 n° 182)
Kenneth White: Poetry of the ocean and world geopoetics
In Les Études Sociales (2024/2 No 180)
Walter Benjamin, a reader of Le Play
In Les Études Sociales (2022/1 No 175)
Imaginings of the sea: From past to futures
- Interview with Bernard Kalaora,
- by Denis Lacroix
In Futuribles (2022/1 No 446)
Sociologists and L’homme des haies
In Les Études Sociales (2016/2 No 164)
Wetlands and the Conservation of the French Coast: Perceptions and Frames of Action
In L’Espace géographique (2010/4 Vol. 39)
On the Validity of a Biological Invasion
Prunus serotina in the Compiegne Forest, France
In Études rurales (2010/1 No 185)
Thought, Sensitivity and Action in the French Society Concerning the Issue of Nature and Nature Protection
- By Lionel Charles
- and Bernard Kalaora
In Annales de géographie (2008/5 No 663)
From the Protection of Nature to Sustainable Development: Toward a New Cognition and a Framework for Action
- By Lionel Charles
- and Bernard Kalaora
In Espaces et sociétés (2007/3 No 130)
The Landscape Issue
In Espaces et sociétés (2006/4 No 127)
Prunus serotina Invasion in the National Forest of Compiègne: A Social Construction
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2006/3 Vol. 14)
Scientific Activity at the Conservatoire du littoral: Between Research and Action
- By Violaine Chenat,
- Anne Konitz,
- Catherine Garreta
- et al.
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2004/1 Vol. 12)
Sociology and the Environment in France
The Unobtainable Environment
- By Lionel Charles
- and Bernard Kalaora
In Écologie & politique (2003/1 No 27)
Back in the Year 2000: When France Flirted with Chaos
- By Lionel Charles
- and Bernard Kalaora
In Mouvements (2001/5 No 18)
Administrating Nature
Europe, France, and the Politics of Nature
- By Lionel Charles
- and Bernard Kalaora
In Le Débat (2001/4 No 116)
The Types of Landscape at the Ministry of the Environment
In Le Débat (1991/3 No 65)