Nathalie Lourdel : Professional Experience
2005 Founder of « Autremen »: a company specialising in advice and training in Sustainable Development
2005 Post-doctoral: « Teaching Strategies for Sustainable Development » (Institut supérieur d’ingénierie et de gestion de l’environnement (ISIGE), Ecole des Mines de Paris).
2002 Coursein Teaching Sustainable Development given during studies towards a PhD in Sustainable Development. (Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada. Bourse de thèse du ministère des affaires étrangères).
2000 Undergraduate course assignment: National Institute of Risk Assessment in the Industrial Environment (INERIS), Verneuil-en-Halatte (60). Evaluation of ecotoxicological hazards
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2001-2005 Thesis Methods for Teaching Sustainable Development : Application to Undergraduate Courses (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de St-Etienne)Thesis available(in french) on-line at : http://www.agora21.org/entreprise/these5.html
1999-2000 Masters degree in Toxiclogy and the Environment (Centre des sciences de l’environnement, Université de Metz)
1998-1999 Masters Degree in Environmental Studies and Agricultural Land Development (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002-2008 Training Course: "Role Play for Sustainable Land Development" (L'école nationale des travaux publics d'Etat (ENTPE) et Ecole Nationale des Techniciens de l’Equipement (ENTE d’Aix en Provence et de Valenciennes).
2004-2008 Training "Land Development and Sustainablity" : Integration of Sustainability Criteria into Land Development Projects. (Centre Interrégional de Formation Professionnelle, Aix en provence).
2005-2008 Training for Trainers in Sustainable Development (Ministère de la jeunesse et des sports, MEDAD).
2005-2008 Training for Teachers at the “Ecole Nationale des Techniciens de l’Equipement (ENTE)”, « Intergrating Sustainability with Tools, methods and assessment procedures», Aix en Provence.
2006-2008 Seminar "Sustainable Development Tools and Methods" (Institut de Formation de l'Environnement (IFORE), Paris).
2006-2007 Role Play Exercises "Land Development on Flood Plains – Anticipating and Resolving Cross border Problems: An Analysis of Role Play Investigations" Ecole Nationale des Techniciens de l’Equipement de Valenciennes (ENTE)
2006-2008 Training Course "Organising Public Debates on Sustainable Development" (Les Ecoles Nationale des Techniciens de l’Equipement (ENTE) d’Aix en Provence et de Valenciennes)
2005-2007 Seminar: "Analysing the Comprehension of Sustainable Development" (Collège des Hautes Etudes de l’Environnement CHEE, Paris.)
2003-2006 Sustainable Development Training: "Case Study: Simulation of an Industrial Crisis Situation : MetalEurope", Masters Course, Ecole des Mines de Paris et Masters Course "Ecologie Industrielle", Université Technologique de Troyes.
2004-2006 Training Course "Companies and Sustainable Development",
Groupe Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, le Havre.
2005-2006 Training "Teaching Sustainable Development"
Masters Course in Ethics and Sustainable Development Lyon 3 University.
2005 Training course "Sustainable Developement and Industry" : Role Play for Undergraduates at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy.
PUBLICATIONS
2006 "Indicators of Sustainable Development" Agence Française de Normalisation (AFNOR)
2005 "Sustainable development training by simulation of an industrial crisis situation" C. Harpet, N. Lourdel, N. Gondran, V. Laforest and C. Brodhag. J.design Research, Vol. 5, N°2, 2006.
2004 "Introduction of sustainable development in engineer’s curricula : problematic and evaluation methods" N. Lourdel, V. Laforest, N. Gondran and C. Brodhag Conference on Engineering Education in Sustainable Development, Barcelona Prix Léo Jansen : Best Article (published in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2005)
2004 "Evaluation of student comprehension of sustainable development : use of cognitive map as indicator" Nathalie Lourdel, Natacha Gondran, Valérie Laforest, Bruno Debray, Christian Brodhag; Conférence : (article accepted for publication : Journal of Cleaner Production)
2003 "Complexity through Play" Gondran, N., Laforest, V., and Lourdel, N. Economie & Humanisme 365:26-2
CONFERENCES
2007 Going Global, International working sessions on sustainability in higher education, Working session 1 (Barcelona), Laboratory for energy and the environment, Massachussets institute of technology, MIT.
2007 Going Global, International working sessions on sustainability in higher education, Working session 2 (Boston), Laboratory for energy and the environment, Massachussets institute of technology, MIT.
2006
"Overcoming obstacles to understanding sustainable development - an approach based on personal experiences" Conference: Engineering Education in Sustainable Development (EESD 2006), Lyon
2006 Conférence les jeudis du CNRI (Centre National des Risques Industriels) : "Novel Approaches to Sustainable Development"
2005 "Sustainable Development in Higher Education" Talk given during the International Ecological Film Festival of Bourges
2005 European Summer School on the Practice and Teaching of Sustainable Development, Université de Reims
2005 Education & Training: An International Training Course for Key Stakeholders in Sustainable Development; Programme Transfrontalier et Régional de Formation des Acteurs Locaux au Développement Durable, au centre international de formation des acteurs locaux (CIFAL)
2004 Seminar : Engineering Education in Sustainable Development (EESD 2004), Barcelona
2004 European round table on sustainable consumption and production (ERSPC), Bilbao
2003 European Summer School on Innovative Teaching Methods 7-11 July, Université Paris 7
