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Doctorant en géographie (M/F)

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Application Deadline : 28 October 2025 23:59:00 Paris time

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General information

Offer title : Doctorant en géographie (M/F) (H/F)
Reference : UMR5044-EMMSAL-003
Number of position : 1
Workplace : TOULOUSE
Date of publication : 07 October 2025
Type of Contract : FTC PhD student / Offer for thesis
Contract Period : 36 months
Start date of the thesis : 1 December 2025
Proportion of work : Full Time
Remuneration : 2200 € gross monthly
Section(s) CN : 39 - Spaces, territories and societies

Description of the thesis topic

The tourism sector is composed of diverse organizations, both public and private, on which many jobs directly depend. The Pyrenees constitute a particularly relevant study area, as they are heavily developed for tourism in both winter and summer while facing numerous challenges: reduced snow reliability for skiing, rising temperatures that increase wildfire risk during heatwaves, and decreasing availability and quality of water resources. Adaptation strategies developed by local stakeholders, as well as behavioral changes among tourists, generate additional pressures on these already fragile mountain ecosystems. For example, the proliferation of toxigenic algae has been observed, raising concerns about growing health risks for tourists, wildlife, livestock, and mountain communities. In light of these dynamics, the “OneHealth” concept offers a framework to link environmental, animal, and human health through an interdisciplinary approach.

The interdisciplinary dimension of ARTEMIS lies in its construction through the perspective of businesses via management sciences, the study of tourism practices and territorial adaptation challenges through geography, and the relationships between societal issues and ecosystems through ecology (OneHealth). The innovative character of this project is to examine the adaptation of mountain tourism territories using a systemic socio-ecosystem approach that integrates climate and biodiversity challenges, but also human health risks and environmental pollution with all their consequences.

This PhD project, situated at the interface of geography and management sciences, will analyze the interactions between environmental pressures (climate change, water quality degradation, proliferation of toxic algae, etc.), stakeholder perceptions and behaviors (tourists, businesses, and various organizations), and adaptation dynamics at the territorial scale, through the development of a systems thinking approach. It also seeks to identify the levers of sustainable adaptation by mobilizing the concepts of territorial resilience and organizational sustainability.

Work Context

CERTOP is a joint research unit of the CNRS, Toulouse – Jean Jaurès University, and Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier University. It brings together around seventy permanent staff members (researchers, faculty members, and research support staff) and about thirty doctoral candidates, spanning several disciplines within the Social Sciences and Humanities (sociology, information and communication studies, economics).