Sufficiency Summer School 2025

After five months of collaborative research reviewing sufficiency policies and practices across four key domains – digitalization, food and nutrition, trade and competitiveness, and urban policy – graduate students from CARE partner universities will gather in Paris from 2 to 7 June 2025 to put theory into practice. With the City of Paris as their case study, students will examine current municipal strategies and develop concrete proposals rooted in the principle of sufficiency: doing better with less

Guided by city officials, CARE mentors and academic supervisors, students will work in teams to assess existing policies and identify how sufficiency can shape more equitable and sustainable urban futures. The program features two field visits: one in Paris and another in the Hauts-de-France region, offering students the chance to observe how sufficiency is being implemented in both urban and rural contexts. The week will culminate in a public presentation of students’ findings at the Académie du Climat on Friday 6 June.

This Summer School is co-organized by the CARE Program and the World Sufficiency Lab.

Programme

Monday 2 June - At Sciences Po Paris, 1 Pl. Saint-Thomas d’Aquin (75007)

09:30 – Breakfast (room: salons scientifiques)

10:15 – 10:30 – Welcome Address (room: Salons scientifiques)

• Arancha González, Dean of PSIA, Sciences Po.
• Yamina Saheb, Director of World Sufficiency Lab.
• Céline Cantat, CARE Program Manager.

10:30 – 11:30 – Opening Keynote  

• Audrey Pulvar, Deputy Mayor of Paris for sustainable food, agriculture, and short supply chains. 
• History and key directions of the ecological transition in Paris.

11:30 – 13:00 – Small Group Discussions with City Officials. Students meet with technical experts from the City of Paris on project’s themes: Digitalization (K.018); Food & Nutrition (K.021); Urban policy (K.025) & Trade & competitiveness (K.029).

14:30 – 15:30 – Miro Training Session (room C.S25) – for the whole group.

16:00 – 17:30 – Team Work Sessions (rooms: K.018 – K.021 – K.025 – K.029). Students begin to apply the findings from five months of research to the case of the City of Paris, with the support of WSL-CARE faculty and mentors: Céline Cantat, Ana Diaz Vidal, Elma Hazdic, Aude Pommeret, Yamina Saheb, Bianka Shoai-Tehrani.

Tuesday 3 June

11:00 – 12:30 – Site Visit: Académie du Climat’s Roofscapes – 2 pl. Baudoyer (75004).

14:30 – 17:30 – Team Work Sessions (rooms: K.018 – K.021 – K.025 – K.029).
At Sciences Po Paris, 1 Pl. Saint-Thomas d’Aquin (75007).

Wednesday 4 June – Field Trip to Lens & Vimy

07:30 – Group meets at Gare du Nord.

09:30 – 12:30 – Visit: Sustainable Transition in Loos-en-Gohelle

• Lucas Nyszak, Director General of Services
• Francis Maréchal, Deputy Mayor for Energy Transition, Urban Planning & Infrastructure
• Valentina Alexandra Hernandez Romero, Project Manager, ADEME

13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch at the Ménadel (Les Anges Gardins)

14:40 – 15:10 – Presentation of Vimy’s Sufficiency Plan

• Christian Sprimont, Mayor of Vimy
• Julien Wojcieszak, First Deputy Mayor of Vimy
• Anne Thumerelle, Ecological Transition Officer

16:25 – 17:30 – Visit of Canadian National Vimy Memorial

19:18 – Train to Paris | Arrival 20:17

Thursday 5 June – At Sciences Po Paris, 1 Pl. Saint-Thomas d’Aquin (75007)

09:30 – 12:30 – Team Work Sessions (rooms: K.018 – K.021 – K.025 – K.029).

14:30 – 16:00 – Team Work Sessions (rooms: K.018 – K.021 – K.025 – K.029).

17:30 – 19:00 – Public Roundtable (in English) – Register here

• Location: Sciences Po, Paris, Room K.011
  Title: “Sufficiency in Action: Scaling Down to Scale Up”
  • Yvan Verougstraete, Member of European Parliament
  • Diane Simiu, Director at the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition
  • Dan Lert, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Ecological Transition
  • Dr. Yamina Saheb, Lecturer and Researcher, Sciences Po Paris, Director of World Sufficiency Lab
  • Moderation: Dr. Céline Cantat, CARE Program, Sciences Po Paris

19:00 – 20:00 – Reception & Sufficiency Showcase, Room: Cafeteria (1 ST)

• Cocktail & Display of creative work and posters on Sufficiency by students and junior researchers.

Friday 6 June

10:30 –12:00 – Teams’ presentations (room C.S25). Each team presents their policy briefs to peers & supervisors for feedback.

14:00 – 16:00 – Finalization of policy briefs & presentations (rooms: K.018 – K.021 – K.025 – K.029).

17:30 – 19:00 – Public Presentation of Student Projects – Register here

• Location: Académie du Climat
• Title: “Reimagining Paris: Sufficiency in Practice”
• With representatives from the City of Paris, researchers, and members of the public.

17:30 – 17:40 – Opening Remarks, Dr. Yamina Saheb
17:40 – 18:40 – Student Presentations:

• Digitalization (15 min)
• Nutrition and Food (15 min)
• Trade and competitiveness (15 min)
• Urbanization and Urban Policy (15 min)

18:40 – 19:00 – Q&A and Discussion

Saturday 7 June

10:00 – 11:30 – Wrap-Up Breakfast & Informal Goodbyes (room: Salons scientifiques). A final moment to reflect, share impressions, and close the Summer School together.