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Habitability in changing worlds

LabEx OSUG is a project renewed as part of the “laboratories of excellence” initiative funded by “investments for the future”, program launched by the French Government and implemented by the National Research Agency (ANR).

In order to address the various environmental and societal changes challenges, the second phase of the Labx OSUG project focuses during the 2020-2025 time period on the necessary conditions for habitability, by tackling 4 key questions :
 What makes and keeps planets habitable ?
 How can we integrate the multiple facets of habitability on Earth ?
 How is habitability maintained with limited resources ?
 How do natural hazards and associated risks contest habitability ?

The ambition of this project is to strengthen the expertise of the OSUG community in observing, understanding, modelling and predicting the natural systems evolution. It builds on our strong involvement in research infrastructures, on the innovative use of our analysis means , remote sensing tools and mutualized technical platforms, as well as on our data processing and modelling capacities. The project also supports new training activities and promotes the transfer of knowledge to societal stakeholders and citizens.

The Observatories of Earth Sciences and Astronomy (OSU, in French) are public scientific institutions dedicated to observation, research, training, and public outreach. The OSU of Grenoble (OSUG) engages in scientific studies related to all aspects of the Universe, the Earth and environmental systems. It federates about 1100 people in 7 research units, 5 associated research teams and 2 joint service units.




LabEx OSUG project 2020-2024

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