Mathilde Simon, PhD in biology and ethnobotany at Institut Michel Serres (ENS Lyon), examines the notion of robustness starting from the plant world. She explores how plants use adjustment, redundancy and plasticity to persist in changing environments, and considers how these strategies can inspire social systems. The talk discusses wild plant foraging as a practical expression of these principles, and reflects on attentive, reciprocal relationships with the living.

In French.