Damien Calais

Damien Calais

History & Geography senior teacher

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  • About me

    PhD in Geography & teacher at Institut Agro Dijon

  • Education

    • University of Paris

      2015 - 2021
      PhD Geography of development PhD in Geography

      -Dissertation on food security in the United Arab Emirates under the supervision of Pr Philippe Cadène. Defense on 9 Dec. 2021. Jury: Martine Guibert (president), Anna Geppert (rapporteur), Mohamed Oudada (rapporteur), François Bost (examinator), Emilie Lavie (examinator), Philippe Cadène (supervisor).-Member of the ReBus research team (Reshaping Business in an Uncertain World), see http://www.rebus.world-Co-edited a dossier and published three articles in peer-reviewed journals… Show more -Dissertation on food security in the United Arab Emirates under the supervision of Pr Philippe Cadène. Defense on 9 Dec. 2021. Jury: Martine Guibert (president), Anna Geppert (rapporteur), Mohamed Oudada (rapporteur), François Bost (examinator), Emilie Lavie (examinator), Philippe Cadène (supervisor).-Member of the ReBus research team (Reshaping Business in an Uncertain World), see http://www.rebus.world-Co-edited a dossier and published three articles in peer-reviewed journals, presented my work in seminars and international congresses: on irrigation techniques, hydroponics, and food supply of cities-Co-organized a colloquium in 2021 and organized a workshop on water use for the 2nd Congress of the CNRS Scientific Interest Group “Middle East and the Islamic World” in 2017 Show less

    • UniLaSalle Polytechnic Institute, Beauvais, France

      2021 - 2023
      Engineer Agronomics, AgEng, AgTech

      Activities and Societies: Accountant & vice-treasurer of UniLaSalle Projets Beauvais association. -Year project (carried out in English): design and prototyping of a new application for agricultural drones, in association with the Claas Foundation and the University of Hohenheim

    • Sorbonne University

      2014 - 2015
      Agrégation (competitive examination for teachers) History Passed, ranked 6th nationally
  • Experience

    • Jean Monnet High School

      Sept 2015 - Jun 2021
      History & Geography senior teacher

      Now on training leave.From 2016 to 2021:-Elected three times to the school’s board of trustees and to the disciplinary hearing panel-Among courses provided: History & Geography in English as part of the European option, 100% pass percentage at the exam-Joined a task force on foresight formed by the Hauts-de-France Region and the Lille-Amiens Academic Region: contributed to the edition of an atlas of the Hauts-de-France distributed to every school of the Region, and to the design of an exhibition Show less

    • South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

      Jan 2017 - Oct 2019
      Publication consultant and translator from English to French

      -Adaptation of an English-language Atlas of South Korea to the French academic standards-Translation of the chapter on population and socio-economic development

    • Sorbonne University

      Sept 2019 - Jun 2021
      Trainer for the competitive recruitment examination for History & Geography teachers

      -Joined a new team of trainers: the number of successful candidates rose from 2 in 2018 to 11 in 2021-Provided methodology courses to all the candidates, training to 3 groups of 8 students, and individual interviews to prepare the mock exams

    • Agro-Transfert Ressources et Territoires

      May 2022 - Aug 2022
      Agriculture R&D assistant-engineer

      Carrying out the first phase of the "Implementation of conservation agriculture practices in Hauts-de-France" project. Tasks: to establish an overview and typology of farmers with varying degrees of interest in conservation agriculture in Hauts-de-France, to identify their innovative practices and the obstacles they face, in preparation for an experimental phase

    • AXEMA

      Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
      Market researcher

      Planning and carrying out a prospective study on conservation agriculture in crop and mixed farming in France by 2035

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • TOEIC Listening & Reading : 970 points

      ETS
      Jul 2021