Publication
Wetlands: a new resilience indicator
After six years of field surveys, the Ecosystems team proposes a simple indicator to track the health of coastal marshes.
Read the article : Wetlands: a new resilience indicatorResearch laboratory · Environmental sciences
Understanding living environments to better protect them
Institut Lumen brings together ecologists, hydrologists and climatologists around open research that serves local communities and public decision-makers.
Our team in numbers
A committed scientific community
142
researchers, engineers and technicians
38
PhD students and postdocs
210
scientific publications in 2025
27
partners across Europe and beyond
Research areas
Three areas, one standard of rigour
Our teams combine fieldwork, modelling and citizen science to inform land-use and planning decisions.
Area 1
Water and river basins
River quality, low flows and groundwater: we monitor 40 measuring stations to anticipate pressure on water resources.
Area 2
Biodiversity and ecosystems
Wetlands, hedgerows and pollinators: we measure what ecosystems provide and how to restore them.
Area 3
Climate and territories
Heat islands, droughts, floods: we turn climate projections into local scenarios.
Latest news
Research in motion
Citizen science
Launch of the citizen pollinator observatory
Schools, community gardens and farmers can now share their observations using a ten-minute protocol.
Read the article : Launch of the citizen pollinator observatoryAward
Three PhD students win awards at the Water & Territories conference
Their work covers intermittent rivers, peatland carbon and flash-flood modelling.
Read the article : Three PhD students win awards at the Water & Territories conference
Calendar
Upcoming events
Public lecture
Rivers in summer: understanding low flows
- Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
- Venue: Institute auditorium · free admission
Study day
Open data and biodiversity
- Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
- Venue: On site and online · registration required
PhD defence
Carbon in mid-mountain peatlands
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Venue: Council room · open to the public
The Lumen Letter
Once a month: our publications, our events and behind the scenes of our research.