Rachel Levy

Rachel Levy serves as a Lecturer in Economic Sciences at the National School of Agricultural Education (ENSFEA), University of Toulouse, and is affiliated with the Laboratory for Study and Research on Economics, Policies and Social Systems (LEREPS). Her work bridges academic research with regional agricultural policy development in Occitanie.

Her research focuses on:

• Collective and territorialized knowledge production processes
• Evolutionary geographic economics of innovation
• Role of educational institutions in agroecological transitions
• Community-based territorial development frameworks

Current research projects include:

• TFC (2022-2027): €390,000 INRAe/Occitanie project coordinating communities-based transition frameworks, including PhD supervision and Israeli rural community studies
• Octaave Key-Challenge (2021-2026): Steering committee role in building Occitanie's agricultural/food transition research network
• PAACTE (2022-2024): Work package coordination on pastoral economy revitalization and post-doc supervision
• FFASE (2022-2023): Endogenous knowledge mapping for agroecology trainer programs in France/West Africa

She contributes to the UNESCO Chair 'Economy and Societies' and Bernard Maris Chair, supervising doctoral candidates while advancing interdisciplinary approaches to territorial resilience.