Denis Chartier

Denis Chartier is a Professor at Paris Cité University within the Faculty of Society and Humanities. He directs the "Espace & Milieux: Territoires écologiques" Master's track (2024-2025) and serves on the Faculty Research Commission. His research addresses ecological catastrophe through political ecology, environmental NGOs, sustainable development policies, agroecology, and arts-science frictions, with fieldwork in the Amazon, France, and global wine regions.

Chartier's work critically examines international environmental conferences (e.g., Rio+20, COP21), conservation policies in the Global South, and alternative practices like "natural" winemaking. He pioneers Orphic political ecology and Gaiagraphy, integrating traditional knowledge and somatic sound to reimagine responses to the Capitalocene. His approach emphasizes extradisciplinary frictions between art and science.

He currently advises four PhD students on topics ranging from NGO efficacy to urban coexistence with non-humans, and has supervised four completed doctorates. Chartier is a key figure in the Ladyss laboratory, organizing seminars on environmental democracy and Latin American ecologies, and contributing to ethical frameworks at institutions like the National Museum of Natural History.