Vanessa Kopec - SLI Participant in 2014

"This Summer School has been the bridge I needed to transform my wishes into reality."

Original French language

I remember one year ago, I was just about to defend my Ph. D thesis, and I was thinking about my future. I was going to become a Doctor in Philosophy and Chinese Studies, and I had this deep desire to continue my research in Philosophy of Ecology, Environmental Studies and Energy on an international level. It was totally consistent for me to connect Ontology, Chinese Contemporary Studies and Political Ecology. I was wondering « How to do that? »I needed to find a bridge, a connection, a new path to transform this call in reality.

I went to my alma mater website (CEPERC, Aix-Marseille University) and found out that I could apply to be a researcher within a European Project, EPSEI. I did, got enrolled in the project, and moved to Beijing. After some months of work, my Director, Professor Farah, strongly encouraged me to take part in the Summer Law Institute, in order to deepen my knowledge on Environmental Studies. And that was a very good advice.

I spent my summer in Beijing learning about these new topics, getting skills I would never imagine getting, and meeting a lot of interesting people from all over the world. The Summer School is quite intensive; you just get involved in a very dynamic and joyful wave, a unique experience of learning important things and meeting great people. The class content is quite a good balance between theoretical knowledge and practical studies. I really liked to listen to all the speakers, hearing about their own personal experiences of work and career.

Now I’m still in Beijing, working at CRAES (the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences), organizing workshops about « Ecological Civilization »in China with my EU and Chinese Colleagues, writing a paper on this topic, and meeting great people and career opportunities.

Thanks to another Professor I met in the Summer School, Jean-Yves Heurtebise, I’ve just made my first lecture in Chinese during a big symposium of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

I’m really thankful to Professor Farah for encouraging me in a very appropriate way. This Summer School has been the bridge I needed to transform my wishes into reality.

 

Vanessa Kopec 

 

 Original French language

Je me souviens il y a un an, j’étais sur le point de défendre ma thèse de Doctorat, et je me posais des questions sur mon futur. J’allais bientôt devenir Docteur en Philosophie et Etudes Chinoises, et j’éprouvais le profond désir de continuer mes recherches en philosophie de l’écologie, études sur l’environnement et l’énergie, àun niveau international. C’était tout àfait cohérent pour moi de connecter l’ontologie, les études sur la Chine contemporaine, et l’écologie politique. Je me demandais « Comment faire ça? ». J’avais besoin de trouver un pont, une connexion, une nouvelle voix pour transformer ce désir en réalité.

Je suis alors allée sur le site internet de mon laboratoire de recherche (CEPERC, Universitéd’Aix-Marseille) et j’ai découvert que je pouvais postuler pour être chercheuse àl’intérieur d’un projet européen, le projet EPSEI. C’est ce que je fis. Je fus alors engagée dans le projet et déménagea àPékin. Après quelques mois de travail, mon directeur, le professeur Farah, m’a encouragéavec insistance àprendre part àl’Universitéd’Eté, afin d’approfondir mes connaissances sur les études environnementales. Ce fut un très bon conseil. J’ai passémon étéàPékin àapprendre sur ces nouveaux sujets, àacquérir des compétences que je n’aurais jamais imaginépouvoir avoir, et àrencontrer beaucoup de gens très intéressant de partout dans le monde. L’universitéd’étéest très intensive, vous vous retrouvez engagédans une joyeuse vague dynamique, une expérience unique qui vous enseigne des matières importantes et vous permet de rencontrer des personnes fantastiques. Le contenu des classes est un bon équilibre entre connaissance théorique et études pratiques. J’ai vraiment aiméécouter les intervenants àpropos de leurs expériences de travail et de leurs carrières.

Aujourd’hui je suis toujours àPékin, je travaille au CRAES (l’Académie Chinoise d’Etudes en Sciences Environnementales), j’organize des workshops àpropos de la « Civilization Ecologique »en Chine, avec mes collègues européens et chinois, j’écris un article sur le sujet, et je rencontre des personnes très intéressantes tous les jours, ainsi que des opportunités de carrière. Grâce àun autre professeur de l’Universitéd’Eté, Jean-Yves Heurtebise, j’ai récemment fait ma première conférence en chinois pendant un grand colloque de l’Académie Chinoise des Sciences Sociales.

Je suis vraiment reconnaissante envers le professeur Farah pour m’avoir encouragéde manière tout àfaire appropriée. Cette Universitéd’Etéa étéle pont dont j’avais besoin pour transformer mes aspirations en réalité.

 

Vanessa Kopec 

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