Christel Renaud-Gentié is senior lecturer in viticulture at GRAPPE research unit, in ESA (USC INRAE) in Angers, in the Loire Valley, France. After a PhD on environmental assessment of viticultural practices by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Christel Renaud-Gentié is pursuing her research, with a team, by developing LCA methodology as well as participatory approaches and tools for eco-design in viticulture with winegrowers, wine sector stakeholders and students. Different research projects and doctoral theses on this subject permitted the creation of a serious game called Vitigame® to facilitate ecodesign workshops in viticulture, and a software for streamlined LCA calculation in viticulture called Vit’LCA®. She works in interaction with economists, sociologists, and ecologists, to include various dimensions in the assessment of viticultural practices. She teaches BSc and MSc students on environmental questions in viticulture, LCA and ecodesign in viticulture, and general viticulture, and supervises PhD’s and master’s theses and projects on the same subjects.
