Research
IUEM is a key player in French and European marine sciences research. Benefiting from a privileged environment that brings together more than half of the national potential in this field, its teams are involved in all the major research issues and work on all the oceans. All disciplines studying the marine environment and the activities that take place there are represented: physics, chemistry, biology, genetics, ecology, biogeochemistry, geophysics, geology, geography, law, economics, etc.
7 research labs
Research work is carried out within its seven Joint Research Units (UMR), two International Joint Laboratories (LMI), as part of projects and programmes funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) and the European Union, and two International Research Projects (IRP).
This work is published in specialised journals and in specific scientific media.
… and international laboratories
4 research themes
The research axes are defined by each laboratory, but some topics of interest to several laboratories are grouped under the name of “priority axes”. In addition, IUEM has defined with its partners research axes within ISblue.
The ocean, a major actor in the biogeochemical cycles and climate of our planet
Marine ecosystems and biodiversity
Still unexplored oceanic depths
The coast, a complex and fragile interface
5 transversal themes
IUEM federates the research units by leading five cross-disciplinary thematic research areas.
Marine biotechnologies
New uses and renewable energy
Polar research
Global South
Historical dynamics
European Institute for Marine Studies – 2018
The IUEM is member of the Interdisciplinary graduate School for the Blue planet ISblue
