Pathways to Sustainable Aviation: An Interdisciplinary Research School
de
dimanche 17 mai 2026 (18:00)
à
vendredi 22 mai 2026 (17:00)
lundi 11 mai 2026
mardi 12 mai 2026
mercredi 13 mai 2026
jeudi 14 mai 2026
vendredi 15 mai 2026
samedi 16 mai 2026
dimanche 17 mai 2026
18:00
Accomodation Registration: Welcome
Welcome
18:00 - 18:30
Room: Participants will be welcomed at the campus security gate.
lundi 18 mai 2026
08:30
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Restaurant (1st floor)
09:00
Welcome address
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Henry LEFEBVRE DE PLINVAL SALGUES
(
ISAE-SUPAERO
)
Welcome address
Henry LEFEBVRE DE PLINVAL SALGUES
(
ISAE-SUPAERO
)
09:00 - 09:10
Room: Thesis Room (Room 44)
09:10
Introduction
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Laurent JOLY
(
Institute for Sustainable Aviation
)
Introduction
Laurent JOLY
(
Institute for Sustainable Aviation
)
09:10 - 09:20
Room: Thesis Room (Room 44)
09:20
Presentation of the week's programme
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Laurence CALMELS-LAVERGNE
(
Institute for Sustainable Aviation
)
Presentation of the week's programme
Laurence CALMELS-LAVERGNE
(
Institute for Sustainable Aviation
)
09:20 - 09:30
09:30
Systemic approach to the transition of air travel
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Laurent JOLY
(
Institute for Sustainable Aviation
)
Systemic approach to the transition of air travel
Laurent JOLY
(
Institute for Sustainable Aviation
)
09:30 - 10:05
Room: Thesis Room (Room 44)
10:05
Air transport and societies
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Isabelle LAPLACE
(
ENAC
)
Air transport and societies
Isabelle LAPLACE
(
ENAC
)
10:05 - 10:40
Room: Thesis Room (Room 44)
Most stakeholders agree that air transport must respond to the growing challenge of climate change. The real question is not whether change is needed, but how it should happen and what kind of air transport we want for the future. These debates highlight the complex and sometimes contradictory role of air transport in our societies. In this presentation, we will explore how air transport both influences and is influenced by society, across social, cultural, territorial, economic, political, and geopolitical dimensions.
10:40
Break
Break
10:40 - 10:50
Room: Main Hall
10:50
Aviation environmental impacts and mitigation / adaptation levers
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Thomas PLANES
Aviation environmental impacts and mitigation / adaptation levers
Thomas PLANES
10:50 - 11:25
Room: Thesis Room (Room 44)
Aviation contributes to climate change through its CO2 emissions and other effects known as non-CO2 effects. This course will quickly describe these effects, as well as other environmental impacts such as land use or energy resources consumptions. A classification of mitigation levers to reduce these impacts will then be proposed. Finally, the concepts of physical and transition risks will be introduced to discuss adaptation levers.
11:25
Introduction to governance and legal levers
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Laurent GROSCLAUDE
(
Université Toulouse Capitole
)
Introduction to governance and legal levers
Laurent GROSCLAUDE
(
Université Toulouse Capitole
)
11:25 - 12:00
Room: Thesis Room (Room 44)
12:00
Lunch break - Sit-down meal
Lunch break - Sit-down meal
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Restaurant - 1st Floor
13:00
Workshop - Modelling aviation transition scenarios
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Thomas PLANES and Scott DELBECQ
(
ISAE-SUPAERO
)
Workshop - Modelling aviation transition scenarios
Thomas PLANES and Scott DELBECQ
(
ISAE-SUPAERO
)
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
Modelling transition scenarios is a major challenge in evaluating decarbonisation strategies and proposing sectoral roadmaps. The aim of this workshop will be to use the AeroMAPS framework, a dedicated open-source research code, to simulate and evaluate illustrative scenarios. General results will be obtained concerning the most effective mitigation strategies, achievable environmental objectives or the effect of policies on demand.
14:00
Icebreaker
14:00 - 16:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
16:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:20
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
16:20
Projects: introduction to projects
Projects: introduction to projects
16:20 - 18:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 Info - 30
The group projects are conceived as focused interdisciplinary explorations of aviation sustainability challenges. Given the limited time frame, each group will address one specific nexus of the systemic map, building on preparatory material synthesizing relevant state-of-the-art research. Participants will engage in cross-disciplinary dialogue, including preliminary runs of disciplinary or coupled models, to uncover both the challenges and potential of interdisciplinary research. The outcome will be concise systemic insights, formalized in a two-pager and a targeted contribution to the collective gigamap.
19:00
Social programme: Welcome cocktail
Welcome cocktail
19:00 - 20:00
Room: Main Hall
mardi 19 mai 2026
08:30
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Restaurant (1st floor)
09:00
Plenary Session - LCA and its application to aviation
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Joana ALBANO and Daniel KAN
(
NLR - DLR
)
Plenary Session - LCA and its application to aviation
Joana ALBANO and Daniel KAN
(
NLR - DLR
)
09:00 - 10:25
Room: Room 61.101 J2 SPA 24 and 61.102 J1 SPA 24
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a scientific method to evaluate the total environmental impact of a product, process, or service. The approach includes resource use and emissions from raw material extraction, through manufacturing, use, and final disposal/recycling. It is an essential methodology to assess the full environmental impact of current and future technologies in aviation. This session provides an introduction to LCA, fundamentals of the theory and approaches behind it, and its relationship with other life cycle engineering methodologies. Then, applications of LCA to aviation use-cases are detailed. Last, an overview of challenges and opportunities for LCA in aviation are presented.
10:25
Break
Break
10:25 - 10:35
10:35
Lecture HSS 1 - Impacts of sustainability oriented regulatory measures on air-rail modal shifts: the case of a kerosene tax
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Chantal ROUCOLLE
(
ENAC
)
Lecture HSS 1 - Impacts of sustainability oriented regulatory measures on air-rail modal shifts: the case of a kerosene tax
Chantal ROUCOLLE
(
ENAC
)
10:35 - 12:00
Room: Room 61.102 J1 SPA 24
In today's context of increasing environmental consciousness, stricter regulations but also capacity constraints across different transport modes, and demand for smoother passenger experiences, optimizing and coordinating multimodal transport in Europe is vital for the overall effectiveness of the transport system, both now and in the future. Understanding the factors influencing passengers' transport choices is crucial. We examine the substitution patterns between air and rail travel for French city pairs where both options are available. We analyze the market share of various travel alternatives based on their service provider, quality, and pricing on the routes under study. Moreover, we assume price competition between service providers, given their ex-ante choice of quality and their marginal cost of production. The Bertrand-Nash equilibrium is derived from a structural model allowing to measure inter and intra-modal competition as well as marginal cost per service and operator. We closely examine the features of air and rail transport to gauge their impact on passengers' mode preferences. We can therefore conclude on the main efficient regulatory measures enabling the steering of passengers’ choices, increasing quality of services, or implementing taxes on kerosene for instance.
Lecture STS 1 - Propulsion Systems - from physical basics to actual developments
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Jens FRIEDRICHS
(
TU Braunschweig
)
Lecture STS 1 - Propulsion Systems - from physical basics to actual developments
Jens FRIEDRICHS
(
TU Braunschweig
)
10:35 - 12:00
Room: 61.109 J8 cours 3A - 24
This presentation covers the basics from fundamentals of thrust generation in propeller drives and gas turbines to current development trends and challenges. Based on fundamental design principles, the specific advantages and disadvantages of technologies, as well as the limits of what is feasible, will be highlighted and discussed. In addition to the propulsor as a thrust-generating component, the presentation also addresses new energy sources (SAF and LH2) and fuel cell systems. At the same time, important aspects of integrating the propulsion system into the aircraft are addressed. Examples from current research results on the respective topics will be presented and discussed.
12:00
Lunch break - Sit-down meal
Lunch break - Sit-down meal
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Restaurant - 1st floor
13:00
Projects: Project work
Project work
13:00 - 16:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:15
16:15
Social programme: Guided tour: Airbus - A321 assembly line and Aeroscopia museum
Guided tour: Airbus - A321 assembly line and Aeroscopia museum
16:15 - 19:35
mercredi 20 mai 2026
08:30
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Restaurant (1st floor)
09:00
Plenary Session - Modelling airline behaviour
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Lynnette DRAY
(
University College London
)
Plenary Session - Modelling airline behaviour
Lynnette DRAY
(
University College London
)
09:00 - 10:25
Room: Room 61.101 J2 SPA 24 et 61.102 J1 SPA 24
Competition between airlines affects their choices of networks and fleet, the itineraries and prices they offer, and how these respond to policy. Consequently, modelling airline behaviour can give insights into the effectiveness of different policy options and the potential markets for new aircraft technologies. This talk discusses factors that affect airline competition and how they can be simulated, using UCL’s Airline Behaviour Model as an example, before giving recent examples of how such modelling can be used to assess policy outcomes.
10:25
Break
Break
10:25 - 10:35
10:35
Lecture HSS 2 - Understanding consumer acceptance of green innovations
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Sara LAURENT
(
Montpellier Business School
)
Lecture HSS 2 - Understanding consumer acceptance of green innovations
Sara LAURENT
(
Montpellier Business School
)
10:35 - 12:00
Room: Room 61.102J1 SPA24
Research examines how psychological and behavioral variables influence the acceptance of green innovations in contexts where environmental responsibility conflicts with established consumption practices. It highlights the role of values and air travel behavior in shaping individuals’ willingness to support sustainable technologies, extending existing research beyond purely economic or technological determinants.
Lecture STS 2 - Leveraging open data and models to reduce aviation's climate footprint
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Junzi SUN
(
Delft University
)
Lecture STS 2 - Leveraging open data and models to reduce aviation's climate footprint
Junzi SUN
(
Delft University
)
10:35 - 12:00
Room: Room 61.109 J8 cours 3A - 24
This presentation explores how open data and open-source tools can help evaluate and reduce aviation climate impact. We introduce OpenSky data for flight tracking, aircraft performance models for emission estimation, and methods for predicting contrail formation using meteorological data. Finally, we demonstrate how these resources enable trajectory optimization for flight planning that minimizes both emissions and contrail-induced warming.
12:00
Lunch break - Sit-down Meal
Lunch break - Sit-down Meal
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Restaurant - 1st floor
13:00
Projects: Project work
Project work
13:00 - 16:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:20
16:20
Gigamap: Preliminary work
Preliminary work
16:20 - 18:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
jeudi 21 mai 2026
08:30
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Restaurant (1st floor)
09:00
Plenary Session - Why do we travel - and do we travel too much?
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Stefan GOSSLING
(
Linnaeus University
)
Plenary Session - Why do we travel - and do we travel too much?
Stefan GOSSLING
(
Linnaeus University
)
09:00 - 10:25
Room: 61.101 J1 SPA24 and 61.102 J1 SPA24
The presentation covers why humans travel, and which implications in particular social media and travel influencers have for transport demand. Turning to a global climate justice perspective, the lecture then discusses distributions of global air travel, before turning to the question as to whether air transport demand is genuine or induced, and whether there are options to reduce emissions through behavioural change.
10:25
Break
Break
10:25 - 10:35
10:35
Lecture HSS 3
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Camila GONZALEZ MARIN
(
AIRBUS
)
Lecture HSS 3
Camila GONZALEZ MARIN
(
AIRBUS
)
10:35 - 12:00
Room: 61.102 J1 SPA24
Lecture STS 3 - The climate impact of aviation and its mitigation
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Nicolas BELLOUIN
(
University of Reading
)
Lecture STS 3 - The climate impact of aviation and its mitigation
Nicolas BELLOUIN
(
University of Reading
)
10:35 - 12:00
Room: Room 61.109 J8 cours 3A
Aviation contributes to climate change by changing the composition of the atmosphere. Current aircraft engines emit carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, and also emit several non-CO2 compounds that impact climate. The perturbation of atmospheric chemistry by aviation emissions of nitrogen oxides and the formation of contrails are two examples of non-CO2 effects, which are currently much discussed among the aviation industry and European policymaking. This lecture will present the physical and chemical mechanisms by which aviation impacts climate, and review proposed solutions to reduce those impacts.
12:00
Lunch break - Sit-down Meal
Lunch break - Sit-down Meal
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Restaurant - 1st floor
13:00
Projects: Project work
Project work
13:00 - 16:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
16:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:20
16:20
Free time
16:20 - 18:00
18:00
Social programme: Toulouse guided tour
Toulouse guided tour
18:00 - 19:30
Room: Meeting in front of the Capitole entrance
19:30
Social programme: Dinner
Dinner
19:30 - 22:30
vendredi 22 mai 2026
08:30
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Restaurant (1st floor)
09:00
Gigamap: Implementation during the project work
Implementation during the project work
09:00 - 10:25
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
Projects: Project work
Project work
09:00 - 10:25
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
10:25
Break
Break
10:25 - 10:35
10:35
Gigamap: Implementation during the project work
Implementation during the project work
10:35 - 12:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
Projects: Project work
Project work
10:35 - 12:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
12:00
Lunch break - Sit-down Meal
Lunch break - Sit-down Meal
12:00 - 13:00
Room: Restaurant - 1st floor
13:00
Projects: Restitution
Restitution
13:00 - 15:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 info - 30
Projects: Restitution
Restitution
13:00 - 15:00
Room: Room 61.002 J2 info - 30
15:00
Gigamap: Restitution
Restitution
15:00 - 16:00
Room: Room 61.001 J2 Info - 30 and 61.002 J1 info - 30
16:00
Debriefing and conclusion
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Room 61.001 J1 info - 30 and 61.001 J2 info - 30