Worshops and Seminars organized by the Team


December 11 and 12, 2019. International workshop at the University of Malaya - University Putra Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

“SMEs and Global Production Networks: Competition, Competition and Integration in the Agri-Business Sector”


June 24 and 25, 2019. International workshop at the Ibn Zohr University of Agadir

“Global economic networks and regional embeddedness”


April 15, 16 and 17, 2019. International workshop in Paris Diderot University “Globalization and Circulation of Entrepreneurial Models in Europe and Asia 2”


February 12 and 13, 2019. International workshop at the Paris Diderot University “Globalization and Circulation of Entrepreneurial Models in Europe and Asia 1”


October 15 and 16, 2018. International workshop at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai “Entrepreneurship, Poverty Reduction and Marginalised Sections: Learning from Cross-country Experience”


Submited PhD theses

November 2020. Boris Francioli : « Régulation de la finance durable » (Regulation of sustainable finance). Co-Supervision G. Bourdeaux, at the Centre Maurice Haurioun, Université de Paris,.

February 2020. Yves-Marie Rault: “Les petites entreprises pharmaceutiques indiennes, agents d’une globalisation alternative” (Networks, resources and strategies of small pharma companies in India). Supervisor Philippe Cadene, Professor of Geography and Development Studies, Université de Paris, Cosupervisor, Isabelle Milbert, Professor of Sociology and Anthropologie at Graduate Institute, Geneva, UMR CESSMA, Université de Paris


Registered PhD theses

Adhe Rizky Anugerah: PhD student under Dr Roda at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is a team member of CoE of Biomass Valorisation, and a team member of Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) platform of cooperation between UPM and CIRAD. His research interests cover corporate network analysis, supply chain management, and decision support system.

Damien Calais: PhD student under Prof. Philippe Cadene. He works on “La sécurité alimentaire aux Émirats arabes unis : importations, productions, externalisations” (Food security in the United Arab Emirates: imports, production, outsourcing). UMR CESSMA, Université de Paris,

Pauline Laminette: a PhD student under Prof. Philippe Cadene. Her research focuses on the study of the “Réseaux productifs globaux entre Inde et pays du Golfe : le cas du secteur de la mode” (Global production networks between India and the Gulf countries: the case of the fashion sector). UMR CESSMA, Université de Paris

Ong Chu Lee: PhD student under Dr Roda at Universiti Putra Malaysia. She is a team member of CoE of Biomass Valorisation, and a team member of Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) platform of cooperation between UPM and CIRAD. Her research interests cover biomass economics & logistics, GIS simulations & statistical modelling.

Valentin Mathieu: PhD student under Dr Roda at Universiti Putra Malaysia and under Dr Caurla (Bureau for Economic Theory and Applications - INRAE) at University of Lorraine. He is a team member of CoE of Biomass Valorisation, and a team member of Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) platform of cooperation between UPM and CIRAD. His research interests cover the modelling and understanding of the global wood economy through networks science, urban metabolism and economic geography.

Rafizah Mazlan: PhD student under Dr Roda at Universiti Putra Malaysia. She is a team member of CoE of Biomass Valorisation, and a team member of Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia (SALSA) platform of cooperation between UPM and CIRAD. She is also currently working at Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). Her research interests cover geopolitics of palm oil and sustainability development of downstream sectors in Malaysia.

Julia Ng: PhD student under Dr Roda at Universiti Putra Malaysia and AgroParisTech University in France. Her research interests cover forest governance and transformation, and the jurisdictional approach to sustainable PO in Sabah.