Updated 29/09/23
As a European tropical island territory, La Réunion has geostrategic assets for the Southern African, East African and Indian Ocean region, creating a favorable environment for growing research, development and innovation activities.
The IRD office in La Réunion opened in 1987 to implement the first marine environment monitoring program linked to the growth of tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean. The teams have now grown to organize and implement various research programmes connected with the territory’s issues.
A scientific reference on major development issues
The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development is a multidisciplinary organization of international renown. It is placed under the dual responsibility of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
It carries an original approach to research, expertise, training and knowledge sharing for the benefit of territories and countries that make science and innovation one of the first tools for their development.
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Reunion coastline.
Areas of responsibility
The IRD office in La Réunion also covers IRD’s activities in Mayotte and Iles Eparses.
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The IRD office in La Réunion also covers IRD’s activities in Mayotte and Iles Eparses.
The office is part of the Southern Africa, Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean Region, with other offices in Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar and Seychelles.
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Setting up mosquitoe traps in Reunion Island
Staff number and location
The permanent and contractual staff members are around fifty per year on average with a distribution of approximately 1/3 researchers and 2/3 technical engineers in 2019. They are hosted in 5 main organizations in partnership with the University of La Réunion and the local research stakeholders’ premises (CIRAD, CYROI, …):
- At the university technology park in Saint-Denis
- At the Moufia Campus of the University of La Réunion, in Saint-Denis
- At the Cyclotron of La Réunion and the Indian Ocean (CYROI), in Saint-Denis
- At the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (Cirad), in Saint-Pierre
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Research on emerging diseases.
Our team
Laurence Tibère
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The Representative
Laurence Tibère, Representative
Support to research team
Représentation IRD La Réunion
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Benoît Soyer, Administrator (and interim representative)
Finance and missions service
- Françoise Hale, Accountant and finance manager
- Florence Ousenie, Finance and mission management
Partnerships and research contracts service
- Prisca Sinivassin, Project management assistant
- Minahisoa Rakotonomenjanahary, Project management assistant
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Snapper school.
Contacts
Email address: la-reunion@ird.fr
Postal address:
IRD
CS 41095
2 rue Joseph Wetzell
Parc technologique universitaire
97495 Sainte Clotilde Cedex
Tél : 02 62 52 89 19