Our team

Cloé graduated from UCLouvain as a bioengineer in June 2024. During her studies, she specialized in sustainability engineering, and also had the great opportunity to write a Master’s thesis concerning the role of gender in the farm governance in the context of Walloon field crops systems. She holds a strong interest in social issues in agriculture.

Trained as a bioengineer in agronomic sciences, specialized in sustainability engineering, Antoine joined the team in February 2024 to contribute to various projects concerning the transition to sustainable agricultural and food systems and paths for reducing the use of inputs on a territorial scale.

Diana Borniotto holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from University of Milan. She has worked during the past years in both the private and public sector focussing on social and environmental externalities of agricultural value chain. Her PhD research now focusses on Agri-environmental schemes governance, under the CAP policy framework. Due to her past experience, she also contributes to Sytra reflections on evaluation, true cost of food and policy briefs

Océane Duluins graduated from UCLouvain in 2020 with a master’s degree in bioengineering sciences. She conducted her doctoral research in the Sytra team, under the supervision of Prof. Philippe Baret, while also serving as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Bioengineering sciences. Her PhD research explores one of the major ongoing transformations in agri-food systems, the protein transition, understood as the shift from unsustainable animal-based dietary and production patterns toward more sustainable protein sources and production systems. Her work focuses on the systemic dimensions of this transition, seeking to understand not only its technical aspects but also the underlying social, institutional, and epistemic dynamics that shape it. By developing an interdisciplinary and critical research approach, Océane also reflects on the role of science itself in shaping and supporting sustainable transitions.

Philippe Baret holds a MSc in agricultural sciences and a PhD in quantitative genetics. A professor at UCLouvain since 1997, his teachings focus on systems analysis, genetics and agroecology. He supervises the Sytra research team with a focus on the characterization of agricultural and food systems, the development of agroecology and the processes of innovation and transition. He is a member of various organizations boards and research groups.

Clémentine holds a MSc in agricultural sciences from AgroParisTech. Her research focuses on the dynamics of ecological transition, with an original approach mixing agronomy and sociology. Her work considers scales from the farm level to the regional and european level.

Céline holds a PhD in agricultural science (UCLouvain), supervised by Pr.Philippe Baret and Pr. Xavier Draye. Her PhD aimed at studying intercropping in market gardening through an explorative and participatory approach. Since November 2023, she works as a research assistant in the Sytra team.

Manon holds a PhD in agricultural science (UCLouvain), supervised by Pr. Philippe Baret and  with the funding from a FNRS-FRIA grant. Her thesis focused on the study of the diversity of Conservation Agriculture practices and the impact of this diversity on soil quality indicators. Since April 2024, she works as a research assistant in the Sytra team on projects relating to the transition of agricultural practices, taking into account the diversity of production systems.

Caroline holds a MSc in agricultural sciences (ULB) as well as in Climate Change Adaptation. She joined the Sytra team in November 2020.

Following on from her previous experiences with agricultural organizations and farmers unions and in a consulting firm specializing in social risk management, Caroline will carry out prospective and strategic studies on the dynamics of agricultural and food transition.

Anton holds a MSc in agricultural sciences (UCLouvain) as well as in Environmental Sustainability (University of Edinburgh). As part of Sytra, his work ranges over the three research areas of the team: the global analysis of food and agricultural systems, a consideration of the diversity within those systems and discussions around transition pathways.

Trained as a forest engineer (Wageningen University), Anne-Maud has worked for several years on international projects focused on sustainable forest and ecosystem management & monitoring.

She joined the Sytra team in December 2020. She contributes to studies on the ecological transition of agri-food systems, notably by providing coordination and methodological support to collaborative projects.

Agroecologist (ULiège and ULB) and holder of a master’s degree in theoretical physics (ULB), Noé conducted a PhD in Agricultural Sciences in the Sytra team, funded by the Province of Luxembourg, and under the supervision of Pr. Philippe Baret and Pr. Yannick Agnan. His thesis focused on three operational tools for the reduction of pesticide use and pesticide negative impacts on the environment and human health. Since October 2025, Noé works as a research assistant in the Sytra team.