Management of the project

UnivEarthS governance is ensured by a director, Claude Jaupart (IPGP director) and a co-director Stavros Katsanevas (APC director). They are supported by an executive board and a project manager, working closely with the work packages leaders, surround themselves with a scientific committee and present the results to the Labex the Council of partners.

Council of partners

The Council of partners follows the course of UnivEarthS. It consists of the legal representative of each partner and is chaired by the President of Sorbonne Paris Cité, the Labex bearer establishment. This committee gathers once a year, gives approval for the continuation of the project and provides guidelines for the following year, especially in case of significant change (funding, calendar, withdrawal of a partner).

The executive board (BE)

The Executive Board pilot and coordinates the Labex. It take the decisions necessary for its smooth running. It is chaired by the director and co-director and is completed by the representatives of the three UnivEarthS founders laboratories: Isabelle Grenier (AIM), Alessandra Tonazzo (APC) and Edouard Kaminski (IPGP), designated by their direction.
The BE meets as many times as needed, approximately every 2 months to ensure regular monitoring of UnivEarthS. They oversee the entire Labex and development of each project projects in three areas: research, education, development.

The Scientific Committee

Science policy and internal evaluation of UnivEarthS are under the expertise of CS. Reflecting the different areas of Labex, CS consists of French and international top scientists (designated and appointed by the BE). It is chaired by GF Smoot (Nobel Prize in Physics 2006), co-chaired by M. Chaussidon (IPGP) and supplemented with 10 other members: P. Bonifacio- Gepi, N. Gehrels- NASA, Mr. Kendall, Univ. Bristol, P.-O. Lagage- AIM, J. Laskar- IMCCE, B. Marty - CRPG Nancy S. Mazevet- LUTh, E. Plagnol- APC E.Stolper- Caltech, P. and P. Von Touboul- ONERA Ballmoos- IRAP.
The Scientific Council meets once a year. It assesses the progress of projects and makes recommendations on their pursuit, the allocation of funds and the launch of new projects.

Work-Package leaders assembly

Researchers from partner labs, work-package leaders meet twice a year, before and after the Scientific Council. They coordinate and scientific leadership. They form the equivalent of a laboratory council.

The project manager

By February 2012, the Executive Board wished to recruit (from the budget of Labex) a project manager, Nathalie Branger, to assist in its tasks and monitor. Céline Giraud assumes this mission since September 2012 being assisted since October 2014, by Emilie Né.
 

The communications team

The communications team is composed of the three communication officers of the founding laboratories: Jean-Marc Bonnet-Bidaud (AIM), Jean-Luc Robert (APC) and Joel Dyon (IPGP). They are assisted by Julie Suel who is recruited full-time by UnivEarthS. This team showcases the projects and their scientific results, thus building the image of Labex following the decisions of the Executive Board.