ISA-LABELLED THESIS: LAETITIA BORNES HAS DEVELOPED A PROTOTYPE MODELLING TOOL

Laetitia Bornes' thesis, awarded the ISA label in 2023, delves into a systemic approach aimed at integrating rebound effects into interactive system design.

Her research focuses on developing methodology and tools to assist designers and decision-makers in comprehensively considering the environmental and societal repercussions of their products, services, and decisions. This collaborative methodology entails qualitatively representing both direct and indirect effects, along with dynamically modeling certain effects quantitatively to enable the simulation of mitigation scenarios.

To this end, Laetitia, alongside researchers from her laboratory, has developed Magnitude, a prototype modelling tool. An illustrative case study within her thesis involves a hypothetical airport project powered by locally generated energy.

Supervised by Rob Vingerhoeds (ISAE-SUPAERO) and Catherine Letondal (ENAC), this thesis is funded by the ONERA – ISAE-SUPAERO – ENAC Federation.