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The DIADE Joint Research Unit operates under the joint supervision of the University of Montpellier, CIRAD and IRD.
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At CIRAD, DIADE is integrated within the Biological Systems Department (BIOS). This department conducts research on living organisms, their characterization and their use.

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Within the University of Montpellier (UM), the unit is affiliated with the Agriculture–Environment–Biodiversity (AEB) I-Site hub, structured around four thematic fields:

  • plant adaptation to global change;
  • agroecology and food systems;
  • biodiversity, ecology and evolution;
  • georesources, risks and societies.
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The unit is part of the Ecology, Biodiversity and Functioning of Continental Ecosystems Department (ECOBIO) of IRD, whose research focuses mainly on the functional role of biodiversity in tropical and Mediterranean ecosystems.

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