Documentation | GAEL - Université Grenoble Alpes

Two documentation centers coexist within GAEL:

The Consumption and Innovation Documentation Center

Specializing in two main themes: innovation in the agribusiness sector and sustainable consumption, particularly the analysis of dietary behavior. Given the history of the GAEL laboratory, two disciplines are also well represented: environmental economics (biodiversity) and agricultural economics.
The entire collection is housed in a library shared with the CREG Research Unit, located on the 5th floor of the BATEG building.

The Energy and Climate Documentation Center

The Energy and Climate Documentation Center stems from the EDDEN team, which has been affiliated with GAEL since 2016.
Specializing in the field of energy and climate economics, it houses a library that is unique in France, with holdings dating back to the 1950s. The collection consists of approximately 10,000 documents, 50% of which are in English.
The energy library is located at GAEL, on the 2nd floor.

These collections were previously searchable via the Clareco* catalog.

As of September 1, 2026, for any research requests, please submit your inquiry to catherine.cieslauniv-grenoble-alpes.fr (Catherine Ciesla) (CREG) or celine.rivaluniv-grenoble-alpes.fr (Céline Rival) (GAEL).

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*As a reminder

GAEL’s library and documentation services reflect the history of the laboratory, which is rooted in the evolution of the economic research landscape in Grenoble since the early 2000s. The EDDEN Lab's integration into GAEL in January 2016 marked a new stage in this process, as described elsewhere on the website.

This unique context means that:
The economic research libraries in Grenoble have contributed to a catalog called Clareco, historically shared by three laboratories (CREG, EDDEN, and GAEL), which allowed users to search all of their resources on the themes addressed by the Grenoble economics laboratories: environment, energy, water, climate, innovation, food consumption, experimental economics, bio-industry, econometrics, labor, education, currency, and international economics.