Charlotte DA CUNHA has been a lecturer in economic sciences at the University of Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines since February 2012 and teaches in the department of Commercialisation Techniques at the IUT Mantes en Yvelines. She obtained a PhD in economic science via REEDS (July 2010). Her research concentrates on the evaluation of effects of participative approaches. She is particularly interested in participative multi-criteria evaluation approaches and participative research action (RAP). She uses qualitative and quantitative analytical (semi-directed interviews and closed-question questionnaires, qualitative and statistical analysis software, etc) tools. Her fields of application are the adaptation of coastal communities in the face of climate change and the multi-functionality of agriculture in peri-urban zones. She has worked, among others, for the FRAGILE project in the Ile de France and the ARUC-DCC (Research Alliance of Community Universities on the challenges for coastal communities).