A research fellow at the CNRS (Centre de Recherche Historique UMR 8558), Raphaël Morera is a specialist in European environmental history during the modern era. His research now adopts a comparative perspective and focuses on the water economy between the 16th and 18th centuries. In 2020, he published with Nicolas Lyon-Caen, A vos poubelles citoyens ? Environnement urbain, salubrité publique et investissement civique (Paris, 16th-18th century) published by Champ-Vallon.