diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-rabbits-remember.md b/.changeset/chatty-rabbits-remember.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a9dc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-rabbits-remember.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@openfun/cunningham-react": patch
+---
+
+add warning on DataGrid when sortModel is missing
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/DataList.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/DataList.tsx
index b7b6a43..7a9c54f 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/DataList.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/DataList.tsx
@@ -2,5 +2,15 @@ import React from "react";
 import { BaseProps, DataGrid, Row } from ":/components/DataGrid/index";
 
 export const DataList = <T extends Row>({ rows, ...props }: BaseProps<T>) => {
-  return <DataGrid {...props} displayHeader={false} rows={rows} />;
+  return (
+    <DataGrid
+      {...props}
+      displayHeader={false}
+      rows={rows}
+      columns={props.columns.map((column) => ({
+        ...column,
+        enableSorting: false,
+      }))}
+    />
+  );
 };
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.tsx
index a5003e6..7e7606b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ export const DataGrid = <T extends Row>({
   const { t } = useCunningham();
   const headlessColumns = useHeadlessColumns({ columns, enableRowSelection });
 
+  headlessColumns.forEach((column) => {
+    if (column.enableSorting && !onSortModelChange) {
+      console.warn(
+        "You are using a column with sorting enabled, but you are not providing an `onSortModelChange` handler. The sorting will not work as expected.",
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
   /**
    * Features.
    */
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/utils.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/utils.tsx
index 61e79ad..aee8256 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/utils.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/utils.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export const useHeadlessColumns = <T extends Row>({
     const id = (column.id ?? column.field) as string;
     const opts = {
       id,
-      enableSorting: column.enableSorting,
+      enableSorting:
+        column.enableSorting === undefined ? true : column.enableSorting,
       header: column.headerName,
       cell: (info: CellContext<any, any>) => {
         if (column.renderCell) {