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Marine Le Gloan is a consultant in the sustainable development consulting agency, Utopies. She completed a double bachelor's degree in political science and sustainable development between Sciences Po and Columbia University. She is now working on missions for local authorities and real estate players.

Adoma is a semi-public company created in 1956 which has become the reference operator for supported housing and accommodation for asylum seekers. In 2021, Adoma has undertaken a globalapproach to define its strategy for young people in order to fulfil its mission.

The Digital Cities Chair of the Urban School of Sciences Po is organizing an international conference on July 10, 2023. The conference aims to question the presence of Google in the territories and its effects on local policies and urban governance.

Students from the Master Governing EcologicalTransitions in European Cities of the Urban School, visited Amsterdam to discover the “Doughnut Economy’!

Garance Breuil is a consultant for the Ecorys consulting agency in Rotterdam. She studied at Sciences Po and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. She joined the Governing Ecological Transitions in European Cities programme in 2022.

Bruno Cousin succeeds Nordine Kireche as head of Sciences Po Urban School and Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) Cousin is a renowned sociologist and a pillar of our master in Governing the Large                Metropolis as well as of the CEE.

Meeting with Zacharie Kartener, Marine Le Gloan, Léonie Yang, and Marine Le Gloan. Meetings will take place in Paris, Paris, and Berlin.

Souhail El Fatih graduated with a Master of Regional and Urban Strategy in 2020. He is now a project manager at Carta-Reichen & Robert et Associés in Rabat.

Town council is at the nexus of local/regional action – the point where all local actors intersect. Its unique perspective allows it to create effective and efficient relationships. It constructs an ecosystem that fosters robust, creative innovation.

Martha Sasso is a 2019 graduate of the Master OF Regional and Urban Strategy. She is now an innovation project manager at RATP Cap Île-de-France. Her main mission is to define the innovation strategy.

The Caisse des Dépôts has published their study on green recovery plans. The study involved dissecting the components of local engagement to better understand the realities, needs and visions of the local and regional ecological transition.

Raphaël Bonet is a regional coordinator at SOLIHA Ile-de-France. He is now working to secure housing for people fleeing the war in Ukraine.

The students of the MASTER GOVERNING ECOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS in EUROPEANCITIES realised a collective inquiry following their study trip to Barcelona. The trip consisted of a five-day stay in the city in an effort to answer the question of how to combine a radical agenda for sustainability and social justice. The main challenges faced by Barcelona encompass water, energy, housing, and the political and infrastructural legacies of the Olympic Games.

Chloé Deparis graduated from the MASTER IN Governing the Large Metropolis in 2020. For the past two years she has been living in Cambodia and working as project manager at Sevea, a think tank specialising in sustainable development.

Six students from the Urban Planning Programme carried out a joint field study of Athens and Eleusis. They began work in three different teams, but realised that the issues their respective projects addressed were remarkably similar. The students included certain cities bordering the capital in their field study.

Five students have developed a benchmark based on fifteen urban agriculture projects in France, Europe and North America. Urban farms bring more nature into the city and introduce a new aesthetic into the urban landscape. Urban agriculture also helps cast a spotlight on problems of food insecurity.

The week focused on smart cities and sustainable urbanization in France. The Learning Expedition was designed as part of the collaboration agreement between the Urban School and the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)

The students of the Executive master Regional governance and urbandevelopment (GTDU) were in Learning expedition in Antwerp, Belgium, from 21 to 24 September. This learning expedition proposed to examine what solutions - technical, social, political etc. - are currently being developed in the city.

Copenhagen, Dunkirk, Grenoble and Valencia have been selected to join the EU mission “100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030’ The report examines the levers and obstacles encountered by these municipalities. The report is organised into four parts.

Virginie Vial is the executive director of the SAMOA URBAN PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT AGENCY in Nantes, France. She graduated from the Urban Planning Programme in 1996. She worked for Euro Disney's real estate development team before joining SAMOA in 2009.

Three prominent data officers from New-York, Los Angeles and London took part in the webinar. They discussed how data-driven changes may transform the way local authorities govern their cities.