Profile: Marine Le Gloan, alumna

>After completing a double bachelor's degree in political science and sustainable development between Sciences Po, on the Le Havre campus, and Columbia University, Marine Le Gloan joined the first class of the Master's degree Governing Ecological Transitions in European Cities. She graduated in 2022 and is now a consultant at Utopies.

What is your current job?

I am currently a consultant in the sustainable development consulting agency, UTOPIES, in the buildings and territories team. We support local authorities on missions that cross the subjects of territorial economic development and ecological and social transition. We also work with the real estate sector on their strategies for transformation towards sustainable models. 

What do you like most about your job?

What I like most about my job is the diversity of the missions we are given and the intellectual commitment they require. We work on structuring subjects for local authorities and real estate players, which are at the heart of the challenges facing society and our future. I also love my colleagues, who are activists and passionate, and who give me a lot of energy in my work. 

What has been your journey since graduation?

I did my end-of-studies internship at UTOPIES and was then hired permanently. At first, I mainly contributed to missions for local authorities, in particular on the anchoring of sectors at stake for the transition of territories. I am now also working on missions for the building industry, especially on the subjects of land use and biodiversity. 

What did your training at Sciences Po bring you?

My training at Sciences Po allows me to take a critical look at the current practices of our clients and to draw the thread of our recommendations to ensure consistency between ideas and actions. In addition to this rigor, I see on a daily basis what I learned in class: the challenges of the ecological transition are connected to each other, and they require strong trade-offs, which can be contradictory if they are not dealt with in a systemic way by involving as many actors as possible.