Recent publications

A new article titled “Introduction: An Urban Impasse” by Talja Blokland, Gabriel Feltran and Nina Margies was published in Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 115(2), 2024.

A new article titled “The Rise and Fall of the Sociology of the Global City” by Patrick Le Galès was published in the Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 50, 2024. Abstract In the 1980s and 1990s, a series of publications, including Saskia Sassen’s landmark book The Global City, triggered a new current of research aiming to link a cycle of globalized financial and tech capitalism to a new type of city, analogous to what the industrial city had been in the past. This article first reviews this literature in relation to the history and sociology of the world city. It […]

An interview with Olivier Legros et Tommaso Vitale titled “Dix ans de résorption de bidonvilles… et de recherches”, conducted by Louis Bourgois and Elise Roche, is now online on Géocarrefour 97/2, 2023.

A conversation with Patrick Le Galès titled “Comparative research on European cities and policies. The Sciences Po Urban School approach“, was published in Metrolab series, pp. 242-257.

The article written by Chantal Verdeil and Eric Verdeil and titled “Extension mondiale du domaine marchand. L’éducation et l’électricité dans la crise libanaise” was published in March 2024 in the journal Esprit. Abstract [French] Les secteurs de l’éducation et de l’électricité sont au cœur de l’effondrement actuel du Liban. Après la construction d’un service public, les deux domaines ont été gagnés par la marchandisation, qui accroît les inégalités et rend l’économie du pays vulnérable à une mondialisation non maîtrisée.