Directory of Urban Research

Here you will find a list of permanent researchers, PhD students, young PhDs and associate and affiliated researchers working on urban issues. For most of them, cities are a central theme; for some, the urban question is approached by other means.

Permanent faculty

Olivier Borraz
Sociology of health, Health security, Risks, Environment, Public action
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Bruno Cousin
Urban Segregation, Inequalities and forms of sociability, Elite legitimation process, International comparison, Relationships of European upper classes to diversity
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Marco Cremaschi
Urban Studies, Urban Sociology, Urban policy, Urban and Community planning, Urban agenda and European Union, Spatial Development
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Brigitte Fouilland
Analysis of public and private actors in public policy processes, Urban dynamics, Planning policy, especially in port cities, Urban practices and representations in Paris and in the new cities of Paris region
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Laurent Fourchard
Violence and security, History and political sociology, Government and Governance of metropolises, Nigeria, South Africa, West Africa
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Laurent Gayer
Political and criminal violence in India and Pakistan, Relations between poetry and politics among the Urdu-speaking populations of India and Pakistan
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Virginie Guiraudon
European integration, Migration, Transnational mobilization, Multiculturalism, Inequality and discrimination
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Charlotte Halpern
Public action, Urban sociology, Public policy, Social movements, European Union
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Sukriti Issar
Urban governance, Comparison of public policy, Cities of Developing Countries, Indian Cities (Mumbai)
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Patrick Le Galès
Public action, European Union, Local policy, Urban sociology, Public policy
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Patrick Le Lidec
Transformations in territorial architecture and local governance, Decentralisation and federalism, Reform of territorial structures, Recomposition of the State and of public administration systems, Sociology of political work
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Pap Ndiaye
History of Chicago
The Centre for History – (CHSP)

Marco Oberti
Cities and territories, School segregation, Urban segregation, Educational inequalities, Urban inequality
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Giacomo Parrinello
Urbanization, Industrialization, Environmental history
The Centre for History – (CHSP)

Edmond Préteceille
Economic and social transformation of large cities in a context of globalization, Urban inequalities and segregation in comparative perspective
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Sandrine Revet
Political anthropology of disasters and risks, Government of disasters
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Gwenaële Rot
Cinema in the city
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Sean Safford
Regional Studies and Urban Development
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Hélène Thiollet
Migration, Exile, Asylum, Migration policies, Global Governance of Mobility, Middle East, Horn of Africa , Arab Gulf
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Eric Verdeil
Urban infrastructure in the Middle East (notably in Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia)
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Tommaso Vitale
Urban Sociology, Structural contexts of integration opportunities,  Border control, Tensions between endogenous and exogenous mechanisms of urban change, Dissemination and legitimization mechanisms of racism, The voluntary sector, lobbying and political influence on large metropolis governments, such as the European cities of Roma and Sinti, Governance of Industrial Transformations
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Phd Candidates

Quentin Batreau
Sociology, Social Policy, Urban Politics, Thailand
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Lorraine Bozouls
Italy, Security, Cities, Social classes, Cities and inequalities
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Agnès Bastin
Urban Metabolism, Building Materials, Public Policies of Circular Economy, City and Environment
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Jasper Cooper
Global Port-Cities, Corruption, Flows of goods and persons
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Marie Degrémont
Public policy, Energy policies, Decentralization movements, Energy saving
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Edouard Dequeker
Economic geography, Urban economics, Urban governance, Sociology of enterprises
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Coline Ferrant
Urban Sociology, Food practices, Comparative studies
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Francesco  Findeisen
Financing urban infrastructure
MaxPo

Josué Gimel
Urban Sociology, Social Stratification, Sociology of Culture
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Alessandro Maggioni
Regulation of urban logistic infrastructure
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Gabriela Mendez Fernandez
Government and Governance of metropolises, Urban public policy, Collective actions
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Marie Piganiol
Economic Sociology, Sociology of public policy, Urban sociology
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Quentin Ramond
Segregation, Middle Classes, Local Public Action
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Charles Reveillere
Sociology of Law, Sociology of Public Action, Urban Sociology, Philosophy of Social Sciences
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Roberto Rodriguez
Metropolitan Governance (including instruments of urban governance in Mexico City and Paris), Policy instruments, Science, Technology and Innovation Policies, Urban Competitiveness, Environmental and Travel Policies,
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Côme Salvaire
Sociology of Public Action, Sociology of the State, Urban Sociology, Implementation of Public Policy, Environmental Policy
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Recent PhD graduates

Camille Allé
Recomposition of the state and Public administrations, Decentralization and transformations of the sub-national levels of government, Public finance and taxation, Interest groups
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Clément Boisseuil
Urban, economic and social transformation of low-income neighborhoods throughout Europe and the United States
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Marine Bourgeois
Sociology of public action, Sociology of work, Allocation of social housing, Settlement, Discrimination, Segregation, Categorization, Ethnography, Comparison
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)  and Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP)

Lydie Cabane
Risk & disasters, Global health, Science & social knowledge, Public policy, professions & the state, Transnational governance
The Centre for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO)

Pauline Clech
Banlieues, Villes et inégalités urbaines
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Antoine Courmont
Public action; Urban government; State Transformation; Digital Challenges
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Margot Delon
Urban policy, Immigration, Cities and Urban inequalities
The Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC)

Antoine Jardin
Political Attitudes and Behavior, Electoral Participation, Sociological Models of Voting, Segregation and Urban Marginality, Quantitative and Mixed Methods.
Centre d’études européennes (CEE)

Gayatri Rathore
Thesis: The Indian state at the local level: three neighborhoods in Jaipur
The Centre for International Studies (CERI)

Agathe Voisin
Ethnicité et cultures juvéniles dans les quartiers populaires
. Une comparaison France – Angleterre
Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC)

Associated & Affiliated Faculty

• Thomas Aguilera, Docteur du Centre d’études européennes, Maitre de conférence à Sciences Po Rennes, laboratoire ARENES
• Francesca Artioli, Docteure du Centre d’études européennes, Maîtresse de conférence en aménagement et urbanisme à l’Université Paris Est-Créteil (École d’Urbanisme de Paris) et membre du Lab’Urba
  
• Christine Barwick, Docteure du Centre d’études européennes, Chercheure au Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin
• Claire Dupuy, Docteure du Centre d’études européennes, Maitresse de conférence IEP de Grenoble
• Henri Bonno, Chef de projet au laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’évaluation des politiques publiques (LIEPP) de Sciences Po
  
• Renaud Epstein, Maître de conférence en science politique, Sciences Po Saint Germain en Laye
• Frédéric Gilli, Directeur associé de l’Agence Grand Public
• Adrian Favell, Enseignant-chercheur, Université de Leeds
• Antoine Jardin, Docteur du Centre d’études européennes, Ingénieur de recherche au CNRS, CESDIP
• Nordine Kireche, Docteur du Centre d’études européennes, enseignant à l’École urbaine de Sciences Po
  
• Irène Mboumoua, Responsable du Cycle d’urbanisme l’École urbaine de Sciences Po
• Pauline Prat, Docteure du Centre d’études européennes, responsable de l’executive master de l’École urbaine de Sciences Po
• Sébastien Pradella, Docteur du Centre d’études européennes, chercheur au Centre d’Études en Habitat Durable et maître de conférence à l’Université catholique de Louvain
  
• Alvaro Artigas Pereira, Docteur du Centre de recherches internationales, chercheur invité  de l’Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals de l’Université Pompeu Fabra
  
• Julie Pollard, Maîtresse d’enseignement et de recherche, Université de Lausanne
• Nicolas Rio, Consultant, Agence Partie Prenante
  
• Clément Rivière, Maître de conférence à l’Université de Lille
• Michael Storper, Professeur à UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs associé au Centre de sociologie des organisations (CSO)
  
• Pierre Veltz, Président du Conseil scientifique de l’Institut des hautes études de développement et d’aménagement des territoires en Europe
• Mathieu Zagrodski, docteur du Centre d’études européennes, chercheur associé au Centre de Recherches Sociologiques sur le Droit et les Institutions Pénales (CESDIP), Consultant