Thesis Defense – Congcong Li
"Institutional Mechanisms of Financing Transport Infrastructure in China — Comparative Lessons from the “Rail Plus Property” Model in Shenzhen and Nanjing", on December 15, 2025, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Thesis defense – Thibaud BAGES
French regions and economic sector policies: a new planning model? Strategies and tools for developing hydrogen activity by the Hauts-de-France, Occitanie and Pays de la Loire regions. On November 21, 2025 at Maison de la recherche (Paris).
Bungalows and oil tanks: The environmental damages of petroleum refining and the urban politics of heavy industry
Clarence Hatton-Proulx analyzes the social and environmental consequences of fossil energy metabolisms on Montréal’s sacrifice fossil zone.
Thesis defense – Mathilde PEDRO
Planning and Managing Transport Hubs in a Context of Sectoral and Territorial Reforms: A comparison between France, England, and the Netherlands.November 4, 2025 at Campus Condorcet.
Explaining infrastructural bifurcation: A comparative history of urban incineration in Montréal and Paris
How deindustrialization and gentrification put pressure on waste incinerators: an article by Clarence Hatton-Proulx.
The quiet financialisation of urban infrastructure
The media in the normalisation of airport-led development in the Paris city-region, a paper by J.-B. Frétigny, M. Magnan, J.Maulat, M. Pedro.
The Fable of the “Energy Recycling” of Household Waste
In this article published in the Journal of Energy History, Etienne Dufour questions the virtue of using urban waste for energy production.
Passing of Éric Denis
We, at the Géographie-cités research department, are deeply saddened of the recent passing of our colleague and friend Éric Denis on August 21.
The Limits of a Success Story: Rethinking the Shenzhen Metro “Rail Plus Property” Model for Planning Sustainable Urban Transit in China
An analysis Congcong Li and Natacha Aveline-Dubach.
From gardening to landscaping, from LA QUINTINIE to tomorrow
Call fo papers - International symposium (Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th, March 2026, France). Response deadline: Thursday 18 September 2025.
