Géographie-cités, an interdisciplinary laboratory at the crossroads of human geography and urban studies
Géographie-cités is a joint research unit comprising 80 teacher-researchers, researchers, engineers, technicians, and as many doctoral students working on research that combines theoretical and epistemological reflection, quantitative and qualitative methods, empirical work, and comparative approaches.
The laboratory has four co-supervisors: CNRS, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Paris Cité and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. It is made up of three teams – CRIA, EHGO, and PARIS–that develop both their own research and common themes. This research combines reflexivity, human geography, urban studies, and urban planning.
It is involved in numerous scientific programs and partnerships both in France and abroad.
Last publications
Field science and scientific collaboration in the Svalbard Archipelago: beyond science diplomacy
A study of how scientists from different origins interact in Svalbard Archipelago, through an analysis of the field missions in...
Mobility to Access the City. The Car and Sexual and Gender Minorities in Beirut
How the in-between nature of the car thus offers a glimpse into a safe yet fluid space within urban space.
A typology of activities over a century of urban growth
An article published in Nature cities, co-authored by Julie Gravier.
“Airport city” or “VIP” urbanism?
The market-led land development strategies of airports. An article co-authored by J.B. Frétigny, M. Magnan, J. Maulat and M.Pedro.
The role of analytical models and their circulation in urban studies and policy
An open access article published on Urban Studies Online First, with the contribution of Denise Pumain.
The map through the prism of a worldly periodical
An analysis of the temporality of map distribution and use in the 18th century, by Nicolas Verdier.
Women and Borders in the Mediterranean
A history of migration in the Mediterranean written about and from the perspective of women.
Crowded and warmer: Unequal dengue risk at high spatial resolution across a megacity of India
An article cosigned by Olivier Telle, health geographer at CNRS / Géographie-cités.
Between security challenges and climate ambitions, the European Energy Union is asserting itself
A publication by Gilles Lepesant in a special issue of L'Information Géographique devoted to territorial dynamics in the European Union.
How does the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ change urbanisation patterns in Southeast Asia?
How Chinese transnational investments contribute to changes in urbanization processes in Southeast Asia?
The emergence of artificial intelligence in engineering sciences for the territory
From the questioning of modelling to the hybridisation of methods: the case of the École des Ponts.
Those who leave: Out-migration and decentralisation of welfare beneficiaries in gentrified Paris
Inflation and shortage of affordable housing: What are the consequences of peri-urbanization of poverty?
