Member
Mengcheng LI
Position
Ph.D. graduate
Institution
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Team
CRIA
E-mail
lmch0033 ( at ) gmail.com
Research theme
Urban studies
Territorial development strategy
Green development
Decentralized international cooperation
China
Address
Géographie-cités • Campus Condorcet
5 cours des Humanités
93322 Aubervilliers cedex (France)
Mengcheng LI is a Ph.D. student in geography at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (UMR 8504 Géographie-cités) under the supervision of Natacha Aveline. His thesis explores the dynamics of a small city emblematic of a strong ambition for growth, which seeks to implement an appropriate model of sustainable development distinguished from that of large cities. This strategy is based on the realization of a national park, in the framework of a Franco-Chinese cooperation that increases the visibility of the urban project and gives access to new resources. This thesis aims to examine the capacity of this small city to develop the “green” economic growth model by relying on its natural heritage.
Education
2016-2024 Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy, Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Doctoral School of Geography, “Xianju: the economic transition of a small city pioneering “green development” in China”
2014-2015 MSc in Commercial Engineering and Project Management, INSEEC Paris
2013-2014 Master’s degree in Comparative political sociology, Paris Nanterre University, Faculty of of Law and Political Science
2012-2013 Master 1 program in Political Science, Toulouse 1 Capitole University
2011-2012 Master 1 program in Planning, Development and Environment, National University Institute Jean-Francois Champollion, Albi
2010-2011 French-Chinese exchange program, Sciences Po Toulouse
2007-2011 Bachelor’s degree in French language and culture, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Tianjin (China)
Seminars and Conferences
LI, August 2020, “The national park, a new instrument for economic growth of small Chinese cities?
The case of Xianju in Zhejiang Province ”, 2020 IGU Urban Geography Commission annual Online meeting, 24-26 August 2020.
Professional positions
Since 2017 Commercial Consultant/Translator, Freelance
2015 Assistant in charge of relations with China at the law firm Avocats Picovschi (6 months internship, Paris)
2015 Assistant commercial negotiator supporting Chinese delegations (Paris)
2012 Stage Manager at the French-Chinese Film Team Tang Meng (1 month, Zhejiang Province, China)
