[Contrat doctoral] « Choix résidentiels et inégalités éducatives », OSC / CNRS, deadline 15 juin

31 mai 2021
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Offre de contrat doctoral : « Choix résidentiels et inégalités éducatives » Descriptif: La forte augmentation des prix de l’immobilier dans les métropoles conduit une partie des classes moyennes à développer des stratégies résidentielles mettant en jeu l’accession à la propriété, le logement locatif privé ou social afin d’accéder à une offre scolaire publique attractive. La thèse contribuera…

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[Parution] Laurent Fourchard, « Classify, Exclude, Police: Urban Lives in South Africa and Nigeria », Wiley

20 mai 2021
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[Parution] Laurent Fourchard, « Classify, Exclude, Police: Urban Lives in South Africa and Nigeria », Wiley

Nous vous signalons la parution, chez Wiley, de l’ouvrage de Laurent Fourchard Classify, Exclude, Police: Urban Lives in South Africa and Nigeria (avril 2021). Résumé de l’éditeur : « The cities of South Africa and Nigeria are reputed to be dangerous, teeming with slums, and dominated by the informal economy but we know little about how people…

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[Parution] Coline Ferrant, « An Agentic Approach to Food Access and Acquisition: The Case of Mixed Neighborhoods in the Paris Metropolis », City and Community

17 mai 2021
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Nous vous signalons la parution d’un article de Coline Ferrant dans la revue City & Community « Beyond ethnic solidarity: the diversity and specialisation of social ties in a stigmatised migrant minority« , City & Community. Résumé How do urban residents access and acquire food? Building on the food desert scholarship, I propose an agentic framework and…

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[Cities are Back in Town seminar] Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes, « The role of Spanish cities in the future implementation of a European Child Guarantee », 19.05

4 mai 2021
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« The role of Spanish cities in the future implementation of a European Child Guarantee » Wednesday 19 May 2021, 5.30-7.15 pm CEST Sciences Po, Webinar, compulsory registration The development of the European Child Guarantee aims to address the socio-economic vulnerability currently affecting more than one in four children in Europe. This programme is currently in the…

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[MaxPo/Cities are Back in Town seminar] Béatrice Cherrier, « Cities, Land, and Space: A History of Urban Economics as a Field », 3/05/2021

15 avril 2021
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You are invited to the next MaxPo seminar, co-organized with Sciences Po Urban School and the Cities are Back in Town seminar series. The featured speaker is Béatrice Cherrier, historian of economics, Associate Professor at Ecole Polytechnique, presenting her work on Cities, Land, and Space: A History of Urban Economics as a Field. The discussant will be Philipp Brandt of the Centre for…

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[Séminaire Cities are Back in Town] Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal, « Forms and ambiguities of participatory democracy in India », 15.04.2021

31 mars 2021
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Forms and ambiguities of participatory democracy in India Sciences Po, Webinar, compulsory registration Most commentators of the Indian democracy equate ‘participation’ with voter turnout. However, new practices have emerged and developed in India since the 1990s, fostering direct interaction between citizens and public authorities at the local level. How is participatory democracy embodied in a…

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