CURRENT POSITION
Senior researcher at CNRS / EconomiX
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Geography and regional science, network analysis, ports and maritime transport, supply chain integration, territorial development, health
WORK IN PROGRESS
Influence of space on network structure
Shrinking connectivity in a crisis context
Health impacts of port activities on local populations
EDUCATION
2016 HDR in Geography, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
The spatiality of maritime networks. Maritime contributions to network analysis in geography
2004 PhD in Geography, Le Havre University
Port cities, laboratories of globalisation
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2017 - 2021 Senior researcher at CNRS / Géographie-cités
2009 - 2017 Research fellow at CNRS / Géographie-cités
2007 - 2008 Assistant Professor Marie Curie EIF-FP6 at Erasmus University Rotterdam
2005 - 2006 Research Fellow, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS)
PRIZES AND GRANTS
2009 Marie Curie Reintegration Grant (ERG), 'Maritime systems'
2012 Prime d'Excellence Scientifique, CNRS
2017 Lettre de félicitations - Prix Amiral Daveluy, Centre d’études stratégiques de la Marine
COLLECTIVE ACTIVITIES
Associate member of PortEconomics
International advisory board member of PortCityFutures
Scientific committee member of RETE Association
Scientific committee member of GIS Axe Seine
Scientific committee member of SFLOG
Member of GDR OMER
Editorial board member:
- Journal of Transport Geography
- Maritime Business Review
- Portus
- International Journal of Transport Economics
RESEARCH PROJECTS - Principal investigator
2023 - 2026 Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) AAPG 'MAGNETICS', MAritime Globalization, Network Externalities, and Transport Impacts on CitieS
2013 - 2019 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant No. 313847 'World Seastems'
2011 - 2012 ESPON-TIGER, WP2.3.5 'Maritime flows', Territorial Impact of Globalization on Europe and its Regions (TIGER)
2010 CNRS-Projet Exploratoire Premier Soutien (PEPS), Structure et évolution du système maritime mondial (1946-2010)
2007 - 2008 Marie Curie EIF-FP6, Towards a comparison of European port-city dynamics
RESEARCH PROJECTS - Participant
2018 - 2023 Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO-IDE), Empirical studies on structure and evolution of maritime networks
2016 - 2017 Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO-IDE), Comparative studies of trends in regional structures
2012 - 2015 Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No. 41171108, Logistics integration of ports in transport and value chains
2011 - 2013 Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations de Paris, Villes portuaires et développement durable au Maghreb
2010 - 2011 DATAR, Analyse Comparée des Métropoles Européennes (ACME)
RESEARCH EXPERTISE
2021 Korea Maritime Institute, "Port and shipping dynamics of North Korea"
2021 World Health Organization, "Health impacts of onshore and offshore activities in sea-port cities"
2019 Korea Maritime Institute, "Cold chain analysis Antwerp / Rotterdam"
2017 World Bank, "Maritime Connectivity for Freight Transport in the Mediterranean connectivity model"
2014 OECD, "The competitiveness of global port-cities"
DIFFUSION TO WIDER AUDIENCE
2023 Du Pirée à Hambourg : l'Europe sous influence chinoise ?, France Culture/Cultures Monde, 03 janvier
2022 Un panel d’outils pour décarboner les ports, Polytechnique Insights
2022 Shipping: Covid Charts a New Course For Maritime Transport, Silverbird, 31 janvier
2022 Une nouvelle lecture des relations ville-port en France, Chaîne EconomiX, 24 janvier
2021 Les ports mettent le cap sur l'environnement, France Culture, 26 Novembre
2021 Les relations ville-port et les réseaux maritimes, Institut de l'Océan de l'Alliance Sorbonne Université, 10 Octobre
2021 Ports et territoires, quelles analyses croisées ?, Chaîne EconomiX, 7 juin
2021 Routes maritimes : des grandes voies de passage à la tentation de l'Arctique, France Culture, 1 Avril
2014 Les grands ports mondiaux, Radio France International, 14 Novembre
2013 Sur les quais des grands ports du monde, France Culture, 8 avril