Patrick Le Galès elected to the French Academy of Technologies

Patrick Le Galès, a CNRS Research Professor in sociology, political science and urban studies at the CEE, has just been elected to the French Academy of Technologies alongside 15 other personalities from academia or the private sector.

He will be part of the “Habitat, mobility and cities” working group, whose focus is on technological and environmental issues, social and inclusion issues and the economic and industrial issues of cities, housing and transport.

Among other subjects, Patrick Le Galès studies large metropolises and also European cities with a comparative approach, focusing on middle classes, governance, urban conflicts, mobility, economic development, inequalities, as well as the financialisation of housing and real estate. He just co-edited, with Jennifer Robinson, The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies (2023) and, with Francesca Artioli, La métropole parisienne, une anarchie organisée (Presses de Sciences Po, 2023). His work already earned him a CNRS silver medal in 2018.

Members of the French Academy of Technologies are elected by their peers based on criteria of scientific and technological excellence and following a rigorous recruitment process. A person cannot decide to stand for election but must be proposed by a member. After internal elections, a ministerial decree approves the election of members. The reception ceremony for the newly elected members will take place on March 11, 2024.

Find out more

• List of the 16 newly elected members of the French Academy of Technologies (in French)

• Patrick Le Galès’ personal page