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The Urban School has 2 boards:
- The educational council has the mission to be consulted on the preparation of the educational models, the creation and the organization of the courses, as well as the follow-up of the progress of the schooling.
- The strategic council allows to define the ambitions and the projects of the school.
Members in 2025/2026
President of the Pedagogical council, Dean: Tommaso VITALE
Executive director: Bruno MAROT
Representative of the Studies and Academic Affairs: Anne-Solenne DE ROUX
Academic advisors:
- Camillo GORLERI
- Irène MBOUMOUA
- Cyriel PELLETIER
- Bertrand VALLET
Academic directors:
- Marco CREMASCHI (Master in urbanism : social sciences and urban planning)
- Sukriti ISSAR (Governing the Large Metropolis Track)
- Xavier TIMBAUD (Governing Ecological Transitions in Cities Track)
- Olivier BORRAZ (Regional and Urban Strategy / Urban Policy)
- Tommaso VITALE (Double master Comparative Urban Governance)
- Charlotte HALPERN (Executive master Gouvernance territoriale et développement urbain)
Members of departments
- Law : Guillaume TUSSEAU
- Economy : Emerci HENRY
- Political science : Réjane SENAC
- Sociology : Kevin MELLET
Professional members of the teaching teams
- Regional and Urban Strategy
- Urban governance, policy and planning
- Urbanism : social sciences and urban planning
Students representatives
- Sciences Po Urba Association
- InSitu Association
- 4 students delagates
Members in 2025/2026
- Jean-Marc OFFNER, President of the Strategic Council of the Urban Schol, Founding Member and Former Director of the Agence d'urbanisme de Bordeaux Aquitaine
- Tommaso VITALE, Dean of the Urban School
- Ilaria MILAZZO, Executive Director of the Urban School
- Gaëlle ANDRO, Deputy General Director of Economy, Employment, and Innovation · Laval Agglomération
- Benjamin CADRANEL, CEO and General Administrator of citydev.brussels
- Sébastien CHAMBE, Deputy General Director for Urban Planning and Mobility of the Métropole de Lyon
- Christophe CHEVALLIER, International development manager, AREP
- Joan CLOS, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Secretary General of the Habitat III Conference from 2010 to 2018
- Emmanuelle COSSE, President of L'Union sociale pour l'habitat
- Aude DEBREIL, President of the board of Grand Paris Habitat
- General Director of the Etablissement public d'aménagement de Senart, Co-President of the Réseau National des Aménageurs (RNA)
- Karima DELLI, County concilor of the region Hauts-de-France, Member of the European Parliament, President of the Transport and Tourism Commission
- Geneviève FERONE CREUZET, Co-founder and Partner, Prophil
- Nicolas FERRAND, Director of ORANO's Aval du futur25 programme, former CEO of SOLIDEO
- Brigitte FOUILLAND, Founding Member of the Urban School of Sciences Po, Executive Director of the School from 2015 to 2019
- Audrey GUIRAL-NAEPELS, Deputy Head of Urban Development, Planning, and Housing Department, AFD
- Lamia KAMAL CHAOUI, Director of the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities
- Mathieu KLEIN, Mayor of Nancy, President of the Métropole du Grand Nancy
- Olivier LANDEL, General Director of AFL (Agence France Locale-Société Territoriale)
- Philippe LAURENT, Mayor of Sceaux, Vice-President of the Association des maires de France
- Cécile LECLAIR, General Director of Avise
- David MANGIN, Architect and Urban Planner, Winner of the 2008 Grand Prix de l’urbanisme
- François-Antoine MARIANI, Deputy General Director of Urban Policy - ANCT
- Uli PAETZEL, President of the Board of Directors of the Emschergenossenschaft Water Management Association
- Stefania PARIGI, Housing Director, Adoma, CDC Habitat Group
- Géraldine PFIELGER, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policies at the University of Geneva
- Edouard PHILIPPE, Mayor of Le Havre, Former Prime Minister
- Antoine PICON, Professor of History of Architecture and Technology at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
- Jean-Luc POIDEVIN, Expert, Former Director of Cities and Projects at Nexity
- Benoît QUIGNON, Expert Consultant, Former General Director of SNCF Immobilier
- Michèle RAUNET, Associate Notary at Chevreux Notaire
- Aurélien ROUSSEAU, Deputy of the 7th constituency of Yvelines, Former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
- Cristina TAJANI, President of ANPAL Servizi
- Sébastien TREYER, Director of the Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI)
- Pierre VELTZ, President of the Scientific Council of IHEDATE, Winner of the 2017 Grand Prix de l’urbanisme