Recent publications

Nous vous signalons la parution d’un chapitre de livre rédigé Beatriz Botero Arcila intitulé “Smart City Technologies: A Political Economy Introduction to Their Governance Challenges” au sein de l’ouvrage Oxford Handbook of AI Governance paru en décembre 2022. Abstract Smart cities and smart city technologies are terms used to refer to computational models of urbanism and to data-driven and algorithmically intermediated technologies. Smart city technologies intend to plan for and deliver new efficiencies, insights, and conveniences on city services. At the same time, in instances when these tools are involved in decision-making processes that don’t have right or wrong mathematical […]

Nous vous signalons le décernement du 2ème prix AIRE de la Recherche Étudiante sur l’Environnement 2022 au mémoire de recherche d’Hugo d’Assenza David intitulé From Idea to Action. Instrumenting the limits to growth. A study of policy change and advocacy coalitions interplay towards the City Doughnut in Amsterdam urban governance. Abstract This research establishes the policy change process behind the City Doughnut, that emerged in Amsterdam from the development of the municipal circular economy strategy in 2020, and explicitly questions the essence of the city as a growth machine. Drawing upon an analytical framework applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework to […]

Nous vous signalons la parution d’un article de Joost de Moor et Jens Marquardt intitulé ‘Deciding whether it’s too late: How climate activists coordinate alternative futures in a postapocalyptic present’ dans la revue Geoforum, janvier 2023. Abstract Climate activists are confronted with an increasing tension between the need for urgent climate action and a sense that it could already be too late to prevent ‘dangerous’ or ‘runaway’ climate change. In this context, scholars observe the spread of a postapocalyptic environmentalism that understands climate change as already being locked in beyond ‘safe’ limits. This narrative challenges apocalyptic environmentalism, which presents climate […]

Nous vous signalons la parution d’une recension d’ouvrage de Clément Rivière intitulée “Le passant décomposé” (À propos de : Carole Gayet-Viaud, La civilité urbaine. Les formes élémentaires de la coexistence démocratique, Economica) dans la revue La Vie des Idées en décembre 2022. Résumé Une enquête ethnographique montre que les citadins sont loin d’être indifférents à leur entourage public, qu’il s’agisse de faire l’aumône, se disputer, se livrer à la sociabilité pure ou encore perpétuer mais aussi combattre les discriminations.

Nous vous signalons la parution d’un article d’Isabelle Baraud-Serfaty et Nathan Benamouzig intitulé “The new value of curbs. Under the effect of the digital transition” dans la revue Articulo – Journal of Urban Research en 2021. Abstract The objective of this article is to understand the changing value of the curb in the digital transition that we currently experience. Digital technologies impose a new perspective when it comes to understanding the curb. This reflection relies on observations of a variety of academic and non-academic pieces of literature. The analysis of the urban economy is therefore deeply linked to activities of […]