Contact details

Habiter. Espace Politique et aménagement
UFR de Lettres et Sciences Humaines
57 bis rue Pierre TAITTINGER
51 096 REIMS Cedex
FRANCE

tel : 33 (0)3 26 91 36 81 

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Presentation

Personnel : 25 Persons
Organisation chart
Scientific production of HABITER

Key Words
Urban and regional development – development – political geography – boundaries – identity patterns – mobility – territory – cities

Research projects
The research activities of the HABITER Team are based on two complementary research lines: Territory dynamics and development (Line 1) and Political space (Line 2).

Development Line :

• Territory Dynamics and modifications
• Sustainable Urban development (Patrimony, planning and policy)

Political space line :

• Theory of political geography
• Strategy and actions

Two Masters are linked with these research activities:

• a vocational Master (Master in Urban development and Environment, sponsored by IATEUR (Institut d'Aménagement du Territoire, d'Environnement et d'Urbanisme de l'Université de Reims = URCA’s Land Development, Environment and Urbanism Institute)
• a research Master (Geopolitical specialisation in European and International Studies)

Partnerships

• IN FRANCE:
  • University of Grenoble
• ABROAD:
  • University of Quebec (Montreal), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Architecture and planning department (Politechnico di Milano), Madrid Polytechnic, University of Beersheva (Israël), Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), Academy of Sciences of Moscow

Equipment
Documentation Centre
Micro-computers dedicated to Geographical Information systems
Digital mapping data (in progress)

Specificities
International symposium "Political space: Concepts and scales", April 2-4 2008, Reims.
Symposium "Champagne-Ardenne and Picardie faced with territorial competitiveness and attractivity challenges” June 22-23 2006, Reims.
Several study days organised by IATEUR (Institut d'Aménagement du Territoire, d'Environnement et d'Urbanisme de l'Université de Reims = URCA’s Land Development, Environment and Urbanism Institute)

Current projects
Project Les Murs (the Walls) on the observation and analysis of closed boundaries.

Team:

• Professor – Director
• Lecturer – In charge of Urban development line
• Professor – In charge of Political space line
• 1 engineer of studies