Paul Gourdon

Bio

I am a research engineer (CNRS) specialising in data production, processing and analysis.

Trained as a geographer, my PhD research focused on the circulation of urban models and territorial cooperation in Europe, and examined the spatial dimensions of political knowledge regarding approaches to urban governance.

I have also worked on small and medium-sized towns in France (the PAVIM project) and in Europe (the TRADEVE project), focusing in particular on demographic trajectories and the social characterisation of these towns at the inter-urban level.

From a methodological perspective, I am interested in the integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches, network analysis, spatial analysis and textual analysis.

2015–2021 PhD in Geography, University of Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne.
‘Cooperation between European cities: convergences in urban public policy through the transnational circulation of models’, supervised by Anne Bretagnolle.

2014–2015 Master’s 2, Géoprisme, University of Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne.

2012–2013 Master’s 1 in Geography, University of Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne.

2009–2012 Bachelor’s in Geography and Planning, Jean-François Champollion University Centre, Albi