Pauline Gali
PhD student Université Gustave EiffelBio
A former student of the École normale supérieure (Ulm), from which I graduated with a degree in geography, and holder of a Master’s degree in urban planning and development from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, I joined LATTS in September 2022 to undertake a PhD supervised by Yoan Miot (LATTS – Université Gustave-Eiffel) and Valérie Sala Pala (TRIANGLE – Université Jean-Monnet).
Having undertaken teaching assignments at several higher education institutions whilst working on my PhD (the Paris School of Urban Planning, Gustave Eiffel University, the National School of Bridges and Roads, and Jean Monnet University), I have been a temporary teaching and research assistant in the Department of Geography at the University of Paris-Est Créteil since September 2025.
Within LATTS, I co-lead the PMMU research area with Félix Adisson and Emmanuelle Santoire.
Research topics
- Urban regeneration, urban policy, large housing estates
- Social housing, housing provision, diversification of the housing supply
- Urban political economy, funding channels, critical approaches to urban production, rent theory
- A history of social housing and large housing estates; a history of housing policy
- Sale of social housing
Disciplines scientifiques
- Spatial planning and urban planning
- Geography
Ongoing research
- I am writing a PhD thesis in spatial planning and urbanism, funded under a specific École Normale contract for doctoral students, focusing on changes in the housing supply within large social housing estates, from the construction of these neighbourhoods to the urban regeneration policy implemented since the early 2000s. Using this case study, I analyse the changes in housing production methods from the ‘Trente Glorieuses’ to the present day, from the perspective of urban political economy.
Teaching
- 2025-2027 : Attachée temporaire d’enseignement et de recherche au département de géographie de l’UPEC
- L1 Geography – Field-based Geography – Tutorials (39 hours)
- L3 Geography – Urban Geography – Tutorials (two groups, 38 hours)
- L3 Geography – Research Methods – Tutorial (26 hours)
- L3 Geography – The Global South – Lectures and Tutorials (with Tahera Bilger, 32 hours)
- L3 Geography – Introduction to Research in Planning – CM (60 hours)