CEPEL

Jean-Pierre GAUDIN

Biography

Graduate of Sciences Po Paris; holder of a master’s degree in public law (Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne); Ph.D.in urban geography (EHESS); Doctor of Political Science (University of Montpellier); Project Officer at DATAR (1969–71); Director of the Urban Research Division at the Ministry of Urban Planning (1982–86); CNRS Research Director at Cepel, University of Montpellier I (1992–2000); appointed member of the National Committee for Scientific Research; Professor at the IEP in Aix-en-Provence (2001–2016).

Academic positions: Director of Cepel (1995–99); member of the examination board for the Agrégation in political science (1999–2000); member of the IUF examination board (2001); Director of Research and Doctoral Training at the IEP in Aix-en-Provence (2004–2007); Scientific Delegate at the AERES (responsible for political science and sociology) (2007–2010). Chair of the Scientific Council of the GIS “National Network of MSHs” since 2016.

Research areas, by keyword: urban policy; public policy negotiation; contractualization of public action; governance; participation

Actions Undertaken by CEPEL During Its Term

  • Recognition of the Cepel laboratory by the CNRS PIRVilles as a pilot team
  • Long-term collaboration with the University of Turin (researcher exchanges)
  • Hosting Brazilian PhD Students
  • Project proposal for an IEP in Montpellier, in collaboration with Paul Alliès
  • Participation in the first model of an MSH in Montpellier
  • Preparation for the "Umérisation" of Cepel, in collaboration with L. Assier-Andrieu