Pr. dr. hab. Anna GEPPERT

Full Professor, University Paris-Sorbonne. Past Secretary General of AESOP (2007-2011).

63, rue Libergier F-51100 Reims +33 679 71 96 24 [email protected]

Curriculum Vitae

Education and training

2008 Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (HDR) ➢ Title : Towards the emergence of Strategic Spatial Planning ➢ Jury : Pr. Marcel Bazin (Reims), Pr. Gabrial Dupuy (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Pr. Andreas Faludi (UT Delft, Netherlands), Pr. Claude Lacour (Bordeaux 4), Pr. Alain Motte (Aix-Marseille 3), Pr. Didier Paris (Lille 1). ➢ Mandatory to apply for the Abilitazione for full professorship in France ➢ There are no distinctions for this diploma level in France.

1996 PhD (Doctorat NR) ➢ Title : Réseaux urbains et aménagement du territoire en Champagne-Ardenne [intercity networks and spatial planning in Champagne-Ardenne] ➢ Director : Prof. Marcel Bazin, U. Reims-Champagne-Ardenne ➢ Distinction : Très Honorable avec les Féliciations du Jury [cum laude]

1991 Master in urban and regional planning, Université Paris-Sorbonne ➢ 1991 : D.E.A., title : Reims et Amiens, villes à une heure de Paris. ➢ 1989 : Maîtrise, title : L'aménagement des zones d'activités et des infrastructures de transport dans la perspective européenne à Reims ➢ Director : Pr. Bernard Dézert ➢ Distinctions : Mention Très Bien [cum laude]

Language skills

Mother tongues French, Polish Fluent English, Swedish Fair Russian, Italian

- 1 - Work experience

Since 2009 Full Professor, Paris-Sorbonne University. Faculty of Geography and Planning ➢ Director of Studies of the Master in Urban planning

1996-2009 Associate Professor, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. Geography Department, Institut d'Aménagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement de l'Université de Reims (IATEUR) ➢ 2008 : Creation of the joint Master in spatial planning in partnership with Slovak Technical University in Bratislava ➢ 2003-2004 : National School of Administration (ENA) scholarship ➢ 1998-2001 : Director of the Geography Department

1992-96 Assistant and lecturer, Université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne. ➢ 1995-96 : Attaché temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche (ATER) ➢ 1992-95 : Allocataire-monitrice

1991-92 Urban planner, municipality of Amiens (city of 150 000 inhabitants, main city of the region of Picardie) ➢ Elaboration of planning documents ➢ Economical, demographical, and housing surveys

1990-91 Lifelong learning manager, Boehringer Ingelheim France (Pharmaceutical industry, multinational company of 2000 employees in France)

Participation to evaluation activities

Conseil National des Universités (CNU). ➢ Body responsible for the evaluation of the candidates for an academic position and for the evaluation of the achievements of academics applying for a promotion. ➢ 2007-2009 : member in the section of Associate Professors ➢ Since 2011 : member inthe section of Professors. ➢ Some 30 individual candidates assessed.

Agence d’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur (AERES). ➢ As an independent administrative authority set up in 2007, the AERES is tasked with evaluating research and higher education institutions, research organisations, research units, higher education programmes and degrees and with approving their staff evaluation procedures. ➢ Since 2008, as expert, I have participated to several evaluations of different natures.

- 2 - QANU, Netherlands. ➢ QANU is a quality assurance agency which primarily aims at assessing degree and research programmes offered by universities in the Netherlands. ➢ In 2014, I have participated to the committee of Social Geography review (chair Allen Scott) assessing geography and planning programs of 3 Dutsch universities.

Other responsibilities

Member of editorial boards of Journals ➢ Pouvoirs locaux (1996-2004) ➢ Travaux de l'Institut de géographie de Reims, TIGR (1996-2008) ; ➢ Cahiers de l'IATEUR (1996-2008). ➢ Territoires en mouvement (since 2008) ➢ European Spatial Research and Policy (since 2010) ➢ Megaron (since 2011)

Partner of national and international research programmes ➢ 2005-2007 : Evaluation of the French metropolitan cooperations. Funding : Délégation à l'Aménagement du Territoire et à l'Action Régionale (DATAR). ➢ 2008-2011 : European Working Group on Comparative Spatial Planning Research. Funding : Akademie für Raumplanung (ARL), Hannover. ➢ 2010-2012 : Contributions des « éco-quartiers » à l’émergence d’un urbanisme durable. Exemplarité et apprentissage. [Institutional and organisational learning in the eco- neighbourhood experiences]. Funding : PIRVE, programme of the French Ministry of Equipement. ➢ 2011-2013 : Soft Spaces, spatial planning and territorial management in Europe. Funding : Hamburg-Hafen-City Science Foundation.

Organisation of international conferences and seminars ➢ « La Champagne-Ardenne et la Picardie face aux enjeux de l'attractivité et de la cohésion des territoires », Reims (France). 22-23 June 2006. Main organizer. ➢ Journées Mondiales de l'urbanisme 2008 : « Villes en marche » Charleville-Mézières, Sedan (France). 6-7 November. 2008. Scientific Committee. ➢ 3rd AESOP Heads of Schools meeting : « Facing quality assessment », 29-30 March 2008, Łódź (Poland). Scientific Committee. ➢ 4th AESOP Heads of Schools meeting, « Planning between interdisciplinarity and sovereignity, loss of identity? », 27-28 March 2009, Lille (France). Scientific Committee. ➢ 5th AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting, « Planning Education and Practice », 17-18 April 2010, Istanbul (Turkey). Scientific Committee. ➢ 1-ICAUD, irst International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, Epoka University, Tirana (Albania). 19-21 April 2012.

Member of Jurys ➢ 2004-2006 : Best Published Paper Prize (AESOP). ➢ 2008 : Grand Prix Européen de l'Urbanisme (GPEU).

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