Notes on Contributors

Cathy Blanc-Reibel obtained her Ph.D. in Urban Studies from the University of Strasbourg. She works at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and is affiliated to the Laboratoire Dynamiques Européennes in Strasbourg. Her research focuses on the appropriation and transmission of cultural heritage in a border context, particularly between France and Germany. Taking into account the inhabitants’ perspective, Cathy Blanc-Reibel has studied the inscription process of the Neustadt of Strasbourg as part of the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Sandrine Bubendorff obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Strasbourg. She is a post-doctoral fellow in Sociology at the Economic and Social Sciences Department of Télécom-ParisTech. Her research interests include collaborative consumption and citizen participation in decision process especially regarding social media.

Alain Chenevez obtained his Ph.D. in Socio-anthropology from the University of Franche- Comté in 2002. He worked at the Salt Works of Arc-et-Senans (International Cultural Center on Architecture and Utopia) from 1998 to 2002 and has been Director of the Tony Garnier Urban Museum in Lyon from 2003 to 2008. He is lecturer at the University of Burgundy. Alain Chenevez carried out his research mainly in France and Brazil. He specializes in sociology of culture and heritage, and in urban sociology. He has published several books and articles on heritage, social memory and enrichment processes. He is a member of the International Association of Francophone Sociologists.

Géraldine Djament obtained her Ph.D. in Geography from the University Paris 7 (2005) and an accreditation to supervise research from the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2016). She is senior lecturer of Geography and member of the SAGE laboratory at the University of Strasbourg, France. She is associated with the Interdisciplinary Team for Tourism Research at the University Paris I. Géraldine Djament specializes in historical geography then in heritage studies. Her research in Rome and the Parisian suburbs, focuses on cultural facilities and alternative heritage.

Yankel Fijalkow obtained his Ph.D in Urban Studies from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (1994). He is Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris Val de Seine and co-director of the Centre de Recherche sur l'Habitat (UMR Lavue CNRS). Yankel Fijalkow has done research on socio- historical housing policies and fieldwork on urban renewal in France. He has published books on the sociology of cities and housing and several papers in international journals.

Sandrine Glatron obtained her Ph.D. in Geography at Sorbonne University. She works as a social science research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)- Laboratoire Dynamiques Européennes. Sandrine Glatron studies heritage and the citizens’

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representations of the urban environment, in order to better understand the links between public policies and people daily behaviours regarding environmental matters, particularly in the Strasbourg urban area.

Claire Lévy-Vroelant is Professor emeritus in Sociology at Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis University. Since 1990, she has been a researcher in Centre de Recherche sur l’Habitat (UMR 7218 LAVUE, CNRS). Her work intersects urban, migration, housing studies and more recently memory studies, with particular attention to long term approaches. Claire Lévy-Vroelant serves on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed Journals (Housing Studies, International Journal of Housing Policy etc.) and is a member of the administration board of two main social landlords in the Paris region.

Michel Rautenberg obtained his Ph.D. in Ethnology and Social Anthropology from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (1990). He is Professor of Sociology at the University of Saint-Etienne, France. Michel Rautenberg has done anthropological fieldwork in France, Bulgaria and Wales and specializes in urban anthropology and heritage studies. He has published several books and articles on cultural heritage, collective memory, public policies and social imagination. Professor Rautenberg serves on the Board of Urbanities and is a founding member of The International Urban Symposium-IUS.

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