The "Educational Cities" project (2022-2025) is highlighted in the CNRS Human and Social Sciences - The Letter journal, issue n°97, July 2026. This article is also featured in The CNRS News, July 17, 2026 edition.
Several researchers from the Actors, Resources and Territories in Development (ART Dev, UMR5281, CNRS / University of Montpellier Paul Valéry University of Perpignan Via Domitia / CIRAD) and the Mediterranean Center for Sociology, Political Science and History (MESOPOLHIS, UMR7064, CNRS / AMU / Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence) laboratories are involved in this feature.
Among them, Camille Floderer, associate professor of political science at the University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry, focuses on school inequalities and educational policies. Emily Lopez Puyol, a sociologist of popular education, studies the territorialization of educational and youth policies. Gaël Marsaud, a doctor of political science, examines the relationship between art and politics. Magali Nonjon, professor of political science at Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, works on higher education democratization policies. Finally, Ariane Richard-Bossez, associate professor at Aix-Marseille University, conducts research on the construction of inequalities and educational democratization processes.
All five are engaged in an evaluative research project on the Marseille Educational Cities.
