2026

Clémentine Cottineau

Assistant Professor of Urban studies at  Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Quantitative urban geographer. I model the evolution and causal relationships between economic segregation and economic inequality in cities, using systematic literature reviews, longitudinal analysis of empirical microdata and generative agent-based modelling. I hold a PhD in Geography from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2014), where I analysed and modelled the evolution of urbanisation and urban shrinkage in the (post-)Soviet space. During previous research positions at UCL’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis and CNRS’s Centre Maurice Halbwachs, I have worked on the patterns and regularities of urban scaling, industrial geographies and the history of urban models.

Talk: Simulating the spatio-temporal effects of urban segregation on health inequalities

Christophe Le Page

Research Fellow at the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), Montpellier, France

I study stakeholder relationships in renewable resource management. I use participatory modellign – combining agent-simulations and role-playing games – to explore socio-ecological systems, support social learning, and foster dialogue and collective action. I also draw on forum theatre to address sensitive human-nature dynamics. My works spans France and several tropical regions, including Brazil, Cameroon, Mozambique, Senegal and Thailand.

Talk: Participatory Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation: Engaging Local Communities to Support Social Learning in Socio-Ecological Systems.