Facilitating research for land transition

The Institute is developing the Land Transition Chair, in partnership with the Gustave Eiffel University Foundation, Ensa Paris-Est and the Paris School of urban Engineering (EIVP), founding members of Gustave Eiffel University. It is guided by two principles:

Interdisciplinarity and the breaking down of barriers between disciplines relating to land and property, particularly between social sciences, life sciences, and spatial planning disciplines (architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning).
The transfer of scientific knowledge to operational, public, private and associative stakeholders.

At the crossroads of three themes (restoring the ecological functions of soils, changes in economic models of land use planning, and soil governance issues), the Chair supports research projects through theses, postdoctoral fellowships and research internships, and organises an annual interdisciplinary study cycle. The 2024 study cycle focused on renaturation, from soil to territory, from technical constraints to social issues.

The Chair's scientific directors

Mathieu Delorme

Landscape engineer and urban planner, director of the School of Architecture of the City & Territories of Paris-East.
He is also a founding partner of Atelier Georges and deputy vice-president for innovative development at Gustave Eiffel University.

Youssef Diab

Professor of Urban Planning and Spatial Development at Gustave Eiffel University.
He is also Scientific Director of the Paris School of Engineering, where he holds the Chair in Urban Land Development (VTU) in partnership with ECT.

Chair Coordinator

Zoé Raimbault

Research engineer

AgroParisTech, Sciences Po

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The Land Transition Institute and its Chair provide a forum for meeting and pooling resources. We support our members in project framing, finding scientific or operational partners, and promoting research work.