Autor: Pierre BESNARD

Pierre Bekouche is Professor at Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, of which he has headed the Faculty of Geography from 2000 to 2005. His researches deal with economic and regional geography. Another area of research is the link between identity and territories. He has worked for local authorities, the French State Secretariat for Planning, French ministries, the European Union. His actual work is focused on the European space and the limits of the European region. Specialised in the Euro-Mediterranean area, he has long been the scientific adviser of the Institute for Economic Prospective of the Greater Mediterranean (www.ipemed.coop). He is the Scientific Coordinator of the European ESPON “ITAN” project (Integrated Territorial Analysis of the Neighbourhoods). He chairs the Scientific Council of the “Collège International des Sciences du Territoire”. The CIST’s goals are helping federate interdisciplinary research units dedicated to territories, develop interaction between research and training, and interaction between researchers and practitioners of territorial development.