Anna Geppert

Anna Geppert is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Sorbonne University, specializing in spatial development and planning systems. She served as President of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) from 2016 to 2018 and maintains active roles in international planning discourse through scientific advisory boards of journals including European Spatial Research and Policy and Raumforschnung und Raumordnung.

Her academic credentials include a doctorate (1996) and Habilitation à diriger les recherches (2008), both in urban planning and spatial development. These qualifications underpin her expertise in French and European planning frameworks.

Geppert's research centers on the evolution of French strategic planning, European spatial policy implementation, and cohesion policy dynamics. She investigates territorial governance rescaling, pandemic impacts on urban spaces, and the pedagogical dimensions of planning education. Her comparative studies across Austria, France, Poland, and other European contexts reveal critical insights into policy translation and spatial justice.

Recent publications demonstrate her engagement with EU territorial agendas, metropolitan governance challenges, and reflections on academic practice. Her work spans empirical analyses of Integrated Territorial Investments in Paris to theoretical contributions on the New Leipzig Charter, while pandemic-related research examines spatial behavior under lockdown conditions across three European nations.

Geppert actively participates in international research collaborations and serves on editorial boards for leading planning journals. Her multilingual scholarship (published in French, English, Polish, Slovak, and Korean) bridges theoretical and practical dimensions of spatial planning across diverse institutional contexts.