Aurore Caignet

Aurore Caignet is a Lecturer in English at Rennes 2 University, specializing in Industrial Heritage, Urban Regeneration, and British Civilization. She completed her PhD in Anglophone Studies at Rennes 2 University (co-supervised with Manchester Metropolitan University) in 2018, focusing on Representing, Reinterpreting and Reimagining Industrial Heritage in Northern England (1970-2010).

Her research explores:

• Industrial heritage representation and reuse
• Post-industrial city regeneration
• Visual documentation of urban transformations
• Industrial archaeology
• Place marketing strategies

Recent publications address urban greenspace ecology, photographic documentation of industrial decline, and cultural reuse of textile sites. She has presented at international conferences including the Memory Studies Association (2023) and International TICCIH Congress (2016).

Current initiatives include:

• Co-organizing academic workshops at SAES congress (2021)
• Curating film debates on UK economic policies
• Supervising research on industrial identity representation