Emmanuelle Santoire

Emmanuelle Santoire is a Research Fellow at LATTS (Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés) at École des Ponts ParisTech, specializing in the geo-legal dimensions of European energy systems. She concurrently teaches political ecology and social geography of energy at ENS-PSL, ENS de Lyon, and École Polytechnique.

Education:

• Geography training at ENS de Lyon
• Research residencies at UK institutions (University of Exeter, Oxford, LSE, UCL) and Queen's University (Canada)
• PhD completed within UMR 5600 EVS research unit (2018-2021)

Her research pioneers geo-legal methodologies to analyze energy spatialities, focusing on how legal frameworks shape electricity infrastructure distribution across Europe. She investigates Alpine hydroelectric valleys, substation peripheries, and international agreements like CETA to expose spatial inequalities in energy access. Current work examines new legal instruments driving European electricity investments, emphasizing transparent georeferenced data collection to ensure territorial equity in energy transition.

Dr. Santoire actively contributes to the Critical Legal Geography network and co-leads a geo-legal working group on European energy regulations through the European Research Platform on Energy and Climate Law, partnering with Oxford University's Institute of European and Comparative Law and Maison française d'Oxford. Her recent projects include 'energy justice and the social contract' and the JUSCOOP Project analyzing electricity networks as commons.

Research Leadership:

• LATTS (École des Ponts ParisTech) project on spatial distribution of electricity investments
• Geo-legal working group for European energy regulations