معرفی
Valérie November serves as Research Director at CNRS affiliated with LATTS Laboratory (UMR 8134) at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and University of Paris-East since 2011, specializing in urban/environmental risk analysis and crisis management systems within territorial contexts. Her work bridges academic research with practical crisis response through partnerships with governmental security agencies.
Her academic credentials include:
- PhD in Geography, University of Geneva (2000)
- Master of Arts, Université Laval, Québec (1994)
- Post-doctoral research, Centre for Sociology of Innovation, Ecole des Mines de Paris (2001-2002)
Research focuses on spatial dimensions of risk since 2000, evolving from RiskPrint project (2006-2011) on risk spatiality to Euridice program (2015-2018) analyzing Paris Police Prefecture crisis systems, then UrbaRiskLab (2018-2022) examining urban risk governance. Current work investigates six long-term storage domains: museum reserves, seed banks, data archives, environmental specimen banks, CO2 repositories, and radioactive waste sites.
Major research initiatives include:
- RiskPrint project (SNSF-funded, EPFL 2006-2011)
- Euridice program (Paris Police Prefecture partnership 2015-2018)
- UrbaRiskLab (I-Site FUTURE grant 2018-2022)
- ANR-funded projects: MACIV, APRIL, CrisOrg
She maintains strong institutional presence at LATTS laboratory while pioneering art-science collaborations including the 5-year international RiskInsight exhibition and documentary film "Les Gardiens du Risque".
