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Édith Fagnoni is a Professor at Sorbonne Université, actively contributing to research in human geography with a focus on territorial transformation, industrial heritage, and cultural urban regeneration. She is affiliated with the Médiations – Sciences des lieux-Sciences des liens laboratory and is an associate member of EIREST at Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne, where she previously served as co-director until 2015.
Her research centers on territories undergoing crisis and identity redefinition, particularly through the lenses of tourism, leisure, and heritage. She investigates the interplay between reversibility and irreversibility in spatial transformation and the dialectic between heritage and modernity. Her work is structured around four main axes: deindustrialization and territorial redevelopment, tourism in development projects, the territorial implications of heritage processes—especially industrial heritage—and culture-driven urban regeneration, supported by evolving museological practices in metropolitan contexts.
Since 2016, she has chaired the Association de Géographes Français (AGF), a foundational organization in the discipline of geography, underscoring her leadership and influence in the academic community. She regularly participates in international conferences as a moderator and presenter, demonstrating her active scholarly engagement.
She has been involved in multiple conference sessions, including moderating panels on industrial heritage and tourism in Central and Eastern Europe and presenting on industrial heritage and museum innovation in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin. Her participation highlights her expertise and ongoing contribution to the global discourse on industrial heritage and territorial renewal.
Édith Fagnoni is a key figure in the integration of cultural heritage and geographical analysis in urban and territorial planning, advocating for sustainable and identity-conscious redevelopment strategies.
