Biography

President of International Geographical Union, I'm a Full Professor of Geography at the University of Paris 8, and also a member of the Council of French National Committee of Geography. My research interest is the geography of retailing and consumption, with a cultural and social approach. With more than 200 scientific papers published in national and international specialist journals, my latest publications address the issues of protest movement of shopping mall and hypermarket. Very involved in academic institutions at all levels, I've been reflecting for several years on the languages of scientific production.