Denis ECKERT
Born: 11th June 1961
Citizenship: French

Full Professor (Senior Research Associate),
CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research)

Place of work

Interdisciplinary Center for Urban Studies (LISST-Cieu)
University of Toulouse – le Mirail
Maison de la Recherche
5 allées A. Machado
F 31 058 TOULOUSE Cedex

tel.: +33 5 61 50 35 63
fax: +33 5 61 50 49 61
e-mail:

Main scientific field

Education

Editorial work

Research

GRANTS FUNDED:

  1. 2006-2009: ACRE Project (European Union, 6th Framework Programme, Integrated Project IP 028270), Accommodating Creative Knowledge – Competitiveness of European Metropolitan Regions within the Enlarged Union
    Local coordinator

    Participants: Research Centers from Amsterdam (Coordinator), Barcelona, Birmingham, Budapest, Dublin, Helsinki, Leipzig, Milan, Munich, Poznan, Riga, Sofia and Toulouse.

  2. 2003-2005: Big Cities and Metropolization in Russia and Western Europe: a Comparative Approach, (PICS 2098, CNRS).
    Project coordinator

    Participants: CIRUS-Cieu, CNRS - University of Toulouse-le Mirail (France), Center for Geopolitical Studies, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia), Center for Municipal and Urban Economy, University of Ekaterinburg (Russia), North Caucasus Institute for Economic and Social Problems, Rostov State University (Russia), CIRUS-Cers, CNRS - University of Toulouse-le Mirail (France)

  3. 2002: The Evolution and Future of Big Regional Cities in a Globalizing World, Urban Geography International Workshop, French-Russian Center for Humanities (June 4-5).
    Co-organisator
  4. 1999-2000: The International Image of Moscow City, CNRS-Russian Academy of Sciences,
    Project coordinator

    Participants: Cieu, CNRS - University of Toulouse-le Mirail (France), Center for Geopolitical Studies, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia)

  5. 1997-2000: Evaluation of the “Investment Climate” and of the Socio-Economic Conditions in Russian Regions by the Means of a specific GIS Application, INTAS-Project 96-0069 (International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union)
    Project coordinator

    Participants: Cieu, CNRS - University of Toulouse-le Mirail (France), Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia), University Center for Human Ecology, University of Geneva (Switzerland), Laboratory for Thematic Mapping, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University (Russia)

Expert work

2007

2006

2001

1999

1997

Main scientific publications

KOLOSSOV V., ECKERT D. (2007) : “Russian regional capitals as new international actors: the case of Yekaterinburg and Rostov”, Belgéo, n°1, p. 115-131

PEYROUX E., ECKERT D., THOUZELLIER C., eds (2007): Toulouse: embracing the knowledge economy, research report, Amsterdam: Amidst

ECKERT D. (2005), "Russia 15 years later: contemporary paradoxes in the organization of economic space", in Pleines H. (ed.) How to explain Russia's Post-Soviet Political and Economic System, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Bremen, Arbeitspapiere und Materialien No. 69 – September 2005, pp. 61-67

ECKERT D. (2004), Le monde russe, Paris: Hachette, coll. Carré Géographie, 240 p. (in French)

ECKERT D., JÉGOU L., “Recent Evolution of the Population of Russia (1979-2002): interactive cartography”, Mappemonde N° 74

ECKERT D., KOLOSSOV V., eds. (2003), The Big Cities and the Challenges of Globalization. Smolensk: Oykumena, 280 p. (in Russian) [Крупные города и вызовы глобализации]

ECKERT D. (2001), «Cтруктурные недостатки официальной статистики как препятствие для пространственно-временного анализа», in Регионализм и централизм в территориальной организации общества и региональном развитии, M: ИГРАН, c. 81-82

ECKERT D., KOLOSSOV V. (1999), La Russie, Paris: Flammarion, coll. Dominos, 128 p. (in French)

ECKERT D. (1996), “From Regions to Districts (rayons) in Russia: new analytical scales of the territory”, Mappemonde, n°3, p. 1-8 (in French)

ECKERT D. (1996), “Social and Natural Risks in Russia” p. 63-83, in Risques naturels, risques de société, Bailly A. (dir.), Paris: Economica, 104 p. (in French)

ECKERT D. (1996), Evaluation and Futurology of Territories, Montpellier-Paris: Reclus-La Documentation française, 256 p. (in French)

BRUNET R., ECKERT D., KOLOSSOV V., eds. (1995), Atlas of Russia and the “near abroad”, Montpellier-Paris: Reclus-La Documentation Française, 208 p. (in French)

ECKERT D., TREÏVICH A. (1995), “The Industrial Geography as a Research Field in Russia”, L'Espace géographique, n° 2, p. 169-180 (in French)

ECKERT D. (1993), “Spatially Referenced Data and Geographical Research in Russia”, L'Espace géographique, n° 1, p. 57-62 (in French)

Language & degree of proficiency

Speaking Reading Writing
French (native)
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Russian
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English
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German
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Spanish
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Countries of work experience

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Employment record

From October 2006 until now:
Full Professor (Senior Research Associate)
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Interdisciplinary Center for Urban Studies (LISST-Cieu, University of Toulouse-2, France)

From October 1997 until 2006:
Senior Researcher of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the Interdisciplinary Center for Urban Studies (CIRUS-Cieu, University of Toulouse-2, France)

From September 1994 until October 1997:
Full researcher of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at RECLUS-Association (Montpellier, France)

From September 1990 to September 1994:
Research Fellow and afterwards Junior researcher at RECLUS-Association (Montpellier, France)

From September 1987 to September 1990:
High-school teacher in Geography and History (Nogent-sur-Marne, Biarritz)

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Last modified: June 27, 2007