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Curriculum vitae<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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TORRE Andr\u00e9, born 1st<\/sup> June 1957 in Algiers (ALGERIA)
andre.torre.2@inrae.fr<\/a>
Orcid: 0000-0001-5644-7520
H index: 60 (Google scholar), 26 (Scopus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holder of the Sporck Chair in Geography 2025-2026, University of Liege<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 0.5% of all scholars worldwide (ScholarGPS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow of the Regional Science Association International
Member of Academia Europaea, the Academy of Europe
Member of the French Academy of Agriculture<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9 Torre is a Distinguished Professor of Economics, University Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParistech. His research was for a long time at the cross roads of spatial and industrial economics. It has now become more multi-disciplinary and increasingly focused on questions related to territorial development processes and land use planning. He has published several articles and 25 books, mostly on issues related to spatial coordination between people or groups of people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His research currently focuses on the analysis of proximity relations and on their importance in processes of territorial development. It centers on three main areas: local interactions between innovative firms and organizations; land use, urban-rural and political conflicts; local dimensions of circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) DIPLOMA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

– Habilitation \u00e0 Diriger les Travaux de Recherches<\/em>, Sept. 1988, University Nice Sophia Antipolis (HB<\/em>)
– Doctorat de Sciences Economiques – <\/em>June 1985, University Nice Sophia Antipolis (PHD<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) CAREER<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

– Jan. 2023 – current: Research Professor<\/em>, Distinguished, University Paris-Saclay, INRAE ACT division, UMR SAD-APT, AgroParistech
– Feb. 2008 \u2013 Dec. 2022: Research Professor<\/em>, 1st<\/sup> class, University Paris-Saclay, INRAE ACT division, UMR SAD-APT, AgroParistech
– Oct. 1994 \u2013 Feb. 2008: Research Professor<\/em>, 2nd<\/sup> class, INRA SAD division: UR LRDE Corte (Oct. 1994 -Sept. 1997), then UMR SAD-APT, AgroParistech
– Oct. 1987 – Oct. 1994: Assistant Research Professor<\/em> at CNRS, University Nice Sophia-Antipolis (UMR LATAPSES)
– Oct. 1986 – Oct. 1987: Contract researcher<\/em> at CNRS (UMR LATAPSES, Sophia-Antipolis)
– Oct. 1985 – Oct. 1986: Assistant Professor<\/em> at University Nice Sophia-Antipolis
– Oct. 1982 – Oct. 1985: Lecturer<\/em> at University Nice Sophia-Antipolis
– Jan. 2009 \u2013 Jan. 2010: External collaborator<\/em> to DATAR (D\u00e9l\u00e9gation \u00e0 l’Am\u00e9nagement du Territoire et \u00e0 l’Action R\u00e9gionale, French Ministry of Am\u00e9nagement du Territoire)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

3.1. President of INRAE Centre of Corsica <\/strong>(2021 – onward)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.2. President of the COFECUB: Committee for scientific relations between France and Brazil <\/strong>(2021 – 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.3. President of ERSA (European Regional Science Association)<\/strong> (2019 – 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.4. National Head of PSDR 3 & 4 Programs (Pour et Sur le D\u00e9veloppement R\u00e9gional) <\/strong>(2008 \u2013 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.5. Head of the Maison des Sciences de l\u2019Homme, MSH, University Paris-Saclay<\/strong> (2018 \u2013 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.6. President of ASRDLF (French Speaking Association of Regional Science) <\/strong>(2009 – 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.7. Management of Research teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 2006 – 2015: manager of Proximit\u00e9s <\/em>team, UMR SAD-APT
– 2005 – 2014: deputy head of UMR SAD-APT<\/em> (INRA SAD \u2013 AgroParistech)
– 2007- 2008: deputy head of Grenoble PSDR<\/em> team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) EDITORIAL RESPONSABILITIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

– 2011 \u2013 onward: Managing editor of Revue d\u2019Economie R\u00e9gionale et Urbaine \/ Journal of Regional and Urban Economics<\/em>
– Member of the scientific committee of the Journals: Asian Journal of Regional Science; Economie Rurale ; EyesReg ; G\u00e9ographie, Economie, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ; Geography Journal ; Indian Journal of Regional Science ; Journal for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics; Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences : Open Environmental Journal ; Revue d\u2019Economie R\u00e9gionale et Urbaine ; REGION ; Territoires du Futur ; Spatial Economics ; Studia Regionalia ; Urban Planning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

– 2022 \u2013 2026: IN SITU (Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas<\/em>), Horizon Europe, European Union (managing WP5)
–<\/em> 2020 – 2023: DESIRA (Digitisation; Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas), <\/em>Horizon 2020, European Union (managing WP4)
–<\/em> 2013 – 2017: TASTE (Towards a Smart Rural Europe), <\/em>ERA-NET Ruragri, FP 7, European Union (Main coordinator)
–<\/strong> 2006 \u2013 2009: COVER (Conflits d\u2019usage et de Voisinage dans les Espaces Ruraux et p\u00e9riurbains), <\/em>ADD Program (Main Coordinator)
–<\/strong> 2005 \u2013 2008: ANDYCOTE (Analyse des Dynamiques Conflictuelles dans les Territoires fran\u00e7ais), <\/em>ANR (Main Coordinator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

– 2017 – current: University sessions of the European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC), <\/em>EU, <\/em>Brussels
– 2021: Territorial Futures \u2013 Visions and scenarios for a resilient Europe<\/em>, 60th ERSA Congress (Online)
– 2020: Transitions pour le d\u00e9veloppement des territoires, Connaissances et pratiques innovantes pour des mod\u00e8les agricoles et alimentaires r\u00e9silients<\/em>, Symposium final PSDR4, INRAE, Online
– 2017: Workshop Future paths for a smart rural Europe? <\/em>AgroParisTech, Paris.
– 2013: Colloque SFER Circuits Courts de Proximit\u00e9s,<\/em> AgroParisTech, Paris
– 2012: Workshop Do Rural Regions count?<\/em> AgroParisTech, Paris
– 2012: Les chemins du d\u00e9veloppement territorial<\/em>, Symposium final INRA \u2013 PSDR, Clermont-Ferrand
– 2011: Workshop Proximity and Regional Development<\/em>, AgroParisTech, Paris
– 2007: Local governance and sustainable development<\/em>, 47th ERSA Congress, Paris (France)
– 2004: Proximity Congress<\/em>, University Paris-South, Paris
– INRAE<\/em> Summer Schools<\/em>: 2016: Le D\u00e9veloppement territorial sous tous ses Aspet(s)!<\/em> (Aspet); 2010: Chemins de recherches partenariales et interdisciplinaires<\/em> (Carcans): 2004: Science juridique: Contributions aux probl\u00e9matiques de l\u2019INRA<\/em> (Paris); 1999 : Economie Spatiale et R\u00e9gionale, Applications \u00e0 l\u2019Agriculture, l\u2019Agro-alimentaire et l\u2019Espace Rural<\/em> Le Croisic) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selection of recent publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Articles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fern\u00e1ndez Garc\u00eda, T., Gutierrez-Posada, D., Rubiera Moroll\u00f3n, F., Torre, A., 2025, Libert\u00e9, \u00c9galit\u00e9, Fraternit\u00e9? The role of spatial inequalities in understanding the determinants of the populist vote in the 2022 French presidential election, Spatial Economic Analysis<\/em>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/action\/showCitFormats?doi=10.1080\/17421772.2025.2517698<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellandi, M., De Propris, L., Torre, A., 2025, From Marshall\u2019s external economies to external economies of transformation in contemporary industrial spaces, Cambridge Journal of Economics<\/em>, https:\/\/doorg\/10.1093\/cje\/beaf011<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torre, A., 2025, New proximities during and after the Covid 19 pandemic, Regional Science Policy & Practice<\/em>, 17, 8, doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rspp.2025.100199.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torre, A., 2025, Territorial development: towards a dynamic and innovative understanding. Regional Studies<\/em>, 1\u20135. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00343404.2025.2465657<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Torre, A., Bourdin, S., Dermine-Brullot, S., Jambou, M., 2025, Implementing industrial and territorial ecology: The role of proximity and intermediaries in three French case studies, Journal of Industrial Ecology<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jiec.13598<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fernandez Garc\u00eda, T., Torre, A., Rubiera Moroll\u00f3n, F., 2024, We\u2019ll always have Paris? Spatial inequalities and the rise of political discontent in the metropolitan region of Paris, Regional Science Policy & Practice<\/em>, DOI: \/10.1016\/j.rspp.2024.100157<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bourdin S., Torre A., 2025, Economic geography\u2019s contribution to understanding the circular economy, Journal of Economic Geography<\/em>, 25, 2, 293\u2013308. Doi\/10.1093\/jeg\/lbae040<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arfaoui N., Bourdin S., Torre A., Vernier M-F.& <\/a>Vo L-C., 2024, Geographical and organised proximities influencing circular economy practices : the closer partners, the better ? Regional Studies<\/em>, 58(12), 2485\u20132500. DOI: 10.1080\/00343404.2024.2406232<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chembessi, C., Bourdin, S., Torre, A. 2024, Towards a territorialisation of the circular economy: the proximity of stakeholders and resources matters, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/cjres\/rsae007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torre, A., 2023, Contribution to the theory of Territorial development – A territorial innovation approach; Regional Studies<\/em>. Doi: 10.1080\/00343404.2023.2193218<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niang, A., Bourdin, S., Torre, A., 2023, The geography of circular economy: job creation, territorial embeddedness and local public policies, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management<\/em>, Doi: 10.1080\/09640568.2023.2210749<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torre, A., Wallet, F., Huang, J., 2023, A collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to knowledge-based rural development: 25 years of the PSDR program in France, Journal of Rural Studies<\/em>, 97, 428-437. DOI: 10.1016\/j.jrurstud.2022.12.034<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torre, A., Fonseca, B., 2023, Conflict and oppositions in the development of peri\u2010urban agriculture: The case of the Greater S\u00e3o Paulo region, Sociologia Ruralis<\/em>, DOI:10.1111\/soru.12375<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bourdin S., Torre A., 2022, Geography of Contestation: A Study on the Yellow Vest Movement and the Rise of Populism in France, Journal of Regional Science<\/em>, DOI: 10.1111\/jors.12620<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niang A., Torre A., Bourdin B., 2022, How do local actors coordinate to implement a successful biogas project? Environmental Science & Policy<\/em>, 136, October, 337-347. doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envsci.2022.06.019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jambou M., Torre A., Dermine-Brullot S., Bourdin S., 2022, Inter-firm cooperation and local industrial ecology processes: evidence from three French case studies, The Annals of Regional Science<\/em>, 68, 331-358. DOI: 10.1007\/s00168-021-01088-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magsi H., Sabir M., Torre A., Chandio A.A., 2022, Management practices to minimize land use conflicts on large infrastructure projects: examples of dams\u2019 construction in Pakistan, GeoJournal<\/em>, DOI: 10.1007\/s10708-021-10532-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pumain D., Torre A., 2020, Regional science: economy and geography in France and French-speaking countries, Papers in Regional Science<\/em>, 99:293\u2013313. DOI: 10.1111\/pirs.12513<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bustos Gallardo B., Lukas M., Stamm C., Torre A., 2019, Neoliberalismo y gobernanza territorial: propuestas y reflexiones a partir del caso de Chile, Revista de geograf\u00eda Norte Grande<\/em>, Sept. DOI: 10.4067\/S0718-34022019000200161<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torre A., Gallaud D. (eds.), 2022, Handbook of Proximity relations<\/em>, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 496p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torre A., Corsi S., Steiner M., Wallet F. Westlund H. (eds.), 2020, Smart development for rural areas<\/em>, Routledge, 226p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torre A., Wallet F., 2016, Regional Development in Rural Areas. Analytical tools and Public policies<\/em>, Springer Briefs in Regional Science, Springer, 110 p.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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