Project management : Laboratoire PACTE, INterland, Ecole Doctorale des Sciences de l’Homme du Politique et du Territoire, Université de Grenoble

Years : 2009-2012

Doctoral thesis in Science of Territories – Urban Planning – Les Systèmes Urbains Cognitifs. Des supports privilégiés de production et de diffusion d’innovations? For its doctoral thesis, Raphaël Besson conducted a comparative study of four urban innovation projects implemented in three cities : Barcelona (22@barcelona), Buenos Aires (Distrito Tecnológico ; Distrito de Diseño) and Grenoble (GIANT/Presqu’île project). Trough this study, Raphaël Besson have come up with the idea of Cognitive Urban Systems, and investigated socioeconomic impacts of these projects on cities’ development.