Greek architect and urban planner (Master's degree in Architecture/ School of engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) Greece, research Master's degree in urban planning/ Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris (IUP) France). Currently a PhD student in urban geography at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS/Géographie-Cités) in Paris, working on the question of conversion of industrial brownfields into sustainable neighborhoods in two French cities (Nantes and Saint-Ouen) through sustainable urban planning policies and citizen engagement aiming to preserve the local industrial heritage.  

PROCEEDINGS AND PAPERS

-Toura V.(2018). Deindustrialization and urban shrinkage. The interdependence of intercommunal public policies and the local challenge in two urban renewal projects in France: Ile-de-Nantes and Docks-de-Seine in Saint-Ouen (in French). Annual conference of the French Association of Regional Science (ASRDLF), Caen, France.

-Toura V.(2019). From urban shrinkage to participatory planning processes. Study of two urban renewal projects in France: Ile-de-Nantes and Docks-de-Seine in Saint-Ouen (in French). Annual conference of the French Association of Regional Science for young researchers (Doctorales ASRDLF), Grenoble, France.

-Toura V.(2019). The French écoquartiers as contributors of cities' transformation (in Greek).  Conference Public Space+, Thessaloniki, Greece.

-Toura V.(2019). Deindustrialization and urban shrinkage. Achieving urban sustainability in former industrial cities in France: the case studies of Nantes and Saint-Ouen (in English). Annual congress of the Association of European Schools of planning (AESOP), Venice, Italy.

-Toura V.(2020). «From urban shrinkage to participatory planning processes» (in French), Mondes Sociaux, 17 February, [https://sms.hypotheses.org/23020].

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

-Scholarship awarded for the competition organized by Caisse des dépôts et consignation and EHESS for PhD students, April 2019.

-Finalist (5 candidates on the final round) of the annual award in industrial heritage for young researchers organized by CILAC, December 2019.

-Award young researcher of the annual competition organized by the French-Swedish Association of research, January 2020.