André Torre#
| Membership Number: | 4239 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://andre-torre.com |
Present and Previous Positions
- 01/2008 - now 1st Class Research Professor: University Paris Saclay http://www.campus-paris-saclay.fr
, INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) SAD division http://institut.inra.fr, AgroParistech http://www.agroparistech.fr
- 09/1994 – 01/2008 2nd Class Research Professor: INRA, SAD Division, AgroParistech and LRDE Corte
- 01/2009 – 12/2011 External collaborator DATAR http://www.datar.gouv.fr/qui-sommes-nous
- 10/1987 – 09/1994 1st and 2d Class Researcher: CNRS (LATAPSES, Sophia-Antipolis) http://www.cnrs.fr, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis http://unice.fr
- 10/1986 – 10/1987 Research assistant CNRS (LATAPSES, Sophia-Antipolis), Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
- 10/1985 – 10/1986 Assistant Professor: Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
- 10/1982 – 10/1985 Lecturer: Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
Fields of Scholarship
- Proximity relations and their importance in the processes of coordination between people
- Local interactions between innovative firms
- Role played by geographical proximity in the transfer of knowledge
- Terrritorial governance
- Land use and neighborhood conflicts
- Territorial and regional development
Honours and Awards
- 1985 PHD: best French thesis in Industrial economics (awarded by the Groupement de Recherche en Economie Industrielle)
- 1985 PHD: best thesis of the City of Nice (awarded by the municipality of Nice)
- 1988 CNRS: valedictorian for the section Economics and business
- 2016 Member of the French Academy of Agriculture
