Nationality: French
Address:
Université de Toulouse-II Le Mirail
Maison de la recherche
CNRS - LISST-CIEU (UMR 5193, EHESS)
Centre Interdisciplinaire d'Etudes Urbaines
5 allées Antonio Machado,
F 31 058 Toulouse Cedex 9
Tel.: +33 (0)5 61 50 43 64
Mobile: +33 (0)6 71 84 50 04
Fax: +33 (0)5 61 50 49 61
E-mail:
elisabeth.peyroux@univ-tlse2.fr
2000
PhD in Human Geography, university of Paris X-Nanterre.
Topic the thesis: Urban management and low-income housing policies
in Windhoek (Namibia).
summa
cum laude.
1996-1998 PhD scholarship awarded by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
1995 Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies on Geography and Development Practices in Third-World countries, University of Paris X. With Honours.
1994 M.A. in Human Geography, University of Paris X.
1993 M.A. in Social Anthropology, University of Paris X.
English: fluent in speaking, reading and writing
German: fluent in speaking and reading, good in writing
in the Developing World based in Germany
( http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/fb/arch/trialog)
2006 - Network of African Studies in France, CNRS
(http://www.etudes-africaines.cnrs.fr/index.htm)
2006 - International Group of Research (GDRI) of the CNRS « “Governing African
cities: Law, local institutions and identities since 1945”, in cooperation
with French, German and African Universities
(http://www.gdri-africancities.org/index.php?page=homepage)
Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Studies (LISST– CIEU, UMR
5193 of CNRS), Toulouse, France
(http://w3.cieu.univ-tlse2.fr/)
2006 – present International short-term expert on Violence Prevention, AHT
Essen, Germany, Programme “Violence
Prevention through Urban Upgrading in Khayelitsha, Cape
Town”, South Africa, co-financed by the Kreditanstalt für
Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the City of Cape Town
(http://www.aht- group.com)
2006-2007 Postdoctoral researcher, National Centre for Scientific
Research, Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Studies
(LISST– CIEU, UMR 5193 of CNRS), Toulouse, France
2006 Scientific assistant, Institute of Geography, University Johannes
Gutenberg- Mainz, Germany
2003 -2006 Scientific coordinator, Research programme “Privatization of
security in Sub-Saharan African cities: Urban dynamics and
new forms of governance (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban,
Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Maputo, Windhoek)”, funded by the French
Institute of South Africa (IFAS, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs)
with the support from the French Institutes for Research in Africa
(IFRA) in Ibadanand Nairobi (http://www.ifas.org.za/index.php)
2003 Consultant, Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammen Arbeit
(GTZ), Transwater Programme, Transboundary Water
Resources Management in Africa
2001-2002 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies,
University of Bayreuth. Fellowship awarded by the French
Ministry for Foreign Affairs as part of the Programme
Lavoisier.
1996-1999 Ph.D Scholar, French Ministry for Higher Education and
Research/ French Ministry for Co-Operation, University of Paris
X-Nanterre. Franco-Namibian Campus Program “Local
Authorities and Urban Management in Namibia”, funded by the
French Ministry for Co-operation. Designed to strengthen
expertise in the field of Land Management, Water Policy, Local
Economic Development in Namibia in collaboration with the
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies of the
University of Namibia.
1998 Chargée d’études, Cogit Habilis, Strasbourg, France.
Consulting Agency specialised in Regional and Town Planning
and Public Policy
1994 Chargée d’études, Centre of Research - Information - Action for
Development in Africa (CRIAA), Windhoek, Namibia. French
NGO implementing projects in Southern Africa: Low-cost
housing schemes, Support for small-scale activities, Institutional
support for decentralisation
Books
BENIT E., FABIYI O., PEYROUX E. (eds)., Privatization of security in Sub-Saharan African cities: Urban dynamics and new forms of governance, IFAS, HSRC Press, James Currey (forthcoming).PEYROUX E., 2004, Windhoek, capitale de la Namibie. Changement politique et recompositions des périphéries, Paris, IFAS-Karthala, 375 p.
Chapters in books
DIDIER S., PEYROUX E., MORANGE M., “The spreading of the City Improvement Districts (CIDs) formula in Johannesburg and Cape Town: Urban regeneration and the neoliberal agenda in South Africa”, in BENIT E., FABIYI O., PEYROUX E., op.cit., forthcoming.
MORANGE M., DIDIER S., FOLIO F., QUEMBO C., PEYROUX E., VIVET J., “Middle classes of South Africa, lock up! The spreading of Gated Residential Development in Windhoek, Maputo, Cape Town and Johannesburg”, in BENIT E., FABIYI O., PEYROUX E., op.cit., forthcoming.
PEYROUX E. 2005, « Citizens versus State in South Africa: The production of contested norms of security in Johannesburg», in Hours B., Bagayoko-Penone N. (eds), Etat, ONG et production des normes sécuritaires dans les pays du Sud, Paris, L’Harmattan, pp. 293-310.
PEYROUX E., 2001, “Urban growth and housing policies in Windhoek : The gradual change of a post-apartheid city”, in DIENER I., GRAEFE O. (Eds), Contemporary Namibia. The first landmarks of a post-apartheid society, Windhoek, Gamsberg Mc Millan, pp. 287-306.
GRAEFE O., PEYROUX E., 2001, “Decentralisation put to the test: the case of Oshakati – economic capital of former Owamboland”, in DIENER I., GRAEFE O., (eds), op.cit., pp. 273-286.
PEYROUX E., 1999, “Croissance urbaine et politiques d’habitat à Windhoek : la lente mutation d’une ville post-apartheid”, in DIENER I., GRAEFE O. (dirs), La Namibie contemporaine. Les premiers jalons d’une société post-apartheid, Paris, Karthala- Editions UNESCO-IFRA, pp. 293-313.
GRAEFE O., PEYROUX E., 1999, “La décentralisation à l’épreuve des faits : l’exemple d’Oshakati, capitale économique de l’ancien Owamboland”, in DIENER I., GRAEFE O. (dirs), op. cit. pp. 279-292.
PEYROUX E., 1999, “Politiques de l’habitat à Windhoek (Namibie) : cadre national et logiques politiques de l’apartheid à l’indépendance”, in DARBON D. (dir.), L’après-Mandela. Enjeux sud-africains et régionaux, Paris, Karthala, MSHA, pp. 361-380.
Articles in journals
PEYROUX E., “City Improvement Districts in Johannesburg: An examination of the local variations of the BID model”, in Pütz R., (ed.), Business Improvement Districts, Passau, Geographische Handelsforschung, 14, forthcoming.
PEYROUX E., 2006, « Espace et régulation : une approche des changements politique et socio-spatiaux à Windhoek (Namibie) », L’Espace Géographique, 2006-1, pp.14-29.
PEYROUX E., 2006, “’Sorting Society Through Gates’”: A Popular but Contested Form of Crime Prevention in post-apartheid Johannesburg”, in TRIALOG, n°87, Violence in the Cities, Frank S., Mathéy K. (eds), pp. 31-35.
PEYROUX E., 2006, « City Improvement Districts in Johannesburg: Assessing the Political and Socio-Spatial Implications of Private-Led Urban Regeneration », TRIALOG, n°89, Controlling Urban Space. The Rise of Non-State Actors, Peyroux E., Bénit C., Schneider W. (eds). pp. 9-14.