Univ.-Prof., Dr. Geogr.
Jean-Marie Halleux
Full Professor at the University of Liege

Information

EDUCATION
Ph.D in Sciences (Geographical Sciences) (2005, University of Liege). Dissertation: Structure spatiale des marchés fonciers et production de l’urbanisation morphologique. Application à la Belgique et à ses nouveaux espaces résidentiels. Jury: Bernadette Mérenne-Schomaker (director), Jean-Paul Donnay (president), Vincent Renard, Jean Ruegg, Christan Vandermotten, Etienne Van Hecke.
Master (licence) in Geographical Sciences (1993, University of Liege). Dissertation: Le commerce à Liège et à Leeds : les pôles périphériques traditionnels.
Visiting Student at the School of Geography of the University of Leeds (1991-1992).

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
As of July 2021, Full Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Liege.
January 2017 – July 2021, Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Liege.
October 2009 – December 2016, Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Liege.
October 1997 – September 2009, Researcher and Teaching Assistant at the Department of Geography, University of Liege.
October 1993 - September 1997, Researcher at the SEGEFA, University of Liege.

AREAS OF TEACHING AND EXPERTISE
Economic geography, urban geography, land and property markets, location of housing and economic activities, spatial and urban planning, territorial development.

SCIENTIFIC AWARDS
- 2009 and 2014: Award of the reference scientific article in urban planning by APERAU (Association pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche en Aménagement et Urbanisme - Association for the Promotion of Teaching and Research in urban Planning).
- 2006: Nominated for the Aydalot Ph.D awards by ASRDLF (Association de Science Régionale De Langue Française - French-speaking Regional Science Association).

PUBLICATIONS
Publication list: https://orbi.uliege.be/ph-search?uid=U029076
- Books: 8
- Articles and book chapters: 99
- Conferences and oral communications: 260
- Scientific and technical reports: 138

RESEARCH STAYS
2008: Radboud University, Department of Spatial Planning
2007: University of Rennes 2, Département de Géographie et d’Aménagement de l’espace
2005 and 2007: University of Sheffield, School of Town and Regional Planning
1998: University of Toulouse, Centre Interdisciplinaire d’Etudes Urbaines

INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS AND COLLABORATIONS (SELECTION)
2020-2024: Expert group on “German Land Policy Revisited Reflections and Lessons from Abroad”, German Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL).
2018-2022: Belgian delegate to the Management Committee of the COST Action “Public Value Capture of Increasing Property Values”.
2014-2018: Research project with the University of Sheffield on “English experiences on soft densification”, financed by PUCA (Plan Urbanisme Construction Aménagement – French Interdepartmental national agency on “Master Plans, Planning, Construction, Architecture”).
2014-2018: Research project with the Radboud University, the University of Liverpool and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences on “Simulations for Innovative Mechanisms for the Selforganizing City: testing new tools for Value Capturing (SimsCity ValueCap)”, financed by F.R.S.-FNRS through a JPI Urban Europe program.

LABORATORY DIRECTOR
Since 2013: Chair of of Lepur (Research Centre on Territorial, Urban and Rural Sciences – Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural) (http://www.lepur.ulg.ac.be). The Lepur brings together Liege University research laboratories specialized in the field of territorial and urban development. Over the last five years (2016-2020), this Research Centre represents a budget of 5 440 024 euros.
Since 2009: Scientific Director of ECEGO (Service de Géographie Économique) (http://www.ecogeo.ulg.ac.be). ECOGEO unit is attached to the Department of Geography (Faculty of Sciences) of the University of Liege. It is dedicated to the research and teaching in economic geography.

SUPERVISION OF THESIS
Supervision of Ph.D Thesis as promotor
- DUPONT J., 2014. L’émergence d’une politique foncière régionale en Bretagne : de l’identification des enjeux à la création d’un Établissement public foncier d’État, Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences and Université de Rennes 2 - Département de Géographie et d’Aménagement, Docteur en Sciences and Docteur en Géographie-Aménagement (co-promotor with G. Baudelle).
- VANDERMEER M.-C., 2016. La disponibilité et le prix du foncier à vocation économique : quel impact sur le développement économique en Wallonie ? Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences, Docteur en Sciences (promotor).
- BREUER C., 2017. La spatialité de la gouvernance des régions urbaines intermédiaires en Europe, Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences, Docteur en Sciences (promotor).
- DETHIER P., 2019. Le rôle de la culture de l'aménagement du territoire vis-à-vis des attitudes en faveur de l’auto-gouvernance : application aux comportements pour le développement de l’habitat groupé, Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences, Docteur en Sciences (promotor).
- MESSINA J.-P., 2019. Consommation de la ressource foncière, périurbanisation résidentielle et efficacité urbaine à Kinshasa, Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences et ERAIFT de Kinshasa, Docteur en Sciences and Docteur en Aménagement des territoires tropicaux (co-promotor with J.-P. Mate).
- NOURI M., in progress. Croissance de l’urbanisation en Algérie et gestion du risque d’inondations, Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences, Docteur en Sciences (co-promotor with P. Ozer).
- ROUCHET H., in progress. Formations des futurs aménageurs et relations praticiens – mandataires publics : quelles formations pour quelles pratiques ? Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences, Docteur en Sciences (promotor).
- WILMOTTE P.-F., in progress. Performance des entreprises wallonnes et ressources territoriales multi-échelles, Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences, Docteur en Sciences (co-promotor with I. Reginster).
- ZEMZEME P.-F., in progress. La fabrique de l’espace périurbain tunisois entre formel et informel : règles et pratiques de l’accès au foncier dans la conurbation Mhamdia-Fouchana, Université de Liège - Faculté des Sciences and Université de Carthage (ENAU – École Nationale d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme), Docteur en Sciences and Docteur en Urbanisme (co-promotor with N. Dhaher).
Supervision of Ph.D Thesis as Scientific Advisor or Member of the Committee
Since 2009, sixteen Ph.D thesis (University of Liege, Université Catholique de Louvain, Radboud University, University of Rennes 2, University of Kinshasa, University of Lubumbashi, University of Burundi, University of Carthage, University, Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine).
Supervision as Bachelor and Master Thesis
Since 2009, promotor of 29 Bachelor thesis and 42 Master thesis.

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TEACHING CURSUS
Master in Urban Planning created in 2019-2020 at the University of Liege. Official designation: “Master en Sciences géographiques, orientation générale, finalité Urbanisme et développement territorial” (https://masterurba.com/).

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Member or past-member of the Editorial Board of: BELGEO; Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Liège; Dynamiques régionales : revue interdisciplinaire de l’IWEPS; Géo-Regards; La revue foncière; Revue Internationale d’Urbanisme.
Reviewer for: African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology; Brussels Studies; Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège; Cities; Economies, Environment & Planning C; European Planning Studies; Géographie, économie, société; Housing and the Built Environment; Housing Studies; Journal of Geography and Regional Planning; Land; Land Use Policy; Morovian Geographical Reports; NOROIS; Planning Practice and Research; Revue d’Économie Régionale et Urbaine; Revue Internationale de Géomatique; Scientific Research and Essays; Sustainability; Territoires en mouvement; Town planning Review; Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Urban Analytics and City Science; Urban Design International; Urban Planning; URBIA; Vertigo.

SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY
Services to the academic community (selection)
- Since 2019: Advisory Committee of Pillar 3 (Federal societal challenges) of the BELSPO BRAIN-be 2.0 Research Programme, BELSPO.
- Since 2017: Jury “ Défis économiques et sociaux” of FRESH Doctoral Grant, FNRS.
- 2017: Evaluation of the Geography MSC of UNIL (Université de Lausanne – University of Lausanne).
- Since 2017: Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Liege (https://www.geographie.uliege.be).
- 2015-2017: Jury “Anticipate. Prospective Research” of INNOVIRIS, Brussels-Capital Region.
- Since 2014: Secretary of APERAU-International (Association pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche en Aménagement et Urbanisme - Association for the Promotion of Teaching and Research in urban Planning). APERAU is one of the 18 institutional networks of AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie - French-speaking University Agency). Its aim is to promote research and teaching in the fields of spatial planning throughout the Francophonie.
- Since 2009: regular evaluations of research projects for ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche - French National Research Agency) and FNSNF (Swiss National Science Foundation).
Services to the civil society (selection)
- Since 2020: Expert group on “land take and urban sprawl”, Walloon Planning Authority.
- 2020: Expert group on « The factor ’’land’’ in the EIA-Directive 2014/52/EC: Implementation in EU Member States », German Environment Agency.
- Since 2018: Regional Housing Board (Pôle logement), The economic, social and environmental Council of Wallonia.
- 2017-2018: Technical committee on the Liege Provincial Master Plan.
- 2012-2013: College of Academics and experts for the “Horizon 2022” Strategic Plan, Minister-President of the Walloon Government.

LANGUAGES
French (mother tongue), English (fluent), Dutch (intermediary).

MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Articles (selection)
- Bibby, P., Henneberry J. & Halleux J.-M. (2021). Incremental residential densification and urban spatial justice: the case of England between 2001 and 2011. Urban Studies, Vol. 58(10) 2117–2138.
- Li, K., Dethier, P., Eika, A., Samsura, D., van der Krabben, E., Nordhal, B. & Halleux, J.-M. (2020). Measuring and comparing planning cultures: risk, trust and co-operative attitudes in experimental games. European Planning Studies, 28(6), 1118-1138.
- Halleux, J.-M., Bianchet, B., Maldague, H., Lambotte, J.-M. & Wilmotte, P.-F. (2019). Le redéploiement économique de la Wallonie face à la diversité de ses territoires. Courrier Hebdomadaire du CRISP, 2242-2243, 118p.
- Wilmotte, P.-F. & Halleux, J.-M. (2018). The spatial structure of regional innovation system: What about the impact of geographic proximity within Walloon competitiveness clusters? L’Espace Géographique, 47(1), 51-70.
- Vandermeer, M.-C. & Halleux, J.-M. (2017). Evaluation of the spatial and economic effectiveness of industrial land policies in northwest Europe. European Planning Studies, 25(8), 1454-1475.
- Halleux, J.-M. & Vandermeer M.-C. (2014). L’impact de la gestion de la mobilité par les entreprises wallonnes sur les déplacements domicile-travail. Recherche - Transports - Securité, 02-03, 83-100.
- Ruelle, C., Halleux, J.-M. & Teller, J. (2013). Landscape quality and brownfield regeneration: a community investigation approach inspired by landscape preference studies. Landscape Research, 38(1), 75-99.
- Halleux, J. M., Marcinczak, S., & van der Krabben, E. (2012). The adaptive efficiency of land use planning measured by the control of urban sprawl. The cases of the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. Land Use Policy, 29(4), 887-898.
- Halleux, J.-M. (2009). The spatial structuring of interurban housing markets: application to building sites prepared for self-provided housing. Environment and Planning A, 41(9), 2143-2161.
- Halleux, J.-M., Brück, L. & Lambotte, J.-M. (2008). Étalement urbain et services collectifs : les surcoûts d'infrastructures liés à l'eau. Revue d’Economie Régionale & Urbaine, 1, 21-42.
- Dubois, O., & Halleux, J.-M. (2003). Marchés immobiliers résidentiels et étalement urbain contraint. L'accessibilité au logement au sein de la région métropolitaine bruxelloise. BELGEO, (4), 303-327.
- Halleux, J.-M., Brück, L. & Mairy, N. (2002). La périurbanisation résidentielle en Belgique à la lumière des contextes suisse et danois : enracinement, dynamiques centrifuges et régulations collectives. BELGEO, 4, 333-354.

Books (selection)
- Breuer, C., & Halleux, J.-M. (Eds.). (2018). Gouvernance et spatialité. Liège, Belgique: Société Geographique de Liege.
- Bogaert, J., & Halleux, J.-M. (Eds.). (2015). Territoires périurbains. Développement, enjeux et perspectives dans les pays du Sud. Gembloux, Belgique: Presses agronomiques de Gembloux.

Recent oral communications on invitation (selection)
- Halleux, J.-M. (February 2020). L’efficacité adaptative des systèmes d’aménagement. Presented at “Colloque international – Identités urbaines et architecturales dans les villes méditerranéennes”, Hammamet, Tunisia.
- Halleux, J.-M. (2019, November). L'urbanisation des campagnes en Europe. Presented at “Campagnes urbaines, Cycle de rencontres du PUCA”, Strasbourg, France.
- Halleux, J.-M., Bianchet, B., Maldague, H., Lambotte, J.-M. & Wilmotte, P.-F. (June 2020). Le redéploiement économique de la Wallonie face à la diversité de ses territoires. Presented at “Rencontre avec les équipes d’Agoria”, Visioconference.
- Halleux, J.-M. (2019, May). L’efficacité spatiale et économique des parcs d’activités économiques en Europe du Nord-Ouest. Presented at “Stratégies foncières, négociations et montages opérationnels : les entreprises du 3ème millénaire face aux territoires”, Lille, France
- Halleux, J.-M. (2019, January). The philosophical underpinnings of the property right regime in Belgium. Presented at “Philosophical background, understanding of property”, COST Action: Public Value Capture of Increasing Property Values, Haifa, Israel.
- Dethier, P., & Halleux, J.-M. (2018, September). Measuring planning cultures for co-housing development. Presented at "Want to learn about experiments as instruments for collecting data in social science?", Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
- Halleux, J.-M. (2018, June). New education programmes for new practices in land uses. Presented at “Forum 2018 de l'association FUP (For Urban Passion) - New fields, new practices, for a better land uses”, Brussels, Belgium.
- Halleux, J.-M. (2017, December). La Wallonie et ses territoires dans la globalisation postindustrielle. Presented at “Colloque CPDT du 11 décembre 2017 - Attractivité et projets de développement territorial”, Mons, Belgium.
- Halleux, J.-M. (2017, November). Urban geography at the heart of urban transition. Presented at 7th Belgium, Geography Day, Liège, Belgium.
- Halleux, J.-M. (December 2016). État du territoire wallon : structures territoriales. Presented at “Colloque CPDT – Territoire(s) wallon(s) : tendances et perspectives”, Mons, Belgium.
- Halleux, J.-M. (2016, September). Les expériences anglaises en matière de densification douce : quel apport pour l’élaboration d’une politique publique construite ? Presented at “Séminaire de recherche du PUCA - Vers des politiques publiques de densification et d'intensification "douces" ? ”, Paris, France.
- Halleux, J.-M., & Sandu, R. (2015, June). Main strengths and weaknesses of the Liege region: an Euregional perspective. Presented at ISCOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) conference on "New Economy, Old Borders", Maastricht, The Netherlands.

- Bibby, P., Henneberry J. & Halleux J.-M. (2021). Incremental residential densification and urban spatial justice: the case of England between 2001 and 2011. Urban Studies, Vol. 58(10) 2117–2138.
- Li, K., Dethier, P., Eika, A., Samsura, D., van der Krabben, E., Nordhal, B. & Halleux, J.-M. (2020). Measuring and comparing planning cultures: risk, trust and co-operative attitudes in experimental games. European Planning Studies, 28(6), 1118-1138.
- Vandermeer, M.-C. & Halleux, J.-M. (2017). Evaluation of the spatial and economic effectiveness of industrial land policies in northwest Europe. European Planning Studies, 25(8), 1454-1475.
- Ruelle, C., Halleux, J.-M. & Teller, J. (2013). Landscape quality and brownfield regeneration: a community investigation approach inspired by landscape preference studies. Landscape Research, 38(1), 75-99.
- Halleux, J. M., Marcinczak, S., & van der Krabben, E. (2012). The adaptive efficiency of land use planning measured by the control of urban sprawl. The cases of the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. Land Use Policy, 29(4), 887-898.