Number of documents
110
Un parcours de chercheur engagé
Pr. Marc LAVERGNE
Head Researcher
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Arab World and Mediterranean Studies (EMAM)/CITERES
University of Tours (France)
Mobile : (33)6.89.32.07.72 (France) ;
e-mail : collongue@gmail.com
Blog : www.marclavergne.unblog.fr
French National, born 6th March, 1953 in Mulhouse (France)
Languages : French, English, German, Arabic
Fields of Expertise
- Economic and Social Development in the Middle East
- Humanitarian Affairs
Professional Career
2004 - Present : Senior Research Fellow, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS - France)
1991-2004 : Research Fellow, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS - France)
Assignments and Positions held
2015 - Present : Arab and Mediterranean Worlds' Team, affiliated to "Cities, Territories and Societies" laboratory (CITERES), Tours University (France)
2011 - 2015 : Research and Studies Group on the Mediterranean and Middle East/Groupe de Recherche et d'Etudes sur la Méditerranée et le Moyen-Orient (GREMMO), Lyon-2 University (France)
2008-2011 : Director, "Economics, Law and Social Sciences Studies and Documentation Center"/ Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Economiques, Juridiques et Sociales (CEDEJ), Cairo, Egypt/Khartoum, Sudan
2004-2008 : Research and Studies Group on the Mediterranean and Middle East/Groupe de Recherche et d'Etudes sur la Méditerranée et le Moyen-Orient -(GREMMO), Lyon-2 University (France)
incl. 2006 : Detached by the French MOFA to the UN Security Council, N-Y , as Humanitarian Expert and Head of the UNSC Panel of Experts for Darfur (Sudan), named pursuant to Resolution 1591 (2005)
2000-2004 : "Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et Sociologie comparative", University Paris-X (France)
incl. 2002 : Detached by the French MOFA to the International Joint Monitoring Mission for the implementation of the Cease-Fire in the Nuba Mountains/South Kordofan (Sudan), as Political and Legal Adviser to the Norwegian General in command of the Mission ;
1991-2000 : Studies and Research Center on Urban Development in the Arab World/Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur l'urbanisation du Monde Arabe (URBAMA), Tours University (France) ;
1988 - 1990 : Director, Studies and Research Center on Contemporary Middle East/Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Moyen-Orient Contemporain (CERMOC), Beirut and Amman ;
1982-1988 : Director, French Scientific Unit (Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Universitaire Scientifique et technique -CEDUST), University of Khartoum, Sudan
1981-1982 : Socio-Economic Expert, Ministry of Water and Agriculture, Saudi Arabia (Saq Aquifer Development Project, Northern Emirates)
Academic Background
1980: Ph. D. thesis in Rural Geography of Development, Paris VII University. Title : « Egyptian Agriculture Ten Years after the Completion of the Aswan High Dam »
1977 : Diploma of the « Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris », International Relations Section.
1976 : B.A. in Modern Arabic, Paris III-New Sorbonne University
1975: M.A. in Rural Geography of the Arab World, Paris IV-Sorbonne University (Memoir on « The Aramaïc-speaking villages of the Upper-Qalamun in Syria »).
1973 : B.A. in Geography, Paris IV-Sorbonne University
Teachings
- The Arab World in Globalization, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Lyon University (France)
- Geopolitics of the Arab World, Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS), Paris ;
- Rural Geography of the Arab Middle East, Institut National d'Agronomie/Agritech, Paris ;
- Geography of Development, Post-Graduate Studies, Paris-X University ;
- Country and City Planning in the Arab World, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut
- State and Nation Building in the Arab and Muslim World
Scientific and Administrative Responsibilities
Tutoring of Master degree and PhD Students :
Presently 7 PhD Dissertations ongoing (on Syrian refugees in Turkey, Country Development Planning in Egypt, Concept of Time in the Israeli-Palestinia Conflict, Country Planning in Omani Development Policies, Trade and State Building in the Horn of Africa, Economic Resources and Prospects of Development in the Caza of Dennieh (North Lebanon), Geopolitics of the UAE at the Eve of XXIst Century).
Member of Editorial boards : Arabian Humanities review on line (Sanaa/Kuwait), The New African Magazine (London) ; formerly Maghreb-Machrek (Paris)...
Member of Scientific and Staff Selection Committees : Tours and Paris-VIII Universities ; formerly French Institute of the Near East/Damascus/Beirut/Amman (IFPO)...
Books published and/or edited :
2012 : Egypte, l'an 2 de la révolution. L'émergence d'une nouvelle scène politique, L’Harmattan ed. ;
2012 : Egypte, l'an 2 de la révolution. Une société en quête d'avenir L'Harmattan ed.;
2012 : « En marche vers Tahrir », Chroniques égyptiennes 2009 - 2010, CEDEJ, Le Caire ;
2004 : « Le royaume hachémite, de Abdallah Ier à Abdallah II : un demi-siècle d’histoire » (ed.), Cahiers de l’Orient, n° 75, 3è tr. 2004
2003 : « L’Oman contemporain. Etat, territoire, identité », (with Brigitte Dumortier) Karthala, Paris ;
1997 : Le Soudan, l'échec de l'expérience islamiste ?, (with RolandMarchal), Politique africaine n° 66, Karthala ;
1996 : « La Jordanie », Karthala, Paris,
1995 : « Monde arabe, le retour du local », with Guy Duvigneau, Peuples méditerranéens, Paris,
1995 : « Agriculture et urbanisation en Méditerranée : conflits et complémentarités », with Driss Ben Ali, A. Di Giulio and M. Lasram, L’Harmattan, Paris,
1989 : « Le Soudan contemporain », Karthala, Paris.
Humanitarian Activities
1) 2005-2008 : Board member (elected), « Doctors without Borders-France ». Interventions in 50 countries, 20 national branches, approx. consolidated Budget one billion USD/year;
Personal Fields of Expertise : Exploratory missions, context analysis, linkage with local and national authorities, civil society, armed groups, etc.
Field missions in Southern Sudan (1983 to 2013), in Darfur (1985 to 2004), in the Nuba Mountains (1987 to 2002), in Eritrea (1988 to 2007), Iraq (1975 to 2015, Kurdistan and Baghdad), in Central African Republic (2014), in Lebanon and Jordan (2003 to 2014), in Georgia (2008), in Egypt (1978 to 2011) ;
2) 2008 : Establishment of a non profit association, "Humanitarian Research and Resources", aimed at linking together Social Scientists with Humanitarian Workers. This led to the founding of the Sawa Consulting Desk, established 2014 in the UAE, in order to offer services to the humanitarian community in the field of context analysis with a perspective of efficiency improvement through local integration, medium and long term anticipation...
3) 2015 - Present : Board Member (elected), "Action against Hunger". Interventions in 45 countries, 5 national sections, Budget Approx. 150 million USD/year
4) 2015 - Present : Board Member (named), Amel-France, a new subsidiary of Amel-Lebanon.