Professor of Geography in Geomatics and Spatial Analysis
Aix-Marseille University (AMU), CNRS ESPACE UMR 7300
Faculty of Art, Literature and Social Sciences
Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment
Профессор В.К.С.
СВФУ им. М.К. Аммосова в Якутске, Институт естественных наук
ИЕН, Эколого-географическоеотделение
Researcher associated with the LIMEEP-PS (Paris Saclay University)
Research Areas
My area of research concerns the analysis of the processes of urbanisation and territorial development in the context of globalisation, climate changes, and adaption in the post-soviet territories: South-Est Baltic, Siberia, The Arctic, and the Sub-Arctic regions, including the coastal zones. I am working also in Africa (Niger, Chad Lake...), before in India. Geographic Analysis is based on the development and implementation of Earth Observation remote sensing monitoring systems and geo-simulations: multispectral, hyperspectral imagery, artificial intelligence, massive data image processing, multi-temporal geographic knowledge systems, GIS…
Geographic information science
Remote sensing, image processing, and image analysis
GIS, spatial modelling, and geo-simulation
Knowledge models, geographic ontologies, and artificial intelligence
Urban geography, development, and adaptation
Metropolisation
Territorial development and adaption of climate change and globalisation
Geopolitical issues
Geographic areas
The Arctic and Subarctic (Russia)
Baltic and Nordic countries
The Mediterranean
Central Africa
Academic leadership
Director of the master’s program (GAED) (2013-)
Head of the master Geomatics and Spatial Modelling (2020-)
Head of the Double International Master in Geomatic and Environment (2016-)
Head of the master COAST (2018-2020)
Faculty Study Committee (2016-)
Faculty Pedagogic Committee (2017-)
Executive committees of the Institutes: SoMuM (2019-), ITEM (2020-), OCEAN (2021-)
Scientific leadership
U-Arctic Chair (AMU) (2022-)
Co-Director of the Spatial analysis research teams (UMR ESPACE) (2018-)
Head of the research team Geographic Image Analysis (2018-)
A representative of the international affairs (CNRS INSHS) (2019-)
Member of the ESPACE laboratory streaming committee (2018-)
Member of the French-Russian University (Space Observation and Sensors) (2020-2022)
Science diplomacy, and expertise
French Ministry of the Foreign Affairs: Arctic Council Representative (PAME, SDWG, SDI) (2014-2021); Arctic Circle, Nordic Forum, C2S MEAE TRIAC (2021-)
CS of the Russian Chinese Arctic Science Gov. Cooperation (2015-2022)
Expert with the European Commission (2021-)