Jacques Lévy
Geographer, director of the "Spatial intelligence" Chair at the Polytechnique University of Hauts-de-France
Jacques Lévy is a social scientist specializing in the theory of space in societies, the geography of politics, cities, and urban life, public space and urban planning, as well as Europe and globalization. His research interests also include the epistemology and methods of social sciences, cartography, modeling, and the integration of non-verbal languages. With over 850 publications and a portfolio of ten scientific films, he has made significant contributions to his field. In 2018, he was awarded the Vautrin-Lud Prize, often referred to as the 'Nobel Prize' of geography, the highest international honor in the field.