"The ThéMA laboratory is seeking a post-doctoral researcher to work on the coupled modelling of population genetic structure and metacommunity dynamics in habitat networks. The project will start in early 2026 (flexible start date), for a duration of 24 months. The candidates must have completed a PhD in ecology or population biology by January 2026, ideally specialized in community ecology, landscape ecology, urban ecology, population genetics, or landscape genetics. Solid skills in geomatics and programming (QGIS, R, optionally : PostGIS, Julia, Git, use of computation cluster) will be...

  This event will take place on Friday, October 10, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Maison des Sciences Humaines et Environnementales Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, 1 rue Charles Nodier, in Besançon. This national award is intended for theses in the field of complex systems. This field is transdisciplinary and encompasses subjects ranging from computer science to geography, including linguistics, history, physics, biology, epidemiology, and ecology. What unites them is the way in which systems are organized: interacting elements that give rise to emerging phenomena. This symposium...

Digital data, graph theory and spatial modeling allow us to apply the concepts of centralities and hierarchies to a wide variety os spatial situations. The authors of this book offer insight into centralities and hierarchies within networks and territories at different scales and temporalities and for different socio-economic phenomena. The first part of the book explores the contribution of data from cell phones and social networks to understanding centralities and hierarchies of urban space within a circumscribed temporality. The second part uses network analysis – ecological networks,...

  The energy transition necessitates a rapid electrification of urban transport systems. This PhD project aims to design and experiment with an innovative digital modeling of electrified transport networks, leveraging digital twin technologies. The project fits within a large-scale prospective simulation perspective, using 3D spatial data, territorial indicators, and multi-agent or geosimulation approaches. The objective is to propose operational electrification scenarios adapted to the territories of the Bourgogne Franche-Comté region. Research laboratories involved are ThéMA,...

    A survey is launched to gather accounts from a large panel of Besançon's inhabitants. This survey is part of the research project CAPBIOMET carried out by Manon Kohler and supported by the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and the local agency Grand Besançon Métropole. Accounts gathered via the survey will enable a better understanding of local practices to adapt to summer heat. Access to the survey registration form: https://thema.univ-fcomte.fr/enquete2/index.php/785683?lang=fr Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript...

  Bahija Hani has begun a doctoral research under the co-supervision of Prof. Thomas Buhler. The title of her research is: Discursive strategies and spatial development in Fès (Morocco): critical and textual data analysis of planning documents related to the emerging local centres of Ouled Tayeb and Ain Bida.   Bahija Hani is architect and urban designer. Her PhD thesis at ThéMA laboratory is under the joint administrative supervision of the University Ibn Tofail (Kénitra, Morocco) and the University Marie et Louis Pasteur (Besançon, France). The aim of her research is to...

  The 17th Théo Quant Meetings will take place in Besançon, from the 4th to the 6th of February 2026   The spirit of the Meetings "Theo Quant" Meetings take place in France every two years. They are intended to be an intermediary between big symposia, where only completed work is presented, and conferences dedicated to specific themes. The "Theo Quant" Meetings aim to further methodological and theoretical investigation in the field of theoretical and quatitative geography. One of their main interests is to allow the exchange of points of view and ideas between researchers...

  Landsklim allows you to make spatial interpolations from quantitative data, from the reading of the initial data to the statistical analyses and the spatial interpolation. The program has been developed at ThéMA Laboratory in Besançon and integrates the features of the LISDQS interpolation software written by Daniel Joly. The Lansklim plugin is available for download as a QGIS plugin. For further details: https://thema.univ-fcomte.fr/productions/software/landsklim    

  This one-day workshop is dedicated to the analysis of documents of territorial planning. It will give the opportunity to analyse planning politics at several scales. Participants will explore several interpretative frameworks that were previously applied to different types of planning documents. Participants will also think about benefits and limits of qualitative and quantitative approaches. In the morning, a round-table discussion will enable researchers to share their methodologies to analyse planning documents: local urban design plans, local mobility plans, regional schemes...

  Yohan Sahraoui will defend his accreditation to supervise research entitled: Hybrid landscapes. A critical and participatory modelling. The defence will take place on the 9th of January 2025 at University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Centre Panthéon, 12 Place du Panthéon, 75231 Paris.   The jury comprises: Xavier Arnauld de Sartre, Research director CNRS – Recorder Thierry Joliveau, Emeritus professor, University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne – Examiner Yves-François Le Lay, Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon – Recorder Nathalie Long, Research director CNRS –...