Paolo Chevalier
Born in Bordeaux (France), in July, 6th 1990. Driving license A1 and B
Experience
- 2021-Today
- Consultant in Data Science, Kisio (Lyon, France)
- Analysing GPS data to better understand individual daily mobility
- 2015-Today
- Researcher, Laboratoire Ville Mobilité Transport (LVMT) (Champs-sur-Marne, France)
and Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED) (Barcelone, Espagne)
- 2020-Today: Research associate
- 2015-2020: PhD candidate
- 2017-2019
- Teaching assistant, Université Paris-Est and École d’Urbanisme de Paris (Champs-sur-Marne, France)
- Teaching « Statistics and Cartography » to the 2nd year of Bachelor’s Degree in Geography
- Teaching « Demography » to the 1st year of Master’s Degree in Urban Planning
- 2017-2019
- Reviewer, Documents d’Anàlisi Geogràfica (DAG) (Barcelona, Spain)
- Reviewing scientific articles for the geographic review Documents d’Anàlisi Geogràfica (DAG)
- 2013 (2 months)
- Internship at the General Directorate of Planning, City Council of Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France)
- Census of a new ecodistrict (Ginko, Bordeaux)
- Statistical analysis of its new inhabitants.
Education
- 2015-2020
PhD in Demography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) and PhD in Urbanism and Urban Planning, Université Paris-Est (Champs-sur-Marne, France)
Thesis title: A Spatial-Temporal Approach to the Dependence on Mobility in the metropolises of Barcelona and Aix-Marseille-Provence
- 2014-2015
European Certificate of Demography; European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD):
- 6 weeks preparatory courses (Mathematics, Statistics, Demography and Computing) at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Rostock, Germany)
- 9 months courses at the Warsaw School of Economics (Warsaw, Poland)
- 2013-2014
Master’s Degree, Regional and Population Studies (specialization in Demography), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
Master dissertation: The Spatial Mismatch: An Efficient Concept to Study the Commuting Social Inequalities within the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona?
- 2012-2014
Master’s Degree, Economy and Society (specialization in Demography), Université Paris X (Nanterre, France)
Master dissertation: Study of a Residential Migration: the Ecodistrict Ginko in Bordeaux
- 2011-2012
ERASMUS, 3rd year of the Sociology Degree, Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)
2010-2011Sociology Degree, Université de Lille 1 (Lille, France)
2009-2011History Degree, Université Catholique de Lille (Lille, France)
Computing and Languages
- Digital tools: Competence in statistical software (SAS, SPSS and R), cartography software (R, QGIS, GeoDa, Mapviewer) and Vector graphics software (Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator)
- French: Native Speaker
- English: C2 level
- Spanish: C2 level
- Catalan: B2 level
Prizes and distinctions:
- My PhD in Demography received an Excel·lent - Cum Laude (highest distinction at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- Prize for the best presentation at the 6th Demographic Conference of Young Demographers in Prague, Czech Republic (12-13th February 2015)
Scholarship from the French National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) to study at the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD)
Funds for my research:
- Université Paris-Est: three years doctoral contract as well as a 10.000 euros doctoral grant to carry out a jointly supervised PhD thesis
- Amics del País: a 4.200 euros mobility scholarship for a research stay at the Mediterranean demographic observatory (DEMOMED)
- Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the spanish government for the I+D+I project Demographic behaviors and residential strategies: notes for the development of the new social policies: financing four smartphones and their telephone plan