Denise Pumain (born 1946) is a French geographer. Pumain specialises in urban and theoretical geography. She is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and of the

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Early life and education

Pumain was born in 1946. She studied geography at the

École Normale Supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, S ...

between 1965 and 1969 and received her doctorate in human sciences and literature in 1980.

Career

She began teaching at the

Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (french: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, links=yes), also known as Paris 1 or Panthéon-Sorbonne University, is a public research university located in Paris, France. It was created in 1971 from ...

in 1970. She became a researcher for the

Institut national d'études démographiques The French Institute for Demographic Studies (French: ''Institut national d'études démographiques'', INED) is a French research institute specializing in demography and population studies in general. History Before 1945 In 1941, Nobel Prize wi ...

in 1981 until 1986. In 1986, she became a Professor at the

Paris 13 University Sorbonne Paris North University (french: Université Sorbonne Paris Nord) is a public university based in Paris, France. It is one of the thirteen universities that succeeded the University of Paris in 1968. It is a multidisciplinary university l ...

before returning to the Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University to teach in 1989. She also held the post of rector at the Académie de Grenoble between 2000 and 2001. In 1996, she founded the geography journal ''Cybergeo''. She was awarded with a CNRS Bronze medal in 1984, decorated as a Chevalier of the Order of the

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in 1999 and decorated as an officer of the National Order of Merit in 2009. Pumain also became a member of the

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in 1995, became a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2009 and became a Corresponding Fellow of the

in 2012. In 2010, she won the Vautrin Lud Prize and also received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to research different urban dynamics in cities across the world.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pumain, Denise 1946 births Living people Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the University of Paris Members of Academia Europaea Recipients of the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize French geographers Women geographers