ROUVIER-PONS Armand

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Research projects

I teach human geography with an emphasis on quantitative methods. My PhD dissertation examined experiences of disability, while exploring the potential of participatory approaches to inform the statistical evaluation of urban accessibility. I am now investigating the ways in which population ageing reshapes inequalities within the built environment.

My work also engages with territorial politics, notably by questioning how advances in geovisualization can bridge perspectives among citizens and local governments.

Publications and dissemination

Peer-reviewed papers

  • Pons, A., Bréjat, S., Finance, O. and Conesa, A. (under review). Beyond the standardization trap: a critical quantitative perspective on disabilities across transit and public spaces. Submitted to the Journal of Urban Mobility.
  • Conesa, A., Dere, I., Nihoul, A., ..., Pons, A. (2025). Routes to justice: bridging conceived and perceived public transport accessibility through user participation. Transportation.
  • Pons, A., Finance, O. and Conesa, A. (2024). The fuel of discontent? Transport poverty risks and equity concerns in French urban peripheries. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 51(7), 1598-1613.

Working/Conference papers

  • Conesa, A., Pons, A., and Nihoul, A. (2025). A mixed-methods study on inequalities in accessibility: Evidence from Brussels and Strasbourg. Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility. Springer Lecture Notes in Mobility.
  • Pons, A. (2024). Participative approaches for accessibility planning: a review and applications. AESOP Annual Congress, Sciences Po Paris.
  • Pons et al. (2024). Mind the gap! How does unequal access to the city affect persons with reduced mobility? Poster and interactive atlas presented at the French quantitative geography meetings, Besançon. Jury prize

Other presentations

  • Pons, A. and Fujiki, K. (2026). Towards a dynamic demographic approach to residential vulnerability. Interactions between Residential Location, Housing, and Mobility Panel, RGS-IBG Conference, London.
  • Pons, A. et al. (2026). Maps, knowledge, and disabling environments: where do we stand? Mapping Inequality Critically Panel, RGS-IBG Conference, London.
  • Pons, A. (2023). Une « périurbanisation de la pauvreté » ? Vulnérabilités énergétiques et mobilités quotidiennes autour de Lyon (1999-2019). 24èmes Rencontres internationales en urbanisme de l’APERAU, Université de Lausanne.
  • Conesa, A., Pons, A. et al. (2022). Mobilizing accessibility: combining modelling and participative approaches to assess public transport inclusiveness. NECTAR Conference, University of Toronto.
  • Pons, A. (2022). Visualiser l’accessibilité : du potentiel aux vulnérabilités. 4èmes Rencontres Francophones Transports et Mobilités, Université du Luxembourg.

Additional experience

Teaching (>500 hours)

  • Temporary Lecturer, University of Strasbourg:
    • Advanced Cartography (90h) | Social and Cultural Geography (98h) | European Urban Studies (20h) | Contemporary East and Southeast Asia (36h) | Mentored Projects (36h) | Field trip to Praha;
      [undergraduate level]             
    • Data Visualization (13h) | Geostatistics (13h) | Open Web Mapping (26h) | Climate, Energy and Mobility (20h).
      [graduate level]
  • Assisted in a range of undergraduate courses: Economic Geography (56h) | Fundamentals of Population Science (18h) | Introduction to Geopolitics (40h) | Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences (44h) | Topics in Human Geography (20h).

Miscellaneous

  • Benchmarked French commercial community land trusts for Urbanova.
  • Designed infographic panels for an urban mobility exhibition hosted by the Greater Strasbourg Authority.
  • Coordinating the development of an open-source observatory on local politics, daily mobility and affective polarization.

Education and training

2022-2026: Université de Strasbourg, PhD in Geography and Planning.

  • Doctoral Summer School on Climate Change and Cities, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.
  • Visited the Center for Urban Science and Policy, TU Delft (2023).

2017-2021: École normale supérieure de Lyon, major in Geography.

  • Research Intern at the University of Edinburgh, VisHub Lab (2019).
  • Chinese Language Program, East China Normal University (Shanghai).

2015-2017: Khâgne B/L, Lycée Lakanal (Grand Paris).