Mehdi SAQALLI

Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
Maison de la Recherche de l'Université Jean Jaurès 5, Allées A. Machado - 31058 TOULOUSE Cedex 1
Office
Office C229
Phone
05 61 50 24 40
Email
mehdi.saqalli@univ-tlse2.fr
Personal Website
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mehdi_Saqalli

Taught academic discipline(s)

Participation in teaching for the period 2014–2020 :

  • University of Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès, UFR SES, Department of Geography and Planning
  • Research/Professional Master's Degree (M1 GEP, GAED), UE 702 ‘Environmental Transitions’;
  • Research/Professional Master's Degree (M1 GEP, GAED), UE 803 ‘Introduction to Research’;
  • Master's Degree in Research and Professional Studies (M2 GEP), UE904 ‘Socio-Environmental Modelling’;
  • Master's Degree in Research and Professional Studies (M2 GEP), UE908 ‘English’;
  • Master's Degree in Research and Professional Studies (M2 GSE-VRT), ‘Zoning from the Perspective of Stakeholders’;
 

Research supervision :

  •     2012-2025 : Supervision as internship supervisor for 19 M2 Master's internships and 12 M1 interns
  •     2012-2025 : Supervision as university representative or jury member for 16 M1 and M2 internships 
  •     2014-2015 : Supervision of Nicolas Maestripieri's postdoctoral contract (ANR Monoil) carried out at the GEODE laboratory (11 months)
  •     2014-2019 : Co-supervision of Juan Durango-Cordero's (SENESCYT) thesis in Geography and Environmental Geomatics with Arnaud Elger (ECOLAB): Environmental impacts of oil activities in the Northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon: From the spatial study of vulnerability to risk assessments. Defence on 28/01/2019;
  •     2014-2019 : Co-supervision of Amira Boussetta's (IU CHott-Meriem) thesis in Geography and Environmental Geomatics with Hichèm Rejeb (IUChott-Meriem/Sousse):  From reinterpretation to enhancement of the agri-urban landscapes of Jebel Ressas and the Mornag Plain, based on the city of Ben Arous. Defence on 22/02/2019;
  •     2017-… : Co-supervision of Doryan Kaced's thesis in Computer Science (CDU Région UT1C): MADA: Multi-Agent Models Based on Stakeholder Input. Resignation of the doctoral student; 
  •    2017-2023 : Co-supervision of Romain Méjean's thesis in Geography and Environmental Geomatics (CDU UT2J): Retrospective modelling of environmental and social dynamics in the Amazon region of Ecuador: coupling of actor network and spatio-temporal models. Defence on 10 November 2023;
  •    2021-... : Co-supervision of Zenith O. Arnejo's thesis in Computer Science (Uté Los Baños, Philippines/Université Toulouse 1 Capitole) with Benoît Gaudou (Université Toulouse Capitole 1). Visualising ABM Submodels to Promote Stakeholder Participation: A look into Sustainable Forest Operations. Defence scheduled for 12 November 2025
  •    2022-... : Co-supervision of Awa Amadou Sall's thesis in Environmental Geography (Alioune Diop University of Bambey, Senegal) with Elhadj Faye (Alioune Diop University of Bambey, Senegal). Visualising ABM Submodels to Promote Stakeholder Participation: A look into Sustainable Forest Operations. In progress...
  •    2023-... : Co-supervision of Kamilla Lomborg's thesis in Environmental Geography (ERC LATEUROPE/University of Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès) with Benoît Gaudou (University of Toulouse Capitole 1). Spatial modelling of hominin expansion dynamics in Eurasia under environmental constraints. In progress...
  •    2023-... : Co-supervision of Chloé Delomel's thesis in Geography (MT Mines d'Alès) with Guillaume Junqua (Mines d'Alès) and Alexandra Angéliaume-Descamps (Université Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès). Territorial reallocation of resources through REUSE in Occitanie: assessment of impacts, benefits and prospects for deployment. In progress...

Research topics

  • Social dynamics in rural areas of southern countries
  • Reconstruction of current quasi-pioneer fronts and Neolithic pioneers
  • Socio-spatial and agricultural modelling
  • Integration of rural socio-anthropological dynamics into prospective modelling
  • Evolution of societies and their territories in the present and the past
  • Conflicts and local dynamics

Main areas of study :
West Africa, Amazonia, Mediterranean region, Mekong Basin

Activities / Resume

Qualifications and Degrees

  • 2020 :    Qualification to supervise research in geography, University of Toulouse ‘Restoring the importance of social factors: Formalising an approach that integrates socio-anthropological and environmental factors into methods for observing and modelling rural socio-ecological systems’
 
  • 2010 :    Qualification for the position of Senior Lecturer (CNU Section 23 Physical, Human, Economic and Regional Geography)
 
  • 2008 :    PhD in Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Catholic University of Louvain: ‘Populations, Farming Systems and Social Transitions in Sahelian Niger: An Agent-based Modelling Approach’
 
  • 2002 :    Equivalence to a Master's degree in Geography from Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès University
 
  • 2001 :    Tropical Agricultural Engineer (DIAT) SupAgro Montpellier Institute of Hot Regions
 
  • 1998 :    Master's Degree in Agricultural Development, IEDES, University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
 

Work experience

 
  • Since 2020: HDR, CRCN Coordinator of one of the three research areas (DESTER) at the UMR GEODE laboratory (30 FTE out of 75)
 
  • Since 2011: CR1 in Geography and Interdisciplinary Modelling (recruited in section CID 52: Societal Environments: From Fundamental to Operational), affiliated primarily in section 31: People and Environments: Evolution, Interactions), UMR GEODE Environmental Geography, University of Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France
 
  • 2010-2011 : Research Engineer ANR OBRESOC: UR REEDS University of Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines
 
  • 2009-2010 : RTRA STAE Postdoctoral Contract MAELIA Programme – GET UMR 5562
 
  • 2008-2009 : Consultant for CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research).
 
  • 2003-2008 : Technical assistant for Belgian cooperation in Niger (DGCD), Catholic University of Louvain
 
  • 2001-2002 : Ministry of Regional Planning and the Environment, seconded to US ESPACE, IRD, Montpellier

Publications extraites de HAL affiliées à Geode : Géographie de l'environnement

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Coordination and participation in research programmes

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​​​​​​​Publishing activity: review/evaluation of articles

 

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