Doctorat
The Observatoire de la condition suburbaine is home to doctoral students preparing a thesis in architecture. They are attached to the Ville, Transports, Territoires doctoral school and the Université Paris-Est or the Université Gustave Eiffel.
The doctoral theses prepared at the OCS/AUSser are intended to contribute to the OCS/AUSser's areas of research while exploring new avenues of thought. They are supervised by one of the two lecturers entitled to supervise research, Paul Landauer or Sébastien Marot, or are co-supervised with a thesis supervisor from a partner laboratory. As well as preparing their thesis, doctoral students are involved either in teaching at the school or in the company that supports their research. They also take part in team activities (research seminars, doctoral days) and are encouraged to present their research in the form of scientific papers and publications. At the end of their studies, PhDs trained at OCS/AUSser are expected to become teacher-researchers or to take up positions that require them to apply their writing and research skills in their professional practice.
Theses in progress
Theses defended
Registering for a PhD
Candidates applying for a PhD must hold a Master's degree or equivalent and should preferably have undergone research training. Once they have identified and prepared a subject in line with the OCS/AUSser's research areas, they should contact one of the two HDR professors likely to supervise their thesis, Paul Landauer or Sébastien Marot. Candidates then finalise their thesis project and put in place a funding plan (application for a doctoral contract, doctoral grants and sponsorships, industrial research training agreement, etc.). The application is then presented to the VTT doctoral school's thesis committee, which meets between June and November. If the application is accepted, registration for the first year of the doctorate takes place in the autumn.