Stéphane Cadiou is a lecturer in political science at the Université de Saint-Étienne, and a researcher within the Triangle mixed research unit (UMR CNRS 5602). His research focuses on urban government, the local representation of interests, and the mobilization of traders in cities. He recently edited a collective work titled Gouverner sous pression ? La participation des groupes d’intérêt aux affaires territoriales (Paris, Librairie générale de droit et de jurisprudence (LGDJ), 2016).