Marie-Pierre Marchand is an urban planner and consultant specialised in the field of urban policy, urban renewal and social housing. She is a member of the LAVUE (Laboratoire architecture, ville, urbanisme, environnement) research laboratory, within the Mosaïques team, where she is currently writing a thesis on the renewal of shared housing in Greater Lyon. She is also participating in a research project (INSA/Habicoop) on residents’ cooperatives, in the context of an invitation to tender entitled “Université citoyenne et solidaire” launched by Rhône-Alpes regional council to encourage closer links between universities and their local communities.