ED Droit
European spatial planning law
by Barbara THIBAULT (CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET DE DOCUMENTATION EUROPÉENNES ET INTERNATIONALES)
The defense will take place at 14h00 - G1002 Université de Bordeaux, Faculté de droit, Salle G1002 Avenue Léon Duguit 33608 Pessac
in front of the jury composed of
- Loïc GRARD - Professeur des universités - Université de Bordeaux - Directeur de these
- Nathalie RUBIO - Professeure des universités - Université d'Aix Marseille - Rapporteur
- Loïc LEVOYER - Professeur des universités - Université de Poitiers - Rapporteur
- Florence LERIQUE - Professeure des universités - Université Bordeaux-Montaigne - CoDirecteur de these
- FRANCETTE FINES - Professeure des universités - Sciences PO TOULOUSE - Examinateur
- Nicolas PORTIER - Professeur chargé de cours - Ecole urbaine de Sciences Po - Institut des hautes études d'aménagement des territoires - Examinateur
Spatial planning is not one of the European Union's explicit competences. However, European spatial planning law exists. This law of transitions organizes sustainable development in and of the Union. First territorial, then economic and social, cohesion constitutes its backbone. European territorial cooperation produces territories of cooperation. These territories challenge traditional national territorial divisions. They motivate multi-scale and multi-channel interactions between actors in the Union for the conduct of european projects. Connectivity through mobility and without physical mobility are fields of application of European spatial planning law. Introducing network logic, transport and digital technology are supporting territorial, economic, ecological, and legal transitions in and of the Union.
ED Sciences et environnements
Biological affinities and settlement processes in the Nile Valley (Late Pleistocene - Middle Holocene).
by Nicolas MARTIN (De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement, Anthropologie)
The defense will take place at 14h00 - Amphithéâtre - Bâtiment B6 Bâtiment B6, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 33615 Pessac
in front of the jury composed of
- Isabelle CREVECOEUR - Directrice de recherche - Université de Bordeaux - Directeur de these
- Petr VELEMINSKÝ - Docteur - Národní Muzeum (Prague) - CoDirecteur de these
- Louise HUMPHREY - Chargée de recherche - Natural History Museum (London) - Rapporteur
- Philipp GUNZ - Directeur de recherche - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology - Rapporteur
- Thomas COLARD - Professeur des universités - Université de Bordeaux - Examinateur
- Marin PILLOUD - Assistant professor - University of Nevada - Examinateur
- Fanny BOCQUENTIN - Chargée de recherche - Université Paris 1 - Examinateur
- Rolf QUAM - Professor - Binghamton University - Examinateur
The Late Pleistocene to Mid-Holocene was a pivotal period in northeastern Africa, marked by dramatic climatic fluctuations and profound cultural innovations. In the Nile Valley, this era also witnessed major biological change, particularly in craniofacial anatomy during the emergence of food production. To explain these patterns, scholars have long debated whether they reflect population discontinuity or morpho-functional adaptation. This dissertation addresses these debates by analyzing 171 individuals from fifteen Middle Nile Valley assemblages spanning the Late Pleistocene to the Mid-/Late Holocene, complemented by comparative data on 121 individuals from across northeastern Africa, the wider continent, and Eurasia. High-resolution 3D imaging and morphometric analyses were applied to dental and bony labyrinth structures—two anatomical regions with high phylogenetic value—allowing robust testing of biological affinities across time and space. Results reveal strong biological continuity and homogeneity among Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene hunter-fisher-gatherers, indicating deep regional roots. Evidence was also found for prolonged isolation of the Nile Valley's last forager populations. In contrast, the Neolithic transition was marked by pronounced morphological discontinuity, consistent with the influx of groups towards the Nile Valley—plausibly of Near Eastern affinities—though evidence of admixture and persistence of forager-related populations appears in peripheral zones. Extending the analysis to northeastern Africa highlights marked heterogeneity, especially in the Horn and Central Africa, echoing the contrasts observed in the Nile Valley. These findings underscore both continuity and complexity in the region's deep population history and establish the Nile Valley as a key reference point for reconstructing late prehistoric demographic processes across northeastern Africa.
ED Sociétés, Politique, Santé Publique
Short-Term COVID-19 Forecasting Using Bordeaux University Hospital Data Warehouse and Reservoir Computing
by Thomas FERTE (Bordeaux Population Health Research Center)
The defense will take place at 18h00 - Amphi Louis (ISPED) Université de Bordeaux, 146 Rue Léo Saignat, 33000 Bordeaux
in front of the jury composed of
- Rodolphe THIEBAUT - Professeur des universités - praticien hospitalier - Université de Bordeaux - Directeur de these
- Harald BINDER - Full professor - Universitätsklinikum Freiburg - Rapporteur
- Claudio GALLICCHIO - Associate Professor - University of Pisa - Rapporteur
- Paul AVILLACH - Associate Professor - Harvard Medical School - Examinateur
- Cécile PROUST-LIMA - Directrice de recherche - Université de Bordeaux - Examinateur
- Vianney JOUHET - Praticien hospitalier - Université de Bordeaux - CoDirecteur de these
Accurate forecasting of hospitalizations during health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic is vital for effective hospital resource planning. This thesis focuses on developing and evaluating forecasting models to predict SARS-CoV-2 hospitalizations at Bordeaux University Hospital, combining public data, weather data, and electronic health records (EHRs). Traditional machine learning methods, including elastic-net regression, demonstrated good short-term forecast accuracy, with EHRs signi cantly improving predictions as compared with national surveillance data only. To tackle high-dimensional time series challenges, we introduced a novel approach combining Reservoir Computing (RC) with a Genetic Algorithm (GA) for feature selection and hyperparameter optimization. This RC-GA framework outperformed conventional models such as LSTM, Transformers, and XGBoost. We further analyzed the effects of GA hyperparameters on RC performance, highlighting the importance of tuning for high-dimensional settings. Finally, we expose practical lessons for future epidemic forecasting, emphasizing the value of multimodal data, simple baselines, alignment with decision needs, importance of uncertainty quantification, real-world constraints, and clear communication to policymakers. Together, these contributions demonstrate that integrating hospital data warehouses with advanced machine learning can significantly enhance epidemic forecasting.
School Inclusivity of Students with ASD in Tunisian Schools Analysis of the Representations and Practices of Educational Stakeholders.
by Amen DHAHRI (Laboratoire Cultures, Education, Sociétés)
The defense will take place at 14h00 - Salle du conseil 3 Ter place de la Victoire- 33000 Bordeaux, Université de Bordeaux
in front of the jury composed of
- Eric DUGAS - Professeur des universités - Université de Bordeaux - Directeur de these
- Séverine PARAYRE - Professeure des universités - Faculté d'éducation et de formation de l'Institut Catholique de Paris - Rapporteur
- Séverine COLINET - Professeure des universités - CYU - Examinateur
- Serge EBERSOLD - Professeur des universités - Cnam - Examinateur
- Abdelmajid NACEUR - Professeur des universités - Institut Supérieur de l'Education et de la Formation Continue - Rapporteur
The issue of school inclusivity for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has become a current reality in many mainstream schools in Tunisia, as it has in most countries around the world. Over the past two decades, the project of building an inclusive school has garnered significant investment and attention, representing an inspiring horizon (Thomazet & Merini, 2019). However, this transformation of the school system has not been preceded by the necessary accommodations and adaptations required to meet the diverse needs of all learners. This dissertation, conducted with 75 parents of children with ASD and 11 school stakeholders (principals, teachers, and school assistants) in Tunisia, aims to identify the practices adopted by the various actors, the representations they hold regarding students with ASD, and the obstacles that hinder school inclusivity. A mixed-methods approach (questionnaires, interviews, and observations) was employed to analyze both the progress made and the barriers to inclusivity. Despite some progress over the past decade, including several initiatives to promote the inclusion of children with ASD, the findings reveal that in Tunisia, the current approach remains egocentric rather than polycentric. Furthermore, an ecosystemic analysis of the interactions between stakeholders highlights the complexity of the challenges involved: obstacles to schooling, inadequate teaching practices, a lack of collaborative work, and insufficient training. Additionally, the representations associated with school inclusion for this type of otherness, along with the professional practices of key actors in Tunisian schools, seem to hinder the co-construction of a truly "inclusive" school. The main contribution of this research lies in its significant insight into the schooling of students with ASD in Tunisia, by examining the interactions between school and family environments. It offers suggestions and recommendations to improve inclusivity, including the development of networked collaboration between educational and family actors, ongoing professional training for teachers and school staff, and the implementation of differentiated pedagogical adaptations tailored to the specific needs of students with ASD. Keywords: Inclusivity – ASD – co-education – representations – practices