Dr Olivier Walther

Researcher, Department of Geography, Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies (CEPS), Luxembourg
Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg

Research field: Social Sciences
Economic geography, cross-border integration, geography of finance, city regions and the knowledge economy, development studies, informal trade, West Africa.

Publications

Book (1)
- Olivier Walther (2008) Affaires de patrons. Villes et commerce transfrontalier au Sahel. In Peter Lang.
Book Section (2)
- Olivier Walther (2010) Economie et frontières en Afrique sahélienne: un usage clientéliste de la partition coloniale. In Maîtrise de l’espace et développement en Afrique. Etat des lieux.
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- Christian Schulz, Olivier Walther (2009) Finanzplatz Luxemburg. In Atlas du Luxembourg.
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Journal Article (27)
- Jen Nelles, Olivier Walther (2011) Changing European borders: from separation to interface? An introduction. In Articulo - Journal of Urban Research.
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- Olivier Walther (2011) Expanding economic life: the potentialities and future of cities. In Articulo - Journal of Urban Research.
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- Olivier Walther (2011) New York City: A Burning Portrait of Urban America. In Articulo - Journal of Urban Research.
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- Olivier Walther, Vincent Dautel (2010) Intra-regional employment growth in Luxembourg (1994-2005). In Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography 92 (1).
- Olivier Walther, Laurent Matthey (2010) The city as body. In Articulo - Journal of Urban Research.
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- Olivier Walther (2009) A Mobile Idea of Space. Traders, Patrons and the Cross-Border Economy in Sahelian Africa, 34-46. In Journal of Borderlands Studies.
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- Vincent Dautel, Olivier Walther (2009) Croissance de l’emploi et mobilité des entreprises au Luxembourg (1994-2005), 1-12. In Population et Territoire.
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- Christophe Sohn, Bernard Reitel, Olivier Walther (2009) Cross-border metropolitan integration in Europe: the case of Luxembourg, Basel and Geneva, 922-939. In Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy.
- Olivier Walther, Christian Schulz (2009) Finanzplatz Luxemburg–vom ‘Steuerparadies‘ zur Investmentfonds-Kapitale, 30-35. In Geographische Rundschau 61 (1).
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- Christophe Sohn, Olivier Walther (2009) Métropolisation et intégration transfrontalière: le paradoxe luxembourgeois, 51-67. In Espaces & Sociétés.
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Report (1)
- Olivier Walther (2007) L’échange généralisé : urbanisation et relations villes-campagnes en Afrique de l’ouest.
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Working Paper (4)
- Olivier Walther (2011) Sons of the soil and conquerors : The historical construction of the Dendi border region (West Africa).
  http://www.ceps.lu/pdf/11/art1631.pdf
  
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- Vincent Dautel, Olivier Walther (2011) The geography of innovation in the Luxembourg metropolitan region : an intra-regional approach.
  http://www.ceps.lu/pdf/6/art1655.pdf
  
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- Christian Schulz, Olivier Walther (2010) Adaptation strategies of Luxembourg ’ s financial centre under pressure.
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- Olivier Walther, Denis Retaillé (2010) Sahara or Sahel ? The fuzzy geography of terrorism in West Africa.
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Awards and Grants

Sep 2002

Academic Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Lausanne
Sep 2001

Institute of Geography Alumni Association Prize, University of Lausanne

Biographical Information

Olivier Walther is a Research Officer at the Department of Geography, Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies in Luxembourg. He holds a PhD from the University of Lausanne and Rouen. His major research interests are in informal economic networks and cross-border integration in West Africa. Aside from West African studies, Olivier Walther is involved in several research projects dedicated to cross-border metropolitan integration in Europe.