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Dr Sebastien Darchen
Dr

Sebastien Darchen

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Overview

Background

Dr. Sébastien Darchen holds a PhD in Urban Studies obtained in 2008 at Institut de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS-Urbanisation) in Montreal, Canada.

His main research area is about the political economy of the built environment. He studies the strategies of urban stakeholders (Developers, City Planners, Urban Designers) involved in the provision of the built environment especially in urban regeneration contexts He is also interested in cultural planning and in developing practical solutions to sustain creativity in cities and create great places in cities (place-making).

Topics: Urban regeneration; Land-use planning; Political economy of the built environment; Cultural history of cities; Place-making

Availability

Dr Sebastien Darchen is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Urban Planning, Université Paris VIII
  • Masters (Coursework), Université Paris VIII
  • Postgraduate Diploma, Paris West University Nanterre La Defense
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Cape Town
  • Doctor of Philosophy, L'Université du Québec à Montréal

Research interests

  • Urban regeneration

  • Urban and regional planning

  • Creative industries

  • Globalisation

Research impacts

Dr. Sébastien Darchen has expertise in urban regeneration in different urban contexts (France, Canada, U.S and Australia). He has published 40 referreed academic articles most of them in top urban planning/urban studies journals such as Urban Studies, Cities, European Planning Studies. He was the lead editor for 3 edited collections published with Routledge and Palgrave McMillan. One book on urban sustainability and 2 on music and place.

Works

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90 works between 2007 and 2025

1 - 20 of 90 works

2025

Book Chapter

Behind the American dream: The Gun Club's imaginary city

Darchen, Sébastien (2025). Behind the American dream: The Gun Club's imaginary city. Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles - imaginary cities. (pp. 65-85) edited by Sebastien Darchen, John Willsteed and Damien Charrieras. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Mcmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9_5

Behind the American dream: The Gun Club's imaginary city

2025

Book Chapter

Concluding comments

Darchen, Sebastien (2025). Concluding comments. Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles: "imaginary cities". (pp. 241-250) edited by Sebastien Darchen, John Willsteed and Damien Charrieras. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9_16

Concluding comments

2025

Journal Article

Emergence and fall of the Hollywood punk scene in Los Angeles: analysis of place-bound attributes vs translocal factors

Darchen, Sébastien (2025). Emergence and fall of the Hollywood punk scene in Los Angeles: analysis of place-bound attributes vs translocal factors. City, Culture and Society, 40 100624, 100624. doi: 10.1016/j.ccs.2025.100624

Emergence and fall of the Hollywood punk scene in Los Angeles: analysis of place-bound attributes vs translocal factors

2025

Book Chapter

The undead like to party! Interview with Jenn Bats

Darchen, Sebastien (2025). The undead like to party! Interview with Jenn Bats. Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles: ‘imaginary cities’. (pp. 135-144) edited by Sebastien Darchen, John Willsteed and Damien Charrieras. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9_9

The undead like to party! Interview with Jenn Bats

2025

Book

Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles: ‘imaginary cities’

Sebastien Darchen, John Willsteed and Damien Charrieras eds. (2025). Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles: ‘imaginary cities’. Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9

Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles: ‘imaginary cities’

2025

Book Chapter

The value of city representations for urban theory. Interview with Roger Keil

Darchen, Sebastien (2025). The value of city representations for urban theory. Interview with Roger Keil. Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles: ‘imaginary cities’. (pp. 227-239) edited by Sebastien Darchen, John Willsteed and Damien Charrieras. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9_15

The value of city representations for urban theory. Interview with Roger Keil

2025

Book Chapter

Dark city: L.A.'s stories behind the music. Interview with Terry Graham

Darchen, Sebastien (2025). Dark city: L.A.'s stories behind the music. Interview with Terry Graham. Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles: 'imaginary cities'. (pp. 49-63) edited by Sebastien Darchen, John Willsteed and Damien Charrieras. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9_4

Dark city: L.A.'s stories behind the music. Interview with Terry Graham

2025

Book Chapter

Imaginary cities: a lens to study music cultures and music-making practices in L.A. urban contexts

Darchen, Sebastien, Charrieras, Damien and Willsteed, John (2025). Imaginary cities: a lens to study music cultures and music-making practices in L.A. urban contexts. Underground music cultures and music-making in Los Angeles. (pp. 1-20) London, United Kingdom: Palgrave McMillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9_1

Imaginary cities: a lens to study music cultures and music-making practices in L.A. urban contexts

2024

Other Outputs

The Gun Club: l’épopée musicale de Jeffrey Lee Pierce

Darchen, Sébastien (2024). The Gun Club: l’épopée musicale de Jeffrey Lee Pierce. Rosières-en-Haye, France: Camion Blanc.

The Gun Club: l’épopée musicale de Jeffrey Lee Pierce

2024

Journal Article

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industries of Brisbane and an evaluation of the policy response

Browning, Yanto and Darchen, Sébastien (2024). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industries of Brisbane and an evaluation of the policy response. Australian Planner, 60 (2), 113-124. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2023.2298428

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industries of Brisbane and an evaluation of the policy response

2023

Journal Article

Alternative Brisbane: Evolution of goth and punk subcultures as ‘counter-cities’

Darchen, Sebastien, Browning, Yanto and Willsteed, John (2023). Alternative Brisbane: Evolution of goth and punk subcultures as ‘counter-cities’. Cities, 141 104484, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104484

Alternative Brisbane: Evolution of goth and punk subcultures as ‘counter-cities’

2023

Journal Article

Regeneration and ‘placemaking’ without governance in a greyfield context: the transformation of Salisbury, Queensland, Australia

Darchen, Sebastien (2023). Regeneration and ‘placemaking’ without governance in a greyfield context: the transformation of Salisbury, Queensland, Australia. Built Environment, 49 (1), 115-131. doi: 10.2148/benv.49.1.115

Regeneration and ‘placemaking’ without governance in a greyfield context: the transformation of Salisbury, Queensland, Australia

2022

Book Chapter

Smart densification

Ahmad, Mubeen, Darchen, Sebastien, Alidoust, Sara and Sipe, Neil (2022). Smart densification. The Palgrave encyclopedia of urban and regional futures. (pp. 1520-1528) edited by Robert C. Brears. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-87745-3_278

Smart densification

2022

Journal Article

Alternative public space: experiences and lessons from Indonesian cities

Panjaitan, Tigor Wilfritz Soaduon, Pojani, Dorina and Darchen, Sébastien (2022). Alternative public space: experiences and lessons from Indonesian cities. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Urban Design and Planning, 175 (2), 56-66. doi: 10.1680/jurdp.21.00005

Alternative public space: experiences and lessons from Indonesian cities

2022

Journal Article

The music city paradigm and its policy side: A focus on Brisbane and Melbourne

Darchen, Sebastien, Willsteed, John and Browning, Yanto (2022). The music city paradigm and its policy side: A focus on Brisbane and Melbourne. Cultural Trends, 32 (3), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/09548963.2022.2062565

The music city paradigm and its policy side: A focus on Brisbane and Melbourne

2022

Journal Article

The transformation of public space production and consumption in post-reformation Indonesian cities

Soaduon Panjaitan, Tigor Wilfritz, Pojani, Dorina and Darchen, Sébastien (2022). The transformation of public space production and consumption in post-reformation Indonesian cities. City, Culture and Society, 29 100444, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ccs.2022.100444

The transformation of public space production and consumption in post-reformation Indonesian cities

2022

Journal Article

‘Transitory urbanism’ for the creative industries in a top-down regeneration process (Nantes, France)

Darchen, Sébastien and Simon, Gwendal (2022). ‘Transitory urbanism’ for the creative industries in a top-down regeneration process (Nantes, France). European Planning Studies, 30 (10), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2021.2024149

‘Transitory urbanism’ for the creative industries in a top-down regeneration process (Nantes, France)

2021

Journal Article

Place-bound attributes in music scenes. Evolution of the independent electronica music scene in Brisbane since the mid-1980s

Darchen, Sebastien, Charrieras, Damien and Willsteed, John (2021). Place-bound attributes in music scenes. Evolution of the independent electronica music scene in Brisbane since the mid-1980s. Continuum, 36 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2021.1998370

Place-bound attributes in music scenes. Evolution of the independent electronica music scene in Brisbane since the mid-1980s

2021

Other Outputs

Electronic cities: between Covid and gentrification dance music is struggling to find its groove again

Darchen, Sebastien, Charrieras, Damien and Willsteed, John (2021, 03 08). Electronic cities: between Covid and gentrification dance music is struggling to find its groove again

Electronic cities: between Covid and gentrification dance music is struggling to find its groove again

2021

Book

Electronic cities: music, policies and space in the 21st Century

Sébastien Darchen, Damien Charrieras and John Willsteed eds. (2021). Electronic cities: music, policies and space in the 21st Century. Singapore: Palgrave McMillan. doi: 10.1007/978-981-33-4741-0

Electronic cities: music, policies and space in the 21st Century

Funding

Past funding

  • 2011 - 2012
    Economic development strategies, urban governance and policy mobilities in a global context. Case studies of Brisbane and Melbourne
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Sebastien Darchen is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Bridging Theory and Practice: An Integrated Approach to Urban Growth Management

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Neil Sipe, Dr Sara Alidoust

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing Great Australian Cities

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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