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
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Urban regeneration
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Urban and regional planning
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Creative industries
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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Bridging Theory and Practice: An Integrated Approach to Urban Growth Management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Neil Sipe, Dr Sara Alidoust
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing Great Australian Cities
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Bridging Theory and Practice: An Integrated Approach to Urban Growth Management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Neil Sipe, Dr Sara Alidoust
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
An integrated strategic planning process for developing sustainable master-planned communities and towns
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lynda Cheshire
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Public Space Privatisation: The Experience of Indonesian Cities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dorina Pojani
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2020
Master Philosophy
Climate sensitive urban design: a comparison between Brisbane (Australia) and Nagpur (India)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dorina Pojani
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