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  • (Cottineau-Mugadza, Perret, et al., 2025): In this article, we model the social effect of urban segregation ‘around the clock’ on health behaviours (such as the choice of a healthy diet). We do so using an empirical agent-based model initialised on the Paris region with a synthetic population and a combination of scenarios of residential patterns (random allocation vs. census-based allocation reflecting the empirical level of residential segregation) with scenarios of daily mobility (no daily moves, random moves or survey-based daily moves reflecting the empirical level of daytime segregation in Paris). We find an increase in the uptake of healthy behaviours in all scenarios, but contrasted results with respect to social inequalities.

  • (Cottineau-Mugadza, 2025b): In this article, we review multilingual and multidisciplinary strands of literature on the causal pathways between economic inequality and economic segregation. We highlight the importance of temporality in the reverse causality between the two concepts. We also advocate for up-to-date comparable indices, new and diverse case studies, especially from unequal and segregated cities from non-dominant countries and a mutual awareness between empirical and theoretical research.

  • (San Millán, Cottineau-Mugadza, et al., 2025): In this article, we explore how the spatiotemporal patterns of affluence and poverty differ when considering wealth versus income. By analyzing geo-coded microdata from the Netherlands, we show that wealth segregation is much higher than income segregation; that financial wealth is more unequally distributed than real estate wealth across society, but is more equally distributed across space; that wealth segregation is more sensitive to the spatial scale of measurement than income segregation; that income segregation is decreasing in most urban areas whereas wealth segregation is rising almost everywhere in the Netherlands.

  • (San Millán, Cottineau‐Mugadza, et al., 2025): In this article, we leverage geo-coded register data to computing income inequality and residential segregation measures annually in all urban areas of the Netherlands from 2011 to 2022. Contrary to most literature, this paper shows that inequality and segregation have remained stable or decreased in most cases. In addition, when looking at how income is distributed among social segments, how segregated they are, and at which geographical scale segregation occurs, we find significant variation between urban areas. More unequal urban areas also tend to be more segregated, but patterns vary, and the same segregation levels can coexist with diverse inequality metrics. Four groups of urban areas are identified through a cluster analysis.

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Achter, S., Borit, M., Cottineau, C., Meyer, M., Polhill, J. G., & Radchuk, V. (2024). How to conduct more systematic reviews of agent-based models and foster theory development-taking stock and looking ahead. Environmental Modelling & Software, 173, 105867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105867
Askenazy, P., & Cottineau, C. (2025). The geography of collective bargaining in french multi-establishment companies. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 64(1), 125–144. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12360
Cottineau, C. (2024a). Accommodating a durable community. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 51(5), 1059–1062. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241246665
Cottineau, C. (2024b). Generative modelling. In R. Harris, A. Heppenstall, & L. J. Wolf (Eds.), A research agenda for spatial analysis (pp. 113–124). Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802203233.00015
Cottineau, C., M., B., Benenson, I., Delloye, J., Hatna, E., Pumain, D., Sarkar, S., Tannier, C., & Ubarevičienė, R. (2024). The role of analytical models and their circulation in urban studies and policy. Urban Studies, 61(12). https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241237410
Cottineau, C., & Pumain, D. (2022). Cities at the heart of inequalities. John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119986812
Cottineau, C., & Vallée, J. (2022). Inequalities in geographical space. John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394188338
Cottineau-Mugadza, C. (2025a). City size distributions. In D. Rybski (Ed.), Compendium of urban complexity (pp. 1–20). Springer Cham. dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-82666-5_1
Cottineau-Mugadza, C. (2025b). Economic inequality and economic segregation: A systematic review of causal pathways. Social Forces. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf195
Cottineau-Mugadza, C., Forgaci, C., Janssen, K. M. J., Li, B., Zhang, S., & Zhang, X. (2024). Guidelines and open-source toolbox for systematic literature reviews in the field of urbanism. SocArXiv Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/w5b8v
Cottineau-Mugadza, C., Kosmopoulos, C., & Pumain, D. (2025). Évaluer un data paper, l’exemple de cybergeo. In C. Kosmopoulos & J. Schöpfel (Eds.), Publier, partager, réutiliser les données de la recherche : Les data papers et leurs enjeux (pp. 113–122). Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. https://www.septentrion.com/fr/book/?gcoi=27574100316700
Cottineau-Mugadza, C., Perret, J., Reuillon, R., Rey-Coyrehourcq, S., & Vallée, J. (2025). An agent-based model to investigate the effects of urban segregation around the clock on inequalities in health behaviour. EPJ Data Science. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00603-4
Roxburgh, N., Paolillo, R., Filatova, T., Cottineau, C., Paolucci, M., & Polhill, G. (2025). Outlining some requirements for synthetic populations to initialise agent-based models. Review of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2025(1). https://rofasss.org/2025/01/29/popsynth
San Millán, J., Cottineau-Mugadza, C., & Van Ham, M. (2025). From flux to capital: Distinguishing patterns of income and wealth segregation in the netherlands. Population, Space and Place, 31(8), e70127. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70127
San Millán, J., Cottineau‐Mugadza, C., & Van Ham, M. (2025). The Economic Urban Divide: A Detailed Study of Income Inequality and Segregation in Dutch Urban Areas (2011–2022). Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 116(4), 508–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.70011
Sarkar, S., Cottineau-Mugadza, C., & Wolf, L. J. (2024). Spatial inequalities and cities: A review. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, OnlineFirst. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241263422