Mr. Lucien is a professor at the Universit茅 d'脡tat d'Ha茂ti and the Universit茅 Quisqueya. He holds a Habilitation 脿 Diriger de la Recherche in Geography from the University of Paris8 and also completed a thesis in Urban History at the University of Toulouse, Le Mirail, and a post-doctorate in Urban Studies at the University of Quebec in Montreal. He is currently director of the Laboratoire dynamique des mondes am茅ricains (LADMA, 脡cole normale sup茅rieure de Port-au-Prince), director of the Masters in Geography at the 脡cole Normale Sup茅rieure/Paris, and co-director of the History Department (ISERSS/Universit茅 d'脡tat d'Ha茂ti).
He is the author of several books on territorial reorganizations and urban policies, including Espaces p茅riph茅riques et 茅conomie d'archipel, la trajectoire contemporaine de la commune de Verrettes, 脡ditions de l'Universit茅 d'脡tat d'Ha茂ti, 2009, Une modernisation manqu茅e, Port-au-Prince 1915-1956, volume 1: Modernisation et centralisation, 脡ditions de l'Universit茅 d'脡tat d'Ha茂ti, 2013, for which he received a prize from the Haitian Studies Association (HSA) in 2013, and Une modernisation manqu茅e, Port-au-Prince 1915-1956, volume 2: Centralization et dysfonctionnements, 脡ditions de l'Universit茅 d'脡tat d'Ha茂ti, 2014, and in 2015 published Little Ha茂ti, Si loin de Dieu et si pr猫s du centre-ville de Miami (Prix Barbancourt). In 2018, he publishe