Graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne with a Masters in "Dynamics, development and regional planning," Magali de Raphélis is, since November 2016, a doctoral student at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. Her work focuses on nocturnal specificities of European intermediate cities and thus pays particular attention to practices and policies with regard to travel at night.