Cyrille Médard de Chardon holds a PhD in Science and Geography from the Université catholique de Louvain and University of Luxembourg (under the supervision of Geoffrey Caruso and Isabelle Thomas). His dissertation focused on a mixed-mehtods evaluation of the potential and impacts of bicycle sharing systems, as well as the politics and purposes of these new and highly promoted means of urban transportation. His dissertation was awarded the 2017 PhD award by the Network on European Communications and Transport Activity Research (NECTAR).

His current research interests are evaluating Smart City initiatives, smart-mobility, studying new urban mobility structures and governance types, car-free cities, and the potential of sensors for citizen empowerment.

Cyrille has been teaching Geographic Information Science for over a decade at Simon Fraser University, the British Columbia Institue of Technology, the University of Luxembourg and Universtiy of Hull. He is currently involved in a project aiming to develop tools to assist teaching of Geography methodologies.