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PENS-227: Night in Lausanne

Summary

Ce cours abordera la nuit à Lausanne sous une approche interdisciplinaire. À travers une traversée nocturne, nous dresserons un état des lieux des nuits lausannoises. La semaine permettra de réfléchir collectivement à des pistes pour l'avenir des nuits à Lausanne et de présenter ces premières idées.

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Instructors (5)

Vincent Kaufmann

Vincent Kaufmann is associate professor of urban sociology and mobility at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Since 2011, he is also scientific director of the Mobile Lives Forum in Paris. After a master degree in sociology (Universtiy of Geneva) he did his Ph.D. at EPFL on rationalities underlying transport modal practices. Vincent Kaufmann has been invited lecturer at Lancaster University (2000-2001), Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (2001-2002), Laval University, Québec (2008) Nimegen University (2010), Université de Toulouse Le Mirail (2011), Université Catholique de Louvain (2004-2018) and Tongji University in Shanghai (2018). There fields of research are: motility, mobility and urban life styles, links between social and spatial mobility, public policies of land planning and transportation. He recently published “Mobilité et libre circulation en Europe” (with Ander Audikana) Economica (2017).

Luc Marc Gwiazdzinski

Beate Jessel

Marie Evane Bertrand

Chloé Marlène Montavon

Official source

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PENS-227

Summary

Lectures

Instructors (5)

Vincent Kaufmann

Luc Marc Gwiazdzinski

Beate Jessel

Marie Evane Bertrand

Chloé Marlène Montavon

Official source

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/PENS-227

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