Alexis Gumy

Expertise

• Analysis of daily mobility* Critical sociology of inequalities (social and spatial)* Study of controversies (related to mobility)* Sociology of quantification* Modeling of sociological processes* Border studies Expertise
• Analysis of daily mobility* Critical sociology of inequalities (social and spatial)* Study of controversies (related to mobility)* Sociology of quantification* Modeling of sociological processes* Border studies My research deals with daily mobilities, their social inequalities, and subsequent spatial controversies. My work covers different types of spatial configurations, but most of it focuses on European border regions, especially the French-Swiss Greater Geneva. I develop my research topics in a threefold perspective: one of the social structures organizing individual positions (capital, social space, etc.), one of the sociological processes governing our daily behaviors (socialization, life course, etc.), and one of the political claims related to space (Gilets Jaunes, social movements about infrastructural projects, etc.). I argue for a quantitative and reflexive sociology, both close to statistical techniques, but also criticizing its own tools and keen to the use of qualitative methods. Education PhD. of Science | Architecture & Sciences of the City 2018 – 2023 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Master of Science | Civil Engineering - Spec. Transport & Mobility 2015 – 2017 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Bachelor of Science | Civil Engineering 2010 – 2014 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Professionals experiences Research Associate 2025–2025 Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)Postdoctoral Researcher 2023–2024 École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneResearch Scholar 2021–2021 University of California at Berkeley (USA)Doctoral Assistant 2018–2023 École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneScientific Assistant 2018–2018 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Teaching & PhD Courses Computational methods in urban studies URB-404 CMUS will focus on acquiring insights into, engaging with, and modeling the processes of spatial transformation in contemporary societies. It will integrate statistical techniques and critical urban theory in order to promote socially and environmentally fair policies against the climate crisis.