LABORATORY OF URBAN SOCIOLOGY

Under the direction of Prof. Vincent Kaufmann and Luca Pattaroni, Laboratory of Urban Sociology (LASUR) comprises of around fifteen researchers and PhD students united towards the comprehension of urban experiences within a social science perspective.

Real estate prices and home office reshape mobility

20.12.24EPFL

Rising property prices and telecommuting are encouraging commuters to move further away from their place of work. Emmanuel Ravalet, lecturer at the Laboratory of Urban Sociology, believes that transport planning should be strengthened, favoring rail over car, in order to organize territorial development in a coherent way.

Rejection of the motorway extension

26.11.24EPFL

On Sunday, the Swiss people rejected the extension of the motorway network. Vincent Kaufmann, professor at the Laboratory of Urban Sociology, analyses the result in terms of ‘a multitude of factors’.

Voices for and against the new lanes

21.11.24EPFL

For Vincent Kaufmann, Director of the Laboratory of Urban Sociology at EPFL, the increase in road infrastructure encourages car use. Laetitia Morandi, an EPFL mobility engineer and urban planner, is also sceptical: ‘What's the point of widening motorways to accommodate more vehicles if we can't park those same vehicles at their destination?‘ However, a study for the TCS conducted by Micaël Tille, a lecturer at EPFL, tempers the pessimistic projections by indicating that the traffic effect induced by new lanes does not hold true in Switzerland.

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20 years of LaSUR

LaSUR celebrates its 20th anniversary.

International Conference Nuits des Suds

First interdisciplinary approach to the nights of the World
September 20, 21, 22 in Fez 2024 (Morocco)

Nouvelles Proximités Seminar

Join us for a monthly meeting with an expert to combine the views of researchers and the public on the theme of new proximities.