Vincent Kaufmann
YOU?
Author Swipe
View article: The Lemanic Panel, a five-year monitoring of populations’ lifestyles—focus on the first wave: recruitment phase, mobility survey and GPS tracking
The Lemanic Panel, a five-year monitoring of populations’ lifestyles—focus on the first wave: recruitment phase, mobility survey and GPS tracking Open
The urgency of climate change is such that public policies need to be radically reoriented. Clean technologies and digital optimization will go some way toward achieving this. But if we are to achieve the targets set by COP21 as part of th…
View article: Transitivity and couple relationship satisfaction: Sharing and visiting friends and family make the difference
Transitivity and couple relationship satisfaction: Sharing and visiting friends and family make the difference Open
This study examined the relationship between couple relationship satisfaction and the transitivity of ties with family and friends within couples, i.e., the tendency of partners to share friends and family. In this case, transitivity was m…
View article: Implementation gaps in cross-border co-operation: evidence from the regional train network in Greater Geneva
Implementation gaps in cross-border co-operation: evidence from the regional train network in Greater Geneva Open
The Léman Express (LEx) is Europe’s largest cross-border rail network. As the backbone of public transportation that connects Geneva with its French suburbs, the LEx should contribute to increasing sustainable mobility and to achieving the…
View article: The border in common: The Janus-faced place attachment of cross-border regions
The border in common: The Janus-faced place attachment of cross-border regions Open
For several decades, cross-border areas have been the setting for the successive deployment of various cross-border cooperation and integration mechanisms. These mechanisms aim primarily to facilitate mobility and interaction between actor…
View article: Can Spatial Proximity to Another Country Drive Short-distance Transnationalism? Evidence from Social Ties in Three European Border Regions
Can Spatial Proximity to Another Country Drive Short-distance Transnationalism? Evidence from Social Ties in Three European Border Regions Open
This article draws inspiration from social network analysis (SNA) to investigate the impact of spatial proximity on the geography of strong social ties in three European border regions. We consider cross-border friendship and kinship as a …
View article: Planning urban proximities: An empirical analysis of how residential preferences conflict with the urban morphologies and residential practices
Planning urban proximities: An empirical analysis of how residential preferences conflict with the urban morphologies and residential practices Open
Urban proximity planning is foreseen as a solution to foster a “sustainable” city, including economic viability, environmental soundness and social inclusivity. This paper focuses on the inclusivity aspects by questioning the adoption of u…
View article: Migration distance from birthplace and its association with relative income and employment share among heterosexual couples in Switzerland
Migration distance from birthplace and its association with relative income and employment share among heterosexual couples in Switzerland Open
Among heterosexual couples, employment of the female partner may suffer from household migration often driven by the job of the male partner. Most research has traditionally focused on the distance moved after couple formation and has negl…
View article: Rhythmanalysis of Switzerland
Rhythmanalysis of Switzerland Open
Rhythmanalysis is a valuable analytical approach for charting daily rhythms, both for individuals and at the collective level, in order to feel the pulse of a territory and understand the way in which it is inhabited in terms of both space…
View article: Sociological approaches to mobilities
Sociological approaches to mobilities Open
LASUR
View article: Data Domotopia: introduction to the quantitative survey
Data Domotopia: introduction to the quantitative survey Open
This paper describes the Data Domotopia a 2300 + respondent self-administered web-based survey. It includes 100 + multi-purpose items about home-making and stillness in a moving world. We suppose that home-making can reveal coping strategi…
View article: Analysing the potential for modal shift based on the logic of modal choice
Analysing the potential for modal shift based on the logic of modal choice Open
This article explores how the logic underlying modal practices tends to modulate the population’s responsiveness to improvements in global transport supply. Based on a quantitative survey conducted in 2018–2019 among the working population…
View article: Introducing Rhythmology in Mobility Studies
Introducing Rhythmology in Mobility Studies Open
After a period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, which profoundly transformed the rhythms of daily life, we are at an exciting moment in dealing with mobility, especially since the major social science research traditions on mobility still …
View article: Explore, engage, empower: methodological insights into a transformative mixed methods study tackling the COVID-19 lockdown
Explore, engage, empower: methodological insights into a transformative mixed methods study tackling the COVID-19 lockdown Open
Action-oriented, transformative, and transdisciplinary approaches are increasingly heralded as promising tools that enable researchers not only to produce new knowledge about a situation, but also to actively engage in tackling it; however…
View article: Spatial Planning as Public Space: Some Issues of Local Democracy raised by the Extension of the École hôtelière in the Lausanne peri-urban area
Spatial Planning as Public Space: Some Issues of Local Democracy raised by the Extension of the École hôtelière in the Lausanne peri-urban area Open
Based on a field survey on the conflicts regarding the extension of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, this text discusses the production of public space. These controversies make possible an understanding of the production process of peri-u…
View article: Europe Beyond Mobility
Europe Beyond Mobility Open
Mobility, which has represented a critical scientific category and political driver, is currently under strong public scrutiny: has mobility lost its potential for social cohesion and political integration? Europe Beyond Mobility: Mobiliti…
View article: How the first wave of COVID-19 in Switzerland affected residential preferences
How the first wave of COVID-19 in Switzerland affected residential preferences Open
During the first wave of COVID-19, residents’ health and well-being were challenged as residential environments suddenly had to accommodate most of the functions of an urban system. Although scholars and practitioners have proposed reconsi…
View article: Inequalities in access to cross-border resources? An analysis based on spatio-temporal behaviours in the cross-border area of Greater Geneva
Inequalities in access to cross-border resources? An analysis based on spatio-temporal behaviours in the cross-border area of Greater Geneva Open
With an activity-based approach, this article offers a new reading of cross-border integration by exploring the social and spatial conditions that predispose specific populations of Greater Geneva to cross its borders. Five different daily…
View article: <scp>TOWARDS GREEN POPULISM</scp>? Right‐wing Populism and Metropolization in Switzerland
<span>TOWARDS GREEN POPULISM</span>? Right‐wing Populism and Metropolization in Switzerland Open
Switzerland is an interesting laboratory for studying right‐wing populism. Populist movements, notably the Swiss People's Party (SVP), have undergone momentous development over the last few decades based on anti‐immigration and anti‐Europe…
View article: Sustainable Automobilities in the Mobile Risk Society
Sustainable Automobilities in the Mobile Risk Society Open
Sustainable automobilities is one of the key topics of the mobile risk society and the future of modern societies in general [...]
View article: Analysing the effects of residential mobility behaviours on the composition of personal network in Switzerland
Analysing the effects of residential mobility behaviours on the composition of personal network in Switzerland Open
Individual life courses are marked by residential mobility often associated with family and workplace changes and therefore likely to be related to the types of personal relationships people develop and maintain. Evidence about the relatio…
View article: Making the slow metropolis by designing walkability: a methodology for the evaluation of public space design and prioritizing pedestrian mobility
Making the slow metropolis by designing walkability: a methodology for the evaluation of public space design and prioritizing pedestrian mobility Open
Focusing on the mobility aspects of big cities and metropolises, the paper starts with the assessment that the Slow City is linked, in terms of mobility, to slowing down traffic. This paper proposes the following working hypothesis: if the…
View article: Working on mobility from people
Working on mobility from people Open
Describing, understanding, explaining and regulating mobility requires transversal approaches. Traditionally, mobility analysis proceeds by partitioning into four differentiated forms according to two dimensions: the temporality of which i…