1 & 2 September 2025 – Géopolis, UNIL, Lausanne (CH)
The conference provides a space for discussion and debate for scholars in the humanities and social sciences working on various forms of mobility in Switzerland and beyond.
Presentations may address mobility in its diversity (from daily mobility and mode choice to alternative mobility, tourism, migration, etc.) and explore the following research areas:
- Theoretical debates (the contributions of social theories to the study of mobilities)
- Methodological innovations (using mobile methods)
- Public policy, decision making and regulation of mobility
- Actors and their logics of action (residential choice, mode choice, motivations)
- Norms, values and practices underlying mobility and social inequalities
- Rhythms and timescales of mobility (daily mobility, tourism, migration)
- Mobility infrastructure, accessibility and the production of space
- Socio-ecological transitions and future mobility trends
Keynote speakers
- Eva Heinen (Deputy head of the Institute of Transport Planning and Systems at ETHZ)
- Daniel Reck (head of multimodal mobility at TPG)
Organisers
- Laboratoire de sociologie urbaine, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Institut de géographie et durabilité, Université de Lausanne
Venue and practical information
The conference will take place Géopolis on the UNIL Campus.
The conference will be conducted in French and English.
Call for abstracts
Abstracts of 3000 characters must be sent by March 9 to: [email protected]
Abstracts must be submitted exclusively in English. Additionally, applicants are kindly requested to indicate in their abstracts the languages (French and/or English) in which they are able to present.
Please use our abstract template.
Key deadlines
- 8 January, 2025: Call for abstracts opens
- March 9, 2025: Deadline for submitting abstracts
- End of April, 2025: Notification of acceptance
- May, 2025: Registration opens
- September 1-2, 2025: Swiss Mobility Conference
Contact
For any question, please contact [email protected]