10 & 11 Septembre 2026 – UNIL, Lausanne (CH)
Key deadlines
February 2, 2026: Call for abstracts opens
- Abstracts must be submitted exclusively in English.
- Please use the template provided here for your abstract submission.
- Additionally, applicants are kindly requested to indicate in their abstracts the languages (French and/or English) in which they are able to present.
- Submit your abstract here
March 15, 2026: Deadline for submitting abstracts
End of April, 2026: Notification of acceptance
May, 2026: Registration opens
September 10-11, 2026: Swiss Mobility Conference
We are pleased to announce that the two keynote speakers are:
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Jeff Kenworthy, Emeritus Professor in Sustainable Cities at Curtin University, Western Australia, and at the Frankfurt University of Applied Science
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Peter Kummer, Professor of Practice in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) and SBB senior consultant
Venue and practical information
- The conference will take place at [to be defined] on the University of Lausanne Campus.
- The conference will be conducted in French and English.
Presentation
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
Program
[to be defined]
Contact
For any question, please contact [email protected]
Organisers
- Laboratoire de sociologie urbaine, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Institut de géographie et durabilité, Université de Lausanne