Lemanic Panel

The panel has been established for a five-year period. It comprises a representative sample of the population of the Lake Geneva region (10,000 people). Its aim is to monitor changes in mobility behaviour, consumption patterns, and, more broadly, lifestyles, thereby serving as an observatory of societal transitions.

Context
Switzerland, like many European countries, is facing a climate emergency. In response, several local authorities, including the cantons of Geneva and Vaud, have declared a state of climate emergency, leading to a major reorientation of public policies.

Part of the transition will rely on clean technologies and optimisation associated with digitalisation. However, achieving the objectives set by COP21 under the Paris Agreement will also require significant transformations in lifestyles.

This transformation of lifestyles affects all areas of activity:

Mobility and consumption patterns
Work (including teleworking and business travel)
Leisure and shopping (including online shopping, holiday destinations, and types of leisure activities, whether energy-intensive or not)
Family and related activities

Panel coverage

The Lemanic Panel covers the entire territory of the cantons of Vaud and Geneva. It also extends into the Greater Geneva area, covering parts of the French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie. It also includes parts of the Chablais region in Valais, as well as the districts of Broye and Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg.

Comparative waves

Wave 1: Mobility I

The Mobility I wave studies the mobility habits of residents of the Lemanic Panel. It focuses in particular on mobility resources, travel practices, and work-related mobility, as well as other travel purposes, including daily trips and excursions.

Wave 2: Consumption I

Wave 2 examines consumption habits within the Lemanic Panel, with a focus on housing, food, and energy use.

Wave 3: Mobility II

The third wave of the Lemanic Panel largely consists of the same questions as the first wave. This enables the analysis of changes in mobility behaviour over time, particularly in relation to life events such as residential moves and relationship separations.

Wave 4: Consumption II

Conducted in the summer of 2025, this fourth wave revisits the themes of the second wave and examines changes in the consumption habits of Lemanic Panel participants.

Wave 5: Mobility III

This final wave completes the Lemanic Panel by revisiting the themes of Waves 1 and 3, thereby enabling continued monitoring of the evolution of mobility practices in the Lake Geneva region.

Unique waves across the entire Panel

GPS tracks

Wave: Social Acceptability of Land Use Planning Measures

Focusing on land-use planning issues, this wave aims to inform decision-making in the canton of Vaud regarding the development of the new cantonal master plan for 2050.

Wave: Mobility Rhythms and Temporalities

Mobility behaviours are influenced by the quality of travel time, which may be affected by perceived insecurity, and by temporal variations in travel, such as differences between day and night. This survey examines these dynamics.

Unique waves on part of the Panel

Wave: Summer Leisure Activities

Leisure activities constitute a significant component of travel behaviour. In order to better understand these trips, two leisure surveys were conducted in 2023, distinguishing between summer and winter activities.

Wave: Winter Leisure Activities

Leisure activities constitute a significant component of travel behaviour. In order to better understand these trips, two leisure surveys were conducted in 2023, with a distinction between summer and winter activities.

Partners

The Lemanic Panel is a collaboration between the LaSUR and the HERUS laboratories. Funding is provided by the cantons of Vaud and Geneva, while data is collected by FORS, the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences.