Vincent Kaufmann (born 1969 in Geneva) is a Swiss sociologist specialized in mobility studies and urban sociology. He is a professor of sociology at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and the head of the Laboratory of Urban Sociology at the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering.[1][2]

Professor
Vincent Kaufmann
Vincent Kaufmann in 2017
Born1969 (age 54–55)
CitizenshipSwiss
Known forLa notion de motilité. L'analyse des modes de vie. L'ètude des mobilités
Academic background
EducationSociology
Alma materUniversity of Geneva
EPFL
ThesisSociologie de la mobilité urbaine: la question du report modal (1998)
Doctoral advisorMichel Bassand
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
Sub-disciplineUrban sociology
InstitutionsEPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Main interestsMobility
Urban sociology
Land development
Websitehttps://www.epfl.ch/labs/lasur/

Career

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Kaufman studied sociology at the University of Geneva and received his Licence (Master's degree) in 1992. He joined Michel Bassand at EPFL as a doctoral student to work on urban sociology, in particular on rationalities underlying transport modal practices. He graduated with thesis on "Sociologie de la mobilité urbaine : la question du report modal" in 1998.[3] He continued as a postdoctoral fellow at EPFL's Research Institute of the Built Environment (IREC).[4] He then moved to Lancaster University as an invited lecturer in 2000.[5][6] In 2001, he became an invited scholar at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in the Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Société and continued to investigate perception and modal choice.[7] In 2002, he was made associate professor at the Cergy-Pontoise University.

In 2003, he first became assistant professor at EPFL and was promoted to an associate professor position in 2010.[8] Since 2003 he has been the head of the Laboratory of Urban Sociology at EPFL's School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering.[2]

Since 2011 he is scientific director of the Forum Vies Mobiles in Paris.[9] In 2020, he became associate dean for Education and Knowledge Transfer at EPFL's School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering.[10] As invited lecturer he taught among others at Université du Québec (2008) Radboud University Nijmegen (2010), University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès (2011), Polytechnic University of Milan (2016), Université catholique de Louvain (2004-2018), and Tongji University in Shanghai (2018).[1]

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Kaufmann's research focuses on motility, the relation of mobility and urban life styles, the links between social and spatial mobility, public policies of land planning and use, and transportation in general.[11][12] In an interdisciplinary manner he draws both on engineering, architecture and sociology to study the social conditions that produce and shape cities or territories, mainly through the mobility capacities of its actors. His research topics are among others daily mobility,[13] residential history,[14] the dynamics of sub-urbanization and gentrification,[15] public spaces, and network management.[16][17][18]

Selected works

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Journal papers

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  • Kaufmann, Vincent; Bergman, Manfred Max; Joye, Dominique (2004). "Motility: Mobility as capital". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 28 (4): 745–756. doi:10.1111/j.0309-1317.2004.00549.x.
  • Kaufmann, Vincent (2005). "Mobilités et réversibilités : Vers des sociétés plus fluides ?". Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie. 118: 119. doi:10.3917/cis.118.0119.
  • Flamm, Michael; Kaufmann, Vincent (2006). "Operationalising the Concept of Motility: A Qualitative Study". Mobilities. 1 (2): 167–189. doi:10.1080/17450100600726563. S2CID 143987388.
  • Pflieger, Geraldine; Kaufmann, Vincent; Pattaroni, Luca; Jemelin, Christophe (2009). "How Does Urban Public Transport Change Cities? Correlations between Past and Present Transport and Urban Planning Policies". Urban Studies. 46 (7): 1421–1437. doi:10.1177/0042098009104572. S2CID 152677002.
  • Kaufmann, Vincent (2010). "Mobile social science: Creating a dialogue among the sociologies". The British Journal of Sociology. 61: 367–372. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01294.x. PMID 20092504. S2CID 9131697.
  • Pattaroni, Luca; Kaufmann, Vincent; Thomas, Marie-Paule (2012). "The Dynamics of Multifaceted Gentrification: A Comparative Analysis of the Trajectories of Six Neighbourhoods in the Île-de-France Region". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 36 (6): 1223–1241. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01042.x.
  • Audikana, Ander; Kaufmann, Vincent; Messer, Marc Antoine (2015). "Governing the Geneva Tram Network: Making Decisions without Making Choices". Journal of Urban Technology. 22 (4): 103–124. doi:10.1080/10630732.2015.1073897. S2CID 113072686.
  • Kaufmann, Vincent; Dubois, Yann; Ravalet, Emmanuel (2018). "Measuring and typifying mobility using motility". Applied Mobilities. 3 (2): 198–213. doi:10.1080/23800127.2017.1364540. S2CID 134334184.

Books

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  • Kaufmann, Vincent (2000). Mobilité quotidienne et dynamiques urbaines: La question du report modal. ISBN 2-88074-432-6.
  • Kaufmann, Vincent (2 March 2017). Re-Thinking Mobility: Contemporary Sociology. ISBN 9781351903646.
  • Kaufmann, Vincent; Ander, Audikana (2017). Mobilité et libre circulation en Europe - un regard suisse (DROIT). ISBN 978-2717869200.
  • Kaufmann, Vincent (2011). Rethinking the City: Urban Dynamics and Motility. ISBN 9782940222476.
  • Viry, Gil; Kaufmann, Vincent (11 August 2015). High Mobility in Europe: Work and Personal Life. ISBN 9781137447388.
  • Kaufmann, Vincent (2011). 9782880747695. ISBN 978-2717869200.
  • Kaufmann, Vincent; Ravalet, Emmanuel (2019). L'Urbanisme par les modes de vie: Outils d'analyse pour un aménagement durable. ISBN 978-2-94-0563-50-0.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vincent Kaufmann". EPFL.
  2. ^ a b "LASUR". www.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. ^ Kaufmann, Vincent (2005). "Sociologie de la mobilité urbaine:la question du report modal" (in French). doi:10.5075/EPFL-THESIS-1759. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Kaufmann, Vincent (2000). "Modal Practices : From the rationales behind car and public transport use to coherent transport policies". World Transport Policy and Practice. 6 (3).
  5. ^ Kaufmann, Vincent (2001). "The automobile and its world". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 25 (3). ISSN 0309-1317.
  6. ^ Admin (2021-01-19). "Vincent Kaufmann". REBALANCE. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  7. ^ Kaufmann, V (July 2002). "Temps et pratiques modales. Le plus court est-il le mieux ?The rationality of perception and modal choice. Is quickest best?". Recherche - Transports - Sécurité (in French). 75: 131–143. doi:10.1016/S0761-8980(02)00015-8.
  8. ^ Design, Hybride. "Vincent Kaufmann". dhcenter. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  9. ^ "Le Comité d'Orientation & l'Équipe". fr.forumviesmobiles.org (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  10. ^ "Dean's Office". www.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  11. ^ Kaufmann, Vincent; Viry, Gil (2015), "High Mobility as Social Phenomenon", High Mobility in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, doi:10.1057/9781137447388.0007, ISBN 978-1-137-44738-8, retrieved 2021-02-05
  12. ^ Kaufmann, Vincent; Audikana, Ander (2020-05-18), "Mobility capital and motility", Handbook of Urban Mobilities, Routledge, pp. 41–47, doi:10.4324/9781351058759-4, ISBN 978-1-351-05875-9, S2CID 219458649, retrieved 2021-02-05
  13. ^ Mezoued, Aniss M; Letesson, Quentin; Kaufmann, Vincent (2021-01-28). "Making the slow metropolis by designing walkability: a methodology for the evaluation of public space design and prioritizing pedestrian mobility". Urban Research & Practice. 15 (4): 584–603. doi:10.1080/17535069.2021.1875038. ISSN 1753-5069. S2CID 234057104.
  14. ^ Ganjour, Olga; Widmer, Eric D.; Viry, Gil; Gauthier, Jacques-Antoine; Kaufmann, Vincent; Drevon, Guillaume (2020-09-28). "Understanding the reconstruction of personal networks through residential migration trajectories". Migration Letters. 17 (5): 621–638. doi:10.33182/ml.v17i5.694. hdl:20.500.11820/f9daa65f-3e2c-4832-ba2f-d1c989259940. ISSN 1741-8992. S2CID 224899174.
  15. ^ Vincent Kaufmann, Fritz Sager, Yves Ferrari, Dominique Joye (2003). Coordonner transports et urbanisme. Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes. ISBN 2-88074-518-7. OCLC 470133966.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Abou-Zeid, Maya; Witter, Regina; Bierlaire, Michel; Kaufmann, Vincent; Ben-Akiva, Moshe (2012-01-01). "Happiness and travel mode switching: Findings from a Swiss public transportation experiment". Transport Policy. 19 (1): 93–104. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2011.09.009. ISSN 0967-070X.
  17. ^ Pflieger, Geraldine; Kaufmann, Vincent; Pattaroni, Luca; Jemelin, Christophe (June 2009). "How Does Urban Public Transport Change Cities? Correlations between Past and Present Transport and Urban Planning Policies". Urban Studies. 46 (7): 1421–1437. doi:10.1177/0042098009104572. ISSN 0042-0980. S2CID 152677002.
  18. ^ "Research". www.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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