that is preparing the transition to more desirable and sustainable lifestyles.
It oversees research, publishes works,
and organizes events for the arts and sciences.
Mobility: the lifeblood of modernity and the virus that threatens to undo it
In my 2006 book, On the Move: Mobility in the Modern Western World, I wrote that mobility was the lifeblood of mobility and the virus that threatens to undo it. The idea was further developed in reflections on the concept of [...]
Narrative game - In 2061, what do young people prefer: physical mobility or virtual mobility?
What importance would young people give to physical and virtual mobilities in the organization of their activities across the territory, in a future where resources, especially energy, were constrained? To answer this question Æ Coop, a [...]
Removing Paris’ périphérique ring road: towards more sustainable and desirable lifestyles?
In the run-up to the 2020 Paris municipal elections, many proposals and claims are being made on the future of the périphérique, the 35 km ring road around Paris: removing it, redesigning it as a main road with traffic lights, turning it [...]
Autonomous vehicles: what role do they have in the mobility transition?
At a time when companies and governments are pouring their energy into the search for innovation, autonomous vehicles seem to embody the epitome of an innovation that promises to revolutionize the future of the automobile. Around the world, [...]
20 proposals addressed to the participants of the Citizens' Convention on Climate
The Citizens’ Convention for Climate is a French assembly consisting of 150 randomly selected citizens whose mission it is to formulate proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 % by 2030 in a spirit of social justice. The [...]
Mobilities and externalities in Nova Scotia’s local food movement
Local food movements argue that a reduction of food-miles has positive social, environmental and economic impacts. A full account of the costs of food production, however, needs to go beyond the path from food to plate and consider the [...]
28 hours per week: The mobility and energy implications of working time reduction (WTR) in Germany
In 2018 German metal industry workers won the right to reduce their working week from 35 to 28 hours. As with similar schemes elsewhere, sustainability commentators have highlighted the potential of working time reduction not just to [...]
The mobility/immobility of homeless people in the public space of Bordeaux
“Homeless people” are often subject to stereotypes and generalizations that don’t take into account the increasing diversity of situations that result from new kinds of poverty and poor housing. Studies on their needs and aspirations in [...]
