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Matthey Laurent

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 听 Associate professor at the AV短视频 since 2014, Laurent Matthey is in charge of the master鈥檚 programme in听Urban and Regional Planning. He also codirects the UNIGE-EPFL MAS in Urban Planning. His research, which lies at the intersection of ethnography and literary studies, looks at the political issues that pertain to the narrative making of the city. He is a member of the board and the scientific council.

Research

Laurent Matthey鈥檚 research activities belong to the general field of the epistemology of urban planning knowledge and practices. They are divided into two strands: the first relates to planning discourse studies, and the second to the ethnography of urban projects.

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Interests

Planning discourse studies, narratology, urban planning professions, epistemology of urban studies.

Current projects

  • The Narrative Making of the City. Funding: FNS-COST 18126 鈥� Writing Urban Places. [more info]
  • Developing housing cooperatives in Greater Geneva.听In collaboration with Universit茅 Savoie Mont Blanc.听Funding: Interreg V France-Suisse. [more info]

Ongoing commissioned studies

  • Study on urban and social quality. Comparative analysis of three districts: Mervelet, Pommier, and Marbriers. In collaboration with the Ch么ros rhizome. Commissioned by: Urban Planning Office of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.
  • Pont-Rouge district of Lancy: an analysis of local social cohesion in an urban environment (joint application). In collaboration with Simon Gaberell (HETS, Geneva). Commissioned by: Office for the Integration of Foreigners.
  • Study of the climatic resilience of the municipality of Lancy. Commissioned by: City of Lancy, Cantonal Service for Sustainable Development, Urban Planning Office of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.
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Commissioned studies completed (examples)

  • Socio-urban day/night study of Place Chauderon, Lausanne. Commissioned by: Roads and Mobility Service of the City of Lausanne.
  • Inventory of sports facilities in the Canton of Geneva. Commissioned by: Geneva Cantonal Office for Culture and Sports. []
  • The Engagement of Lausanne鈥檚 Migrant Associations. Between Continuity and Innovation. Commissioned by: Lausanne Office for Immigrants. []
  • Landscape design of the Canton of Geneva. In collaboration with the architecture and urban planning agency Paysage n鈥檆o and the landscape architect Philippe Convercey. Commissioned by: Environment, Transport, and Agriculture Department of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. []
  • Being an Urban Planner. Socio-demography of a Professional Field. Commissioned by: R-EMU. []

Teaching

  • 听BGEO G茅ographies de la m茅tropole : diagnostic, am茅nagement, environnement听(cours)听

  • 听BGEO G茅ographie et 茅cologie urbaine : histoire, politique, am茅nagement (cours)

  • 听MDT听S茅minaire d茅cloisonn茅 en am茅nagement du territoire et urbanisme (cours)
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  • 听MDT听Atelier de prospective urbaine听(atelier)
  • 听MDT Histoire et th茅orie de l'urbanisme听(cours)
  • CAS听Th猫mes et 茅chelles de l'urbanisme de l'urbanisme (cours et atelier)
  • CAS听Urbanisme op茅rationnel et op茅rateurs urbains (cours et atelier)

Publications

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