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Can universities learn to leave behind air travel?

Between
Tamara Ben Ari

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Parke Wilde

At a time when global research is showing that aviation is a carbon-intensive form of transport whose growth absolutely must be stopped, shouldn't universities be the first to set an example? But can researchers, especially the youngest ones, do without these trips for their careers? How can researchers continue to work together and what criteria should govern their behaviour?

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The challenge behind Crossed Perspectives is to bring together two specialists from different fields (artists, practitioners, researchers, etc.) in order to compare and contrast their approach to a particular topic. Each participant is asked to respond to three questions before commenting on the answers given by his or her counterpart. The aim is to show where their views differ but where they converge as well.

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Does free transport work?

13 April 2022

Between Philippe Duron | Politician

And Arnaud Passalacqua | historian

The idea of making public transport free is gaining ground. By the end of 2021, 36 towns and cities in France had adopted it. Its supporters defend its benefits in terms of equality and modal shift, while its detractors criticise the cost and question the benefits. But what do the results of the experiment tell us? What are the problems that emerge, and what are the solutions? Arnaud Passalacqua, member of the French Observatory of free transport, and Philippe Duron, president of TDIE, debate on the use of free transport as a response to contemporary mobility challenges.

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Is mobility the answer to poverty ?

24 April 2017

Between Leslie Belton Chevallier | Sociologist

And Giulio Mattioli | Researcher in Sustainable Transport

Is access to employment, services and leisure merely a matter of mobility for the most disadvantaged? What are the obstacles and alternatives? These are some of the questions Leslie Belton Chevallier and Giuilio Mattioli attempt to answer.

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Motility and viscosity: a new understanding of mobility for better policy making

07 June 2016

Between Vincent Kaufmann | Sociologue

And Catherine Doherty | Sociologist

Through the study of mobility practices in Australia and European countries, sociologists Catherine Doherty and Vincent Kaufmann develop two different but complementary analyses of mobility potential on an individual and contextual level. Will these new concepts help further our understanding of mobility practices and renew public action in very different national contexts? Both authors feel this will be the case and explain why.

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Questioning art and social science crossovers

14 March 2016

Between Ursula Biemann | Artiste, réalisatrice et chercheuse

And Valérie Pihet | Historien-ne

Valérie Pihet and Ursula Biemann discuss the crossovers between artistic creation and scholarly research in the field of mobility. Either working together, or in parallel, these two disciplines have a significant contribution to make in terms of the public debate.

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Changing behaviour for a low-carbon future

28 October 2015

Between Matt Watson | Géographe

And Frédéric De Coninck | Sociologue

British geographer Matt Watson and French sociologist Frédérick De Coninck discuss the role of practices in reducing our carbon footprint. Can taking into account people’s daily constraints more seriously be the key to developing more effective policies and hastening the transition towards low-carbon mobility?

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Internet, territories and centralities

16 April 2015

Between Benjamin Bayart | Ingénieur-e

And Boris Beaude | Géographe

Boris Beaude, a geographer, and Benjamin Bayart, an engineer and ardent supporter of freedom of expression, discuss the tensions that have arisen concerning the internet, the main platform for virtual mobility. Designed as something without a centre, which could not be fully controlled and would free people from regional limitations, the internet seems unable to deliver on these promises – as a result of pre-existing constraints.

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Neo-nomads and highly mobile people

24 February 2015

Between Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin & Emmanuel Ravalet | Sociologue et socio-économiste

And Maude Reitz & Yves Pedrazzini | Ethnologue et sociologue

Four researchers assess the traits and similarities of and the differences between the subjects of their respective fields of study: neo-nomads, the focus of the ‘noLand’s man’ research project, and high mobility as studied in the framework of the JobMob investigation.

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Eco-districts: the future of the city?

26 November 2014

Between Marleen Kaptein | Architecte

And Bruno Bessis | Ingénieure

A Dutch expert in urban development, who founded one of her country’s leading eco-district projects, discusses the future of eco-districts with a French specialist in sustainable development. Could such areas be the key to the future of urban life?

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Public Policies & professional mobility

24 June 2014

Between Marie-Hélène Massot | Economist

And Jean-Marc Offner | Urbaniste

A University lecturer and an urban planner discuss professional mobilities and their role within community life. How do public authorities and, more broadly, society and its various components deal with mobility management?

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Imagined mobilities

27 May 2014

Between Arnaud Passalacqua | historian

And Allen Batteau | Anthropologue

An American anthropologist and a French historian debate the significance of elected officials, transport professionals and users’ imaginaries on their choices and on decision making.

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Traveling without ticket?

25 April 2014

Between Jean-Louis Sagot-Duvauroux | Essayiste - dramaturge

And Allan Alaküla | Directeur du bureau de Tallinn pour l'Union européenne

Despite being 3,000 kilometres apart, a French intellectual and a representative of the Tallinn European Union Office come together to discuss a question which both believe to be crucial for the future: the need for free public transport.

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What are the effects of the acceleration of social rhythms?

31 March 2014

Between Hartmut Rosa | Sociologue

And Michel Lussault | Géographe

If they agree on the reality of an acceleration of social processes, the German sociologist Hartmut Rosa and the French Geographer Michel Lussault strongly disagree on the sustained importance of space and its effects – either good or bad – for our societies.