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The steering committee serves as a forum for discussion, exchange, and brainstorming. Taking the form of a research seminar, it meets twice a year.

Characterized by a diversity of perspectives and a multidisciplinary approach, the committee embodies the unique position of the Mobile Lives Forum—at the intersection of research, politics, and the arts. Members bring their expertise, rigor, pragmatism, and optimism to advance the work of the Forum.

The committee reviews the Mobile Lives Forum’s research findings, in order to help shape the next projects. It also debates the political proposals developed by the Forum, before they are presented to the wider public.

Current members

Éric CHARMES

Éric Charmes is a research director at ENTPE, an engineering school located in Vaulx-en-Velin and part of the University of Lyon. He specializes in urban studies, urbanism and development. He is a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Lab on Cities, Spaces and Society (RIVES, part of the UMR CNRS EVS).

Marie CHÉRON

Socio-economist Marie Chéron has been working for an environmental NGO for 15 years.

Jean-Christophe COMBE

Jean-Christophe Combe is the Director of Marketing, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Engagement at the Keolis Group.

Yoann DEMOLI

Yoann Demoli is a lecturer at the University of Lille and a sociologist at the Lille Centre for Sociological and Economic Studies and Research.

Antoine DE ROCQUIGNY

A graduate of HEC and IEP Paris, and a former student of ENA, Antoine de Rocquigny began his career in 1999 in the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance. He joined the SNCF in 2003 as head of TER strategy, and has held various positions in the company: deputy director of TER Nord-Pas de Calais, director of the Picardie region and then director of the president's cabinet. After a spell as deputy director of the cabinet of the Minister for the Budget, he joined the Travel business in 2013 as director of operations and customer service, then as director in charge of finance, strategy and legal affairs. He is now Secretary General of SNCF Immobilier.

Cécile DUFLOT

Cécile Duflot was appointed Executive Director of Oxfam France in June 2018. Oxfam France is an international solidarity organization that has been mobilizing citizens to fight against inequality and poverty for 30 years, by acting both on the root causes and the direct consequences of these inequalities.

Laurent EISENMAN

Laurent Eisenman is in charge of the ‘New rural uses and services’ programme at SNCF Tech4Mobility.

Jean-Baptiste FRESSOZ

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz is a historian of science, technology and environment, and researcher at the CNRS (EHESS). He is the author of several books including The Joyful Apocalypse. A History of Technological Risk, and co-author of The Anthropocene Event and of The Revolts of the Sky. He is currently working on the history of energy and material symbioses.

Alain GUYARD

Alain Guyard was born in 1966. He endeavours to remove philosophy from its academic function in order to restore its emancipatory function by bringing it back to the margins and to those who frequent it. This clinical philosophy calls upon, in addition to the philosophical tradition, psychoanalysis, fabulation, bittersweet irony and the taste for doing nothing.

Bernard JULLIEN

Bernard Jullien has been a lecturer in economics at the University of Bordeaux since 1996. He is part of the Bordeaux Economics Laboratory (BSE - UMR CNRS 6060).

Vincent KAUFMANN

Swiss sociologist and scientific director of the Forum Vies Mobiles, Vincent Kaufmann is a mobility research pioneer and inventor of the concept of motility . He is director of the Urban Sociology Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (LaSUR-EPFL) and professor of sociology and mobility analysis.

Arnaud LEMARCHAND

Lecturer in economics at the University of Le Havre, Arnaud le Marchand is a member of the TERRA scientific network.

Nicolas MATHIEU

Nicolas Mathieu is a French writer born in 1978. His second novel, Leurs enfants après eux (Actes Sud, 2018) was awarded the Goncourt Prize. He published Connemara (Actes Sud) in February 2022.

Dominique MEDA

Director of the University of Paris-Dauphine Social Science Laboratory, IRISSO (Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire en sciences sociales) and professor of sociology at Paris-Dauphine, Dominique Meda is Ecological Reconversion, Work and Social Policy chair at the Collège d’études mondiales.

Franziska MEINHERZ

Franziska Meinherz is an assistant professor at the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). She heads the ‘Geography of Cities and Mobility’ group there. Her research focuses on mobility practices, social justice and inclusivity issues related to mobility, and the socio-spatial implications of urban mobility policies.

Raphaël MENARD

Raphaël Menard, engineer and architect, is the president of AREP. This multidisciplinary agency has more than 1,000 employees in France and abroad.

Florence SAUTEJEAU

Florence Sautejeau holds a DEA postgraduate degree in social law from the University of Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne). She was a journalist at Liaisons Sociales before joining the French Association of Private Enterprises (AFEP) as Director of Social Affairs and then, in 2006, becoming Gérard's social advisor. In 2012, she joined the National Federation of Public Works (FNTP) as Director of Social Affairs before being promoted to Deputy Managing Director. In 2020, she joined the Prime Minister's office as head of the ‘work and employment’ department. She took up the post of general delegate of the UTP on 7 February 2022, after a favourable opinion from the HATVP.

Camille THOMÉ

Camille Thomé is co-director of the "Réseau vélo et marche" (Cycling and Walking Network).

Philippe VIDAL

Philippe Vidal is a professor of Geography at the Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, a researcher at the UMR EVS 5600 and chairs the Geography of Digital Society and Connected World commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU). He is the editor of the journal Netcom and works on the territorial impacts of digital technology in society.

Former members

The steering committee of the Mobile Lives Forum is renewed every three years. Previous members had expertise in a wide range of topics related to mobility and the arts.

Renewed every three years, the Mobile Lives Forum steering committee has brought together and involved a large number of mobility experts and artists.

David AZÉMA, Deputy CEO for Strategy and Finance at SNCF between 2008 and 2011 and Chairman of the Executive Board of Keolis in 2012.

Max BERGMAN, sociologist, professor of social research and methodology at the University of Basel.

Philippe BIHOUIX, Managing Director of AREP, specialist in mineral resources and low-tech. He is President of the think tank La Fabrique des Mobilités.

Ludovic BU, sociologist who helped launch three sustainable and inclusive mobility service companies (including Wimoov). He is president of Moins vite !, an association that raises awareness of the issues surrounding speed.

Éric CHAREYRON is in charge of lifestyle and mobility forecasting for the Keolis Group. He heads the Keoscopie observatory, which combines different methodological approaches.

Yves COCHET, former Minister for Regional Planning and the Environment. He was a Member of the European Parliament after being elected to the National Assembly from 1997 to 2011. He is president of the Momentum Institute.

Yves CROZET, professor at the University of Lyon, has been emeritus since 2015 and is a member of the Laboratoire Aménagement Economie Transports (LAET-CNRS). He is also a Research Fellow at CERRE (Brussels).

Philippe DURON was president of the Basse-Normandie Regional Council, mayor of Caen, president of Caen-la-Mer and member of parliament for Calvados. He is co-chair of the TDIE think tank.

Bernard EMSELLEM, co-founder and president of the Forum Vies Mobiles from 2011 to 2017. He was deputy CEO for communication, sustainable development and ecomobility at SNCF.

Mathias EMMERICH, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Performance at SNCF Mobilités from 2014 to 2020 and President of the Mobile Lives Forum from 2018 to 2019.

Sylvie FOL, urban planner, professor emeritus of Planning and Urban Development at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

Caroline GALLEZ is a researcher at Gustave Eiffel University. She is interested in the social and environmental challenges of urban mobility and energy regulation.

Christophe GAY, co-founder and co-director of the Forum Vies Mobiles from 2011 to 2023.

Mark HUNYADI is a philosopher, professor at UCLouvain (Belgium) and associate professor at the Institut Mines/Télécom in Paris.

Lucile JANSSOONE is CSR & Sustainable Mobility Project Manager at Réseau Alliances, the network of responsible entrepreneurs in the Hauts-de-France region.

Anne JARRIGEON, anthropologist and videographer, lecturer at the Paris School of Urban Planning and researcher at the City, Mobility and Transport Laboratory at Gustave Eiffel University - École des Ponts et Chaussées.

Marie DE LATTRE-GASQUET, researcher specialising in agriculture and food security.

Christian LICOPPE, historian, sociologist and professor of sociology of information and communication technologies at the École Telecom ParisTech.

Jean-Pierre MARTIN, writer and professor emeritus at the University of Lyon 2.

Marie-Pierre MEYNARD, former director of innovation and research at SNCF.

Olivier MONGIN, writer, philosopher, editor of the magazine Esprit from 1988 to December 2012.

Catherine MORENCY, civil engineer and professor of transport planning at Polytechnique Montréal, where she holds the Mobility Chair and the Canada Research Chair.

Jean-Marc OFFNER, urban engineer and political scientist, former director general of the Bordeaux Aquitaine urban planning agency, and president of the École urbaine de Sciences Po. He is scientific director of the 6-T research consultancy.

Valérie PIHET, historian, specialist in art-science collaboration, executive director of the École des Arts Politiques at Sciences Po since 2010.

Chiara RABBIOSI, professor of economic and political geography at the University of Padua.

Lionel ROUGÉ, sociologist, senior lecturer at the University of Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès.

Mimi SHELLER, professor of sociology at the University of Philadelphia, where she founded and directs the Centre for Research and Policy on New Forms of Mobility.

Hortense SOICHET, photographer, member of Studio Hans Lucas and doctor of aesthetics.

Bernard STIEGLER, philosopher and director of the Centre Pompidou's Research and Innovation Institute from 2006 to 2020. He passed away in 2020.