Alexis Gumy

Office: BP 2244
EPFLENACENAC-SSIESSIE-ENS

EPFL ENAC IA LASUR
BP 2244 (Bâtiment BP)
Station 16
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

* Analysis of daily mobility
* Critical sociology of inequalities (social and spatial)
* Study of controversies (related to mobility)
* Sociology of quantification
* Modeling of sociological processes
* Border studies

Expertise

* Analysis of daily mobility
* Critical sociology of inequalities (social and spatial)
* Study of controversies (related to mobility)
* Sociology of quantification
* Modeling of sociological processes
* Border studies
My research deals with daily mobilities, their social inequalities, and subsequent spatial controversies. My work covers different types of spatial configurations, but most of it focuses on European border regions, especially the French-Swiss Greater Geneva. I develop my research topics in a threefold perspective: one of the social structures organizing individual positions (capital, social space, etc.), one of the sociological processes governing our daily behaviors (socialization, life course, etc.), and one of the political claims related to space (Gilets Jaunes, social movements about infrastructural projects, etc.). I argue for a quantitative and reflexive sociology, both close to statistical techniques, but also criticizing its own tools and keen to the use of qualitative methods.

Education

PhD. of Science

| Architecture & Sciences of the City

2018 – 2023 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Master of Science

| Civil Engineering - Spec. Transport & Mobility

2015 – 2017 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Bachelor of Science

| Civil Engineering

2010 – 2014 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Professionals experiences

Research Associate

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Scholar

Doctoral Assistant

Scientific Assistant

Teaching & PhD

Courses

Computational methods in urban studies

URB-404

CMUS will focus on acquiring insights into, engaging with, and modeling the processes of spatial transformation in contemporary societies. It will integrate statistical techniques and critical urban theory in order to promote socially and environmentally fair policies against the climate crisis.