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Lucien Delley

Expertise

research & teaching :
sociology
ethnography
social work
urban planning
public policies
history of social sciences
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Sociologist, social worker, and Doctor in Architecture and Urban Sciences from the école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), I specialize in the analysis of urban spaces, professional practices, and public policies. For about ten years, my ethnographic work has explored the relationships between (in)security, space, and society. From a qualitative and critical perspective, I seek to better understand the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion at play in contemporary societies. My more recent interests focus on the urban and digital spaces of neighborhood communities. Alongside my academic engagements, I have taken on various professional responsibilities, such as at the Permanent Office of the Montreux Jazz Festival (security coordinator) or at the City of Lausanne (head of the Urban Mediation and Security Department). I also teach urban sociology (master's level) at EPFL, regularly speak at public events, and write (columns, fiction, poetry).

Selected publications

Eteindre la nuit

Lucien Delley, Chloé Montavon
Published in Le Courrier in 2024

Grand Paris (F)estival

Lucien Delley
Published in Le Courrier in 2024

Noël, le moi(s) d'après

Delley Lucien
Published in Le Courrier in 2024

Urbanités chiennes

Lucien Delley
Published in Le Courrier in 2023

Rhythmanalysis of Urban Events: Empirical Elements from the Montreux Jazz Festival

Guillaume Drevon; Luca Pattaroni; Lucien Delley; Fabien Jacot-Descombes; Nils Hamel
Published in Urban Planning in 2020

Liesse, émeute et panique : enquête sur l’effervescence et la cristallisation des états publics de la foule

Luca Pattaroni, Pascal Viot, Lucien Delley
Published in EspacesTemps in 2020