Maxime Felder
Fields of expertise
- Urban sociology: social relations, neighbouring, coexistence, urban practices, social networks and social capital
- Citizenship: naturalisation process, political rituals, transition to adulthood and age of majority
Biography
Maxime Felder holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Geneva. His dissertation - "Building familiarity. Coexistence in an urban context" - dealt with how urbanites manage to coexist peacefully, in a residential context, without knowing each other personally. He is now involved in a new research project on cities' hospitality towards newcomers.Education
PhD
Sociology
University of Geneva
24.09.2018
MA
Sociology
University of Geneva
2013
BA
Social work, social policy and anthropology
University of Fribourg
2010
Publications
Infoscience publications
My publications
“You Know You’re from Le Lignon If … ” Negotiating Neighbourhood Belonging on Social Media
Housing, Theory and Society. 2025. DOI : 10.1080/14036096.2025.2550741.Les intimations de l’intimité en situation d’hospitalité
SociologieS. 2025. DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/13svf.Voisinage
Géographies, un dictionnaire; Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2025.Beyond support or exploitation: inequality and reciprocity in informal housing arrangements between newcomers and their migrant hosts
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 2024. DOI : 10.1080/1369183x.2024.2429671.Die Schweiz von A(rbon) bis Z(ug). Porträt in 12 Städten
Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2024.Ein Porträt der Schweiz anhand von zwölf Städten
Die Schweiz von A(rbon) bis Z(ug). Porträt in 12 Städten; Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2024. p. 265 - 283.De l'urbain ordinaire aux villes singulières
La Suisse de A(rbon) à Z(oug) - portrait en 12 villes; Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2024.La Suisse de A(rbon) à Z(oug) Portrait en 12 villes
Lausanne: EPFL Press, 2024.Acquaintances or Familiar Strangers? How Similarity and Spatial Proximity Shape Neighbour Relations within Residential Buildings
Housing Theory & Society. 2023. DOI : 10.1080/14036096.2023.2247404.Subaltern housing policies: Accommodating migrant workers in wealthy Geneva
European Urban And Regional Studies. 2023. DOI : 10.1177/09697764231167091.Social Workers and Irregular Migrants in the Assistance Circuit: Making Sense of Paradoxical Inclusion
Social Inclusion. 2023. DOI : 10.17645/si.v11i3.6764.Building up hospitable milieux from the arrival infrastructure
19th International Conference of the International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE 2022), Oslo, Norway, June 29-July 1, 2022.L’hospitalité urbaine au risque de la contagion
EspacesTemps.net. 2022.Forger la citoyenneté juvénile. Anthropologie d’un rituel politique
Lausanne: Antipodes, 2022.Familiarity as a Practical Sense of Place
Sociological Theory. 2021. DOI : 10.1177/07352751211037724.Informal housing for informal workers in wealthy Geneva
House of Cards: The Rules and Institutions of Housing Illegality in Western Countries, Oxford, England, May 21-22, 2022.Home and community, by Sandra Costa Santos, Nadia Bertolino, Stephen Hicks, Camilla Lewis and Vanessa May
Housing Studies. 2021. DOI : 10.1080/02673037.2021.1858529.La Ville confinée
COVID-19 Le regard des sciences sociales; Zürich, Genève: Editions Seismo, 2020.La Fête des voisins: un rituel conjuratoire ?
métropolitiques.eu. 2020.Capital social
Dictionnaire de politique sociale suisse; Zürich, Genève: Seismo, 2020.Die Abgeschottete Stadt
COVID19 Eine sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektive; Zürich: Seismo Verlag, 2020.Between Hospitality and Inhospitality: The Janus-Faced 'Arrival Infrastructure'
Urban Planning. 2020. DOI : 10.17645/up.v5i3.2941.Strong, Weak and Invisible Ties: A Relational Perspective on Urban Coexistence
Sociology. 2020. DOI : 10.1177/0038038519895938.Sommeil des adolescents et rythmes scolaires
Genève: Université de Genève, 2019.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Architecture