Renate Albrecher

EPFL ENAC IA LASUR
BP 2236 (Bâtiment BP)
Station 16
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

Urban sociologie
Gender studies
Urban mobility - active mobility - pedestrians
Public space and public benches
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Project management
Internal audit
Controlling

Mission

Improving public spaces
Optimising pedestrian facilities (www.sit-up.ch)
Helping local authorities and cities adapt their public benches to the needs and preferences of their users (www.hogga.me)

Current Work

Citizen participation – optimising seating in public spaces according to users' needs and preferences (www.hogga.me

Civic engagements

  •       Founder and director of the Association "Verein Bankkultur" (2016)   
  •       Creation of the citizen science web-site "www.secrets-bancaires.ch" - allowing géolocalisation and qualitative description of public benches

Education

Sociology

| Mag. rer.soc.oec.

1994 – 1999 Johannes-Kepler-Universitaet Linz, Autriche
Directed by Sociologie urbain, sociologie de famille, sociologie du comportement deviant, sociologie de la musique, sociologie du quotidien

Controlling

| Diploma

2002 – 2002 Oesterreichisches Controller Institut, Autriche

Certified internal auditor

| CIA

2004 – 2005 IIA, USA

Project management

| Methodology of project management HERMES

2013 – 2014 TÜV SÜD Examination Institute

Project management

| Project manager

2020 – 2020 Universität Bern

Awards

ProScientia

1996

Talents de la marche

2022

Selected publications

La Suisse de A(rbon) à Z(oug) - Portrait en 12 villes

Felder Maxime, Albrecher Renate, Kaufmann Vincent, Pedrazzini Yves
Published in EPFL PRESS in 2024

Die Schweiz von A(rbon) bis Z(ug) - Porträt in 12 Städten

Maxime Felder, Renate Albrecher, Vincent Kaufmann, Yves Pedrazzini
Published in Buch EPFL-Press in 2024

Mobilité piétonne : le rôle des bancs publics dans la promotion de la marche

Albrecher Renate, Clément Garance, El Khawand Maya, Hajji Kamil, Kaufmann Vincent
Published in Cahier du LaSUR 38A in 2021

CITIZEN BENCH. Seating needs and preferences. Bürgerbeteiligung zu öffentlichen Sitzgelegenheiten

Albrecher, Renate, Braun Robert, Gerhardus Anna
Published in Cahier du LaSUR 37 in 2022

Cycling and walking as means of transport - current review of the research

Albrecher Renate, Curnier, Sonia, Kaufmann Vincent
Published in Cahier du LaSUR 40B in

Le vélo et la marche comme moyens de transport - état actuel de la recherche

Albrecher Renate, Curnier, Sonia, Kaufmann Vincent
Published in Cahier du LaSUR 40a in

Promouvoir la marche urbaine - Étude de cas Meyrin - Cahier du LaSUR 38B

Albrecher Renate, Kaufmann Vincent
Published in Cahier du LaSUR 38B in 2022

Promouvoir la marche urbaine - Êtude de cas dans la commune de Vernier

Albrecher Renate, Kaufmann Vincent
Published in Cahier du LaSUR 38C in 2022

Nachhaltige Schweizer Bankgeheimnisse

Renate Albrecher
Published in Heimat heute in 2018

Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

Albrecher Hansjoerg, Hasenhüttl Susanne, Königseder Renate, Ott Florian, Prettenthaler Franz, Steininger Karl
Published in Rapport de projet pour Österreichisches Wissenschafts- und Transportministerium in 1998