Shin Alexandre Koseki
Scientist
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Fields of expertise
I am a city scientist, urban studies scholar and urban planner with a background in architecture, spatial planning, geography and data science. Currently, my work focuses on social sustainability, democratic institutions, political polarization and the application of AI in city planning and governance.
Mission
As the Scientific Coordinator of the dhCenter UNIL-EPFL (EPFL ENT-R CHD), I develop research projects and graduate courses on the application of digital and computational methods in social sciences and the humanities. In collaborations with faculty at EPFL and the University of Lausanne, I oversee the development of digital studies, digital humanities and the computational social science across both universities.
At the EPFL Habitat Research Center, I conduct research in the fields of digital urban planning and city science. My projects often result from transdisciplinary collaborations with national and sub-national government agencies, and public and para-public companies (logistics and telecommunications).
Since 2019, I am a Affiliated Visiting Researcher at the Department of Evaluation, Performance and Prospective of the French Ministry of Education and Youth.
I am currently Scientific Observer at the Convention Citoyenne pour la Climat, on issues of Spatial Justice and Planning.
At the EPFL Habitat Research Center, I conduct research in the fields of digital urban planning and city science. My projects often result from transdisciplinary collaborations with national and sub-national government agencies, and public and para-public companies (logistics and telecommunications).
Since 2019, I am a Affiliated Visiting Researcher at the Department of Evaluation, Performance and Prospective of the French Ministry of Education and Youth.
I am currently Scientific Observer at the Convention Citoyenne pour la Climat, on issues of Spatial Justice and Planning.
Current work
Dyadic Agreement Modeling is a method to measure levels and dynamics of political polarization based on network analysis.
Koseki (2018). “Geographic Evolution of Political Cleavages in Switzerland”. In PLOS ONE.
Koseki (2018). “Geographic Evolution of Political Cleavages in Switzerland”. In PLOS ONE.
Space for Success is international research project in collaboration with the French Ministry of Education and Youth that looks at the spatial behaviors of 6 millions middle- and high-school students in France.
Labor and Ground is a international research and urban planning project for the development of the Geneva Metropolitan Region (Grand Genève).
Terre, Terroir, Territoire is a research, spatial planning and deliberative democracy project in collaboration with the French Ministry of Agriculture aimed at defining France’s contribution to the EU Common Agricultural Policy.
The French Citizen Convention for Climat (Convention citoyenne pour le Climat) is a deliberative democracy institution, which aims at defining measure to reduce France’s CO2 emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement. I currently am a Scientific observer at the Convention on issues of social and spatial justice.
Labor and Ground is a international research and urban planning project for the development of the Geneva Metropolitan Region (Grand Genève).
Terre, Terroir, Territoire is a research, spatial planning and deliberative democracy project in collaboration with the French Ministry of Agriculture aimed at defining France’s contribution to the EU Common Agricultural Policy.
The French Citizen Convention for Climat (Convention citoyenne pour le Climat) is a deliberative democracy institution, which aims at defining measure to reduce France’s CO2 emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement. I currently am a Scientific observer at the Convention on issues of social and spatial justice.
Professional course
Researcher
Social Network Lab
ETH Zurich
2018
Visiting Professor
School of Planning and Design
University of Montreal
2017
Co-founder / Research Associate
Chôros
2016-present
Doctoral Research Associate, Studio Director & Lecturer
Architecture & City Institute
EPFL
2010-2016
Visiting Doctoral Research Fellow
School of Anthropology
University of Oxford
2014
Visiting Doctoral Research Fellow
Cities Research Cluster
National University of Singapore
2014
Research Assistant
Laboratoire d'étude de l'architecture potentielle
University of Montreal
2007
Education
PhD
City Science
EPFL
2017
→PhD mobility
School of anthropology
University of Oxford
2014
→PhD mobility
Cities Research Cluster
National University of Singapore
2014
M.Sc
Architecture & Planning
EPFL
2010
B.Sc
Architecture
Université de Montréal, Canada
2007
DEC
Science
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montréal, Canada
2004
Publications
Infoscience publications
Publications
2020
[1]
T. P. L. Romany : Lieu hologrammatique, un concept et une méthodologie complexe de mesure de l'organisation spatiale des réalités sociales.. Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9497.
2019
[2]
S. A. Koseki; D. P. Christie; M. Barcelloni Corte; C. Guenat; R. Sega et al. : Cadres de référence et expertise requise pour une réfection des espaces publics dans le secteur de la Borde-Bellevaux à Lausanne. 2019-07-22.
[3]
X. Fromaigeat : Cyber-ambassade ; 2019.
2018
[4]
S. A. Koseki : The geographic evolution of political cleavages in Switzerland: A network approach to assessing levels and dynamics of polarization between local populations; PLoS One. 2018-11-29. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0208227.
[5]
S. A. Koseki; J. Lévy : Mapping Democracy in the Metropolis: Linking Urbanization and Political Polarization; Mapping the Urban Question; Rome: Officina Edizioni, 2018. p. 152.
[6]
S. A. Koseki : Hypertypes: From social bridges to an urbanism of aspirations, affordances and capabilities. 2018-11-17. Smartness? Between discourse and practice / AHRA 2018, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, November 15-17, 2018.
[7]
S. A. Koseki : Globalizing the digital: A cross-cultural framework for the ethics of operationalizing Big Data ; Swiss Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Day 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 15, 2018.
2017
[8]
S. A. Koseki : Mapping Democracy: Exploring Political Polarization with Social Network Analysis ; 62st Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, United States of America, 2017-04-05.
[9]
S. A. Koseki : Territorial Topology Analysis ; ENAC Research Days, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2017-10-25.
[10]
S. A. Koseki : Ecologie politique des votations fédérales sur l’environnement en Suisse, 1981-2010; Inégalités urbaines. Du projet utopique au développement durable; Geneva: Métis Presses, 2017. p. 295-320.
[11]
S. A. Koseki : Moral Matrices. Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7078.
2016
[12]
S. A. Koseki : Moral, Ethics and Geography: An Empirical Perspective on Political, Economical and Sociability Behaviors ; 61st Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, United States of America, 2016-03-26.
[13]
S. A. Koseki : Écologie politique de la métropole Suisse: Analyse des réseaux idéologiques du vote ; 2e Journée de la recherche Bernardo Secchi, Geneva, Switzerland, 2016-09-27.
[14]
S. A. Koseki : Matrices morales: Espaces géographiques de la démocratie directe en Suisse; Géo-regards: Revue neuchâteloise de géographie. 2016.
[15]
S. A. Koseki : The Next Switzerland: The Country's New Political Geography Goes Without the Röstigraben; Géo-Agenda. 2016.
[16]
S. A. Koseki : Moral, Ethics and Geography: An Empirical Perspective on Political, Economical and Sociability Behaviors ; 61st Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, March 28 - April 2, 2016.
2015
[17]
S. A. Koseki : Geography of Moral Intuitions ; 38th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, San Diego, California, USA, July 3-6, 2015.
[18]
S. A. Koseki : Moral Sentiments & Intuitions in Geography: Urban Studies and the Descriptive Ethics ; 5th International and Interdisciplinary Conference of Emotional Geographies, Edinburgh, Lothan, UK, June 10-12, 2015.
2014
[19]
S. A. Koseki : Tracing the Contours of An Urban Morality: A Harmonization of Languages Between Moral Psychology, Urban Anthropology, and Political Geography ; 37th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Rome, Italy, July 4-7, 2014.
2013
[20]
S. A. Koseki : New Methods to City's Otherness: Ethical Substance, Relational Metrics and Scale of Sociality ; 7th International PhD Seminar on Urbanism and Urbanization, Paris, France, 2013-10-15.
[21]
S. A. Koseki : The Influence of Urban Spatial Practices on Moral Schemes: Analyzing the Cognitive Construction of Spatial Globalization Through Experimental Moral Philosophy ; 58th Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, April 9-13, 2013.
[22]
S. A. Koseki : New Methods to City's Otherness: Ethical Substance, Relational Metrics and Scale of Sociality. 2013. 7th International PhD Seminar on Urbanism and Urbanization, Paris, October 3-5, 2013. p. 75-79.
[23]
S. A. Koseki : A Space for Others: Exploring Cognitive Urban Geography With Ethics of Care, Concern and Empathy in Affective Social Networks in Geneva ; 4th International & Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, Groningen, the Netherlands, July 1-3, 2013.
[24]
C. Dionne; S. A. Koseki; T. Favre-Bulle; D. Negueruela Del Castillo : Studio Manual Hypertypologies. 2013.
2012
[25]
C. Dionne; S. A. Koseki; T. Favre-Bulle; D. Dietz : 2048: An architectural fiction. 2012.
[26]
S. A. Koseki; D. Dietz; C. Dionne : CH2048: Developing Spatial Strategies ; Pre-Doc/PhD CCC Masters' Program Seminar - University of Art and Design, Geneva, Switzerland, October 9, 2012.
[27]
S. A. Koseki; C. Dionne : ALICE : Atelier de la conception de l'espace ; Pre-Doc/PhD CCC Masters' Program Seminar, Geneva, Switzerland, October 9, 2012.
2011
[28]
S. A. Koseki : La localisation: la production de l'espace par sa pratique, de la spatialité du corps à celle du territoire ; ENAC Research Day, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 8, 2011.
2010
[29]
S. A. Koseki : De super structure à super milieu: une réponse architecturale au besoin infrastructurel ; 2010.
2008
[30]
S. A. Koseki : Territoire ; 2008.