Shin Alexandre Koseki
Mission
My work aims to reduce social and political conflicts between individuals and local communities within contemporary metropolitan regions. By combining computational social sciences, social theory and institutional design, I investigate how individuals, groups and communities rely on social and urban spaces to conduct democratic processes. Through this work, I develop new design and planning strategies for contemporary metropolitan spaces.
Chôros
Chôros is a think tank in spatial planning and governance. For more details, you can read our Manifesto (fr).
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 |
Fields of expertise
Society
Spatial Planning
Data-centric
Networks
Justice
Democracy
Cities
Publications
Publications
2018
[1]
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.
[2]
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.
[3]
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.
[4]
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
[5]
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.
[6]
S. A. Koseki : Territorial Topology Analysis ; ENAC Research Days, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2017-10-25.
[7]
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.
[8]
S. A. Koseki : Moral Matrices. Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7078.
2016
[9]
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.
[10]
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.
[11]
S. A. Koseki : Matrices morales: Espaces géographiques de la démocratie directe en Suisse; Géo-regards: Revue neuchâteloise de géographie. 2016.
[12]
S. A. Koseki : The Next Switzerland: The Country's New Political Geography Goes Without the Röstigraben; Géo-Agenda. 2016.
[13]
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
[14]
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.
[15]
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
[16]
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
[17]
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.
[18]
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.
[19]
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.
[20]
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.
[21]
C. Dionne; S. A. Koseki; T. Favre-Bulle; D. Negueruela Del Castillo : Studio Manual Hypertypologies. 2013.
2012
[22]
C. Dionne; S. A. Koseki; T. Favre-Bulle; D. Dietz : 2048: An architectural fiction. 2012.
[23]
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.
[24]
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
[25]
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
[26]
S. A. Koseki : De super structure à super milieu: une réponse architecturale au besoin infrastructurel ; 2010.
2008
[27]
S. A. Koseki : Territoire ; 2008.
