About the City on the Move academic chairs

The City on the City on the Move academic chair in Europe

The City on the City on the Move academic chair in China

The City on the City on the Move academic chair in Latin America

The City on the Move academic chair in Europe:

The mission of the City on the Move Institute (IVM) is to instigate multiple programmes intended to disseminate knowledge and expertise on urban mobility.In pursuit of its objective, in 2001 it created an academic Chair in 2001 in partnership with the “City and Environment” Postgraduate School near Paris.In 2010, an agreement was signed between IVM and Paris-East University.It extends a partnership agreement to pursue and develop its activities under the aegis of the new City, Transport and Territories (VTT) postgraduate School at Paris-East University and its City, Environment and their Engineering (VEI) Research Centre.

Primarily intended for academic researchers, researchers, professionals and students at Masters degree, doctoral degree and engineering degree level, the Chair’s mission is to:

-         Facilitate international academic exchanges on IVM’s themes, such as mobility as a generic right, the design and uses of public space, the links between mobility and social exclusion, between mobility and sustainable development, etc.;
-         Develop links between multidisciplinary scientific approaches and practical experiments to provide universal access to mobility;
-         Elicit and contribute ideas on mobility by sharing the results of research and experiments as widely as possible, beyond the world of transport specialists;
-         Contribute to a dialogue between science and society and to stimulate a genuine sharing of knowledge, through traditional methods of dissemination (lectures, publications, newsletters, etc.) and through specially designed collaborative systems and Web 2.0 platforms (e.g. collaborative workshops, interactive processes such as blogs, portals, online forums, etc.).

Highpoints and priorities
Since 2001:
International seminars
-         “Urban Mobilities:Research issues in France and abroad” (June 7, 2001)
-         “Everyday mobilities and social exclusion.When mobilities are not just a question of transport” (December 5-6, 2002)
-         “Making the city with flows?Managing places of interchange and architecture of mobility (March 29-32,004)
-         “To buy or to rent consumer goods?” (January 26-27, 2006)
-         “The trades of movement and the urban economy” (June 14-15, 2007)
Publications
-         "Transport, Poverty, Exclusion. Escapes through movement", edited by Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, Éditions de l’Aube, 2004
-         “Sociology of mobilities.A new frontier for sociology?”, by John Urry, Armand Colin, 2005
-         “Mobility and urban ecology”, edited by Alain Bourdin, Descartes & Cie, 2007.
-         “Urban mobility, the age of possibilities”, by Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, published by Carnets de l’Info, 2008
-         “A secular approach to mobility”, edited by Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, Descartes & Cie, Collection “Les urbanités”, 2008
Publications of conference proceedings and articles

Every year, the Chair devises a programme of lectures and a seminar, the proceedings of which are published.Academic figures from all over the world are invited to contribute.

The President of the scientific committee of the chair is Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, Professor at the Paris Institute of Urban Planning (IUP), University Paris Est and Chairman of City on the Move’s Scientific and Strategy Council.

The City on the City on the Move academic chair in China:

Created in April 2005, City on the Move’s academic Chair in China is the outcome of a partnership with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the prestigious University of Tongji in Shanghai. Every year the Chair, under the scientific supervision of Professor Pan Haixiao, hosts three figures from the world of research for a week of lectures and discussions. The role of the Chair is to provide a focus for points of view from different disciplines – sociologists, transport engineers, economists, geographers, etc. – on the issue of urban mobility. mobility.

Increasing our understanding of urban mobility and mobility practices, enhancing our assessment of modal choices in transportation practices, are important components in the setting of public policies for mobility, for transportation and for urban development. In China, development and transportation decisions have major implications for the future, because they involve often radical transformations of the urban landscape and of lifestyles. These decisions are often based on quantitative analyses which use data that ignore too many phenomena and elements which are actually fundamental to the reality of urban mobility. Today, China’s universities play an essential role in defining the new practices and the new policies; to perform this role, they need feedback and discussion with the rest of the world.
In order to contribute to the emerging improvement in approaches to urban mobility in China, IVM and the University of Tongji in Shanghai have together created an academic chair. This Chair is an additional link in the chain of relations between IVM and the University of Tongji. It seals a partnership that began three years ago with Professor Pan Haixiao. Under his supervision, the Chair hosts European experts (teachers, researchers, etc.) for educational visits around the theme of mobility from a resolutely multidisciplinary perspective.

Partners :
Universityof Tongji in Shanghai, of technology in Xi’an, of technology in Canton, of Tsinghua in Pékin, University of Nankin…

The scientific committee of the chair :

FENG Shiqing
Architecte
Professeur, université de sciences et technologies de Hefei

WANG Shifu
Architecte-urbaniste
Professeur de l’Université des Sciences et de Technologie de la Chine du Sud
Directeur du Département d’Urbanisme

NING Ho
Ingénieur
Directeur de l’institut de planification des transports urbains de Nankin

LU Huapu
Ingénieur, Dr.
Professeur de Transport de l’Université singhua
Directeur du Laboratoire de recherche sur les transports

GUO Licheng
Professeur, Université du Sud-Est

XU Jiangang
Géographe
Professeur, Université de Nankin
Département de géographie

MAO Qizhi 
Architecte-urbaniste
Professeur, Université de Tsinghua
Directeur de l’école d’architecture

SHI Nan
Secrétaire de l’Association des urbanistes de Chine
Rédacteur en chef des revues « China City Planning Review » et « chengshi guihua »

WANG Shijun
Sociologue
Professeur à l’université de Tongji

LIU Hui
Architecte-Paysagiste
Professeur de l’Université d’Architecture de Xi’an
Directrice de l’Institut d’architecture paysagère

LIU Jian
Urbaniste, Dr.
Professeur de l’Université Tsinghua

CHENG Yingfang
Maître de conférences en sociologie
Ecole normale Huadong, Shanghai

    The City on the Move academic chair in Latin America:    

The purpose of IVM interdisciplinary chair in Latin America is to raise awareness in academic circles of the multiple dimensions of mobility, to formulate new questions, and to generate and disseminate knowledge that will contribute to the decision-making process and encourage innovation. Its role is to explore the specific features of Latin American mobility, and in particular the transition currently underway and prospects for innovation. The territories studied are not only the major cities ñ special attention will be paid to the cities of intermediate size. The activities initiated by the partner universities may include: joint doctoral supervision; translation and publishing; the running of cross-disciplinary seminars on specific subjects; discussions with IVM European and Chinese chairs on topics such as:

• The production of information on the city and transportation, the potential role of mobile phones in circulating information
• Female autonomy and day-to-day mobility in Latin America (access to jobs, complex mobility and family life, women producing their own mobility services, women in transportation, etc.)
• Public transport versus sustainable public mobility services, new services and informal innovation
• The growing role of motorcycles in Latin American cities, governance of taxi systems
• The city at home (home service provision)
• Working on the move (mobile offices, etc.)
• Governance: the tension between planning and individual autonomy

The Chair will seek to explore these themes from a multidisciplinary perspective (the socio-economics of transport, engineering, architecture, urban planning, urban design, information technology, the sociology of families, of organisations, of innovation, gender studies, political sciences, geography, etc.), including anthropology, which will be used to explore the pre-Columbian roots of Latin America, in particular the nomadic traditions of the indigenous peoples.

Partners :
Université de los Andes, l’Université catholique du Pérou, Université Catholique du Chili, Université de Buenos Aires, l’Université fédérale de Rio de Janeiro, l’Université nationale autonome du Mexique…

The scientific committee of the chair :

Isabel Arteaga Arredondo, Colombie,
Doctorat à l’Université Polytechnique de Catalogne, Diplômée en architecture et du master d’urbanisme de l’Université Nationale de Colombie. Professeur à l’Université de los Andes de Bogota.  Elle a participé à de nombreux projets urbains et de gestion des villes de Barcelone et de  Bogota.

Michael Cohen, Etats-Unis,
Docteur en économie de l’Université de Chicago. Directeur du programme de relations internationales de  la New School de New-York et responsable de l’observatoire de l’Amérique Latine, ancien directeur de la Division du développement urbain de la Banque Mondiale.

Juan Carlos Dextre, Pérou,
Ingénieur, Président du Comité de mobilité de l’Université catholique du Pérou. Diplômé du Master Transport de la Universtity College of London. Post diplôme en Gestion des infrastructures et de la mobilité et Doctorat à l’Université autonome de Barcelone. Il a travaillé auprès du  Ministère des Transports du Perou et de la Commission des Transports du Congrès de la République. 

Oscar Figueroa, Chili,
Docteur en économie, spécialiste des transports, Institut d’études urbaines et territoriales, Université Catholique du Chili.

Rosanna Forray, Chili,
Docteur en urbanisme de l’Université de Louvain en Belgique, Architecte de l’Université Catholique du Chili. Professeur à la Faculté d’architecture et d’études urbaines de l’Université catholique du Chili et à l’Université de Louvain. Responsable de projets de recherche au FONDECYT.

Alfredo Garay, Argentine,
Docteur en sciences politiques de l’Université nationale autonome de Mexique. Architecte-urbaniste, ancien sous-secrétaire à l’urbanisme et au logement de la Province de Buenos Aires. Professeur à la Faculté d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme de la Université de Buenos Aires. Consultant au BID.

Andrea Gutierrez, Argentine,
Docteur en géographie de l’Université de Buenos Aires (UBA). Professeur à la Faculté de Géographie de l’Université de Buenos Aires et à l’Université de La Plata. Chercheuse associée au CONICET. Directrice de projet « Mobility & Health – Argentina (IFRDT /SKAT-COSUDE) ». Consultante dans divers organismes sur les sujets de mobilité urbaine et de transports.

Paola Jirón, Chili,
Docteur de la London School of Economics. Institut du logement  de la Faculté d’architecture et d’études urbaines de l’Université catholique du Chili. Actuellement membre de la commission du Réseau d’habitats humains (Programme Habitat de l’ONU). Professeur et Chercheur sur le logement, la qualité de vie, le genre et les pratiques de mobilité urbaine.

Bernardo Navarro Benítez, Mexique,
Docteur en économie, Professeur et chercheur en Planification Territoriale à l’Université autonome métropolitaine Xochimilco. Conseiller technique du Maire de Mexico.

Margaret Pereyra, Brésil,
Docteur de l’EHESS. Architecte-urbaniste. Professeur à l’Université fédérale de Rio de Janeiro.

Marcos Rodrigues, Brésil,
Ingénieur, Docteur de la University of Cambridge. Professeur du département de Transports de l’Université de São Paulo, spécialisé en application de nouvelles Technologies et systèmes d’information géographique.

André Urani, Brésil,
Docteur en économie. Professeur à l’Institut d’économie de l’Université Fédérale de Rio de Janeiro. 

Alicia Ziccardi, Méxique,
Sociologue, Professeur et chercheur à l’Institut de Recherches sociales à l’Université nationale autonome du Mexique.