Senior SNF researcher (active mobilities practices and planning)

Introduction

UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

Presentation

The Institute of Geography and Sustainability (IGD) is seeking to recruit a senior SNF researcher for the Academic  Observatory for Cycling and Active Mobilities (OUVEMA).

OUVEMA was created in 2020. It is an interdisciplinary research platform on cycling and active mobilities. Its areas of research are: 1) practices and behaviour; 2) policies; 3) planning and the built environment; 4) health. While its research is promoted internationally, OUVEMA also maintains close links with actors in the field by organising lecture series and conducting action research. Its Scientific Advisory Board comprises 18 research professors from 5 UNIL faculties.

The IGD has around 130 members working in the fields of geography and sustainability, combining humanities and natural sciences. The IGD offers an international, interdisciplinary environment that is stimulating and conducive to high-level research.

Job information

Expected start date in position : 01.06.2025 or to be agreed

Contract length : 2 years, renewable 2 years, maximum 4 years

Activity rate : 50%-80% (to be agreed upon)

Workplace : University of Lausanne, Geography and Sustainability Institute, Lausanne site, Switzerland

Your responsibilities

You will be involved in OUVEMA's activities and development, and in particular in research projects on the users' experience of cyclists and pedestrians in relation to the transformation of the built environment and infrastructure in a perspective of sustainability.

You will be involved in the project ‘Infrastructural Baukultur: Co-Design Methodologies for the Transformation of Swiss Cantonal Roads into Passage-Paysages’, which will be conducted with the ALICE laboratory (EPFL) as part of NRP 81 (Baukultur).

You will be responsible for:

• Conducting a literature review on the links between the built environment and the experience of cyclists and pedestrians


• Participating in the definition of the interventions on road redevelopment projects


• Designing, carrying out and analysing surveys (interviews, intercept surveys, etc.) of active mobility users before and after interventions


• Publishing the results in international journals


• Communicating the results to stakeholders.

Depending on your workload (50-80%), you will be involved in other OUVEMA projects and activities related to cycling practices and planning.

Your qualifications

• Doctorate in geography, sociology (or another social science) or planning


• Experience in academic research in the field of mobility


• Interest in urban planning and urban design


• Skills in questionnaire surveys and interviews (design and analysis)


• Experience in conducting and analysing interviews


• Ability to take initiatives and work independently and as part of a team


• Interest in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches


• Excellent knowledge of French and English.

What the position offers you

The IGD offers a stimulating environment and a culture conducive to the development of a research career.

Contact for further information

Contact : Prof. Patrick Rérat, E-Mail schreiben

Personal website : https://applicationspub.unil.ch/interpub/noauth/php/Un/UnPers.php?PerNum=63246&LanCode=37&menu=coord

OUVEMA www.unil.ch/ouvema

Passage-paysage project: https://www.unil.ch/ouvema/fr/home/menuinst/recherche/passage-paysage.html

PNR81: https://www.nfp81.ch/fr

Your application

Deadline : 10.03.2025

If you are interested, please send us the following documents –  in PDF format – via the University of Lausanne's online system:

• Letter of motivation


• A full curriculum vitae


• A copy of a publication (doctoral dissertation or paper)


• A copy of university degrees

Only applications submitted via the online system will be considered.

We thank you for your understanding.

Additional information

UNIL is committed to:
•    equality, diversity and inclusion within its community;
•    ensuring an open and respectful environment that is conducive to personal development;
•    offering working conditions that facilitate work-life balance;
•    supporting early career researchers.

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