The VIGS association has participated in numerous studies and research projects on the topics of transport, mobility, territorial planning…

  • PUCA research project

    • 20 year history of urban public actions (Participatory seminar co-organised with Max Rousseau and Vincent Béal)

    • Establishment of urban expertise in the structure of public action. History of urban transformation in Lyon since the 1960s

    • The construction of a community territory: The sites, projects, representations and policies

    • The condition of the sites in question and the organisation of a seminar on the roads into the city.

  • Studies conducted for the SNCF

    • Social division and the issues of mobility
    • Rail network concepts (Forum Vies Mobiles)
  • Studies conducted for the Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development

    • ITTECOP Territorial Transport Infrastructures, Landscapes and Ecosystems (CGDD): Evaluation of the effects of twinning territorial transport infrastructures on the functionality and perceptions of the territory. Diachronic approaches, practical cases and objective methodologies.

    • History of the Economic and International Affairs service (History committee)

    • History of scientific policies of the Ministry of Equipment (History committee)

  • Studies conducted for Drees-MIRE

    •  “Practices and Social Management Tools”: Decentralised social policies and social performance
  • Projects for the Rhône-Alpes region

    • The democratisation of access to art practices through learning in art teaching establishments.
    • ARC 8 regional research programme on the transformation of urban expertise from the 1960s to the modern day.
    • Cluster 14, Axe 6 regional research programme: “Scientific policies and the issues of social sciences”, Project 3: Management training in public action.
  • Studies conducted for MEDCIE South-eastern France

    •  Territorial cultures and dynamics (coordination of a team of researchers on several sites: Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Lyon-Saint-Etienne)
  • Studies conducted for ADEME

    •  (Sub)urban structures, transport, housing, energy, environment, localisation: Assessment (PERITHEL)
  • Study conducted for AGUR and the urban community of Dunkirk

    • Evaluation of the provision of free public transport in the urban area of Dunkirk 2016-2018