Research projects

	Second homes: what changes in practices following the COVID-19 crisis? The years 2020 and 2021 were hit by the COVID-19 health crisis. This crisis has had many economic and societal impact... More...	2022-2023
	Mountain huts as observatories of mountain governance in the Franco-Swiss Alps Climate change, combined with socio-cultural, economic and political transformations in mountain regions, is profound... More...	2022-2025
	The role of second home owners in the governance of mountain resorts Second homes have been the subject of a lot of research in recent decades. These studies have regularly focused on th... More...	2021-2026
	Winter sports resorts and climate change. An understanding of obsolescence processes, using environmental history methods The research studies the trajectory of winter sports resorts built at high altitudes, with a particular interest in t... More...	2021-2024
	Secondary residences: practices of residents and strategies of destinations in Valais As an integral part of the tourism and residential system, second homes directly question the future of Alpine territ... More...	2021 >
	More...	2015-2016
	Rural Tourism and Local Perceptions of Change This dissertation project analyses local perceptions of change related to tourism development in Lashi Hai, a wetland co... More...	2015 >
	Between Abyss and Metamorphosis: an interdisciplinary approch to the development of tourist resorts Resort development raises not only the question of rise and decline of tourism, but also of the change of place qualitie... More...	2011-2015