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	Mountain COMmons : questioning past and present Commons to address territorial development issues in MOUNTain areas (ComMount) In the context of global change, mountains are facing important economic, social and environmental issues. Contempora... More...	2023-2027
	Vulnerability and adaptation of summer ski destinations in Valais Summer skiing is an economic activity in Valais that is threatened by the melting of glaciers due to global warming. ... More...	2023-2023
	Territorialisation through site-specific art in outlying towns in Switzerland and Italy My dissertation project lies at the intersection of geography and contemporary art, and is a continuation of the rese... More...	2022-2027
	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
	Transformation of glacier tourism in the face of climate change Climate change is leading to a strong glacial retreat in the mountains. In this context, this project aims to underst... More...	2022-2025
	The evolution of recreational alpinism in a changing climate Climate change is leading to a rapid evolution of the high mountains, changing the practices that take place there. A... More...	2022-2025
	Perception of climate and carbon risks among tourism stakeholders in Valais Tourism is both affected by and contributes to climate change. As a result, tourism stakeholders need to adapt to the... More...	2022-2025
	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
	Digital skills and cross-domain entrepreneurship for societal challenges - Cooperation partnerships in higher education \| ERASMUS+ 2021-2023 Project objectives The project has set out three principal objectives: (i) to cultivate innova... More...	2021-2023
	Ethnography of the Rearrangements of Sensitive, Ritualized and Aesthetic Relationships with the High Alpine Mountains As a result of global warming, glaciers retreat is accelerating and rocks collapses are multiplying in the high mount... More...	2021-2022
	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
	Overtourism? Les villes comptent In the current debate about overtourism in European cities, a controversy which could be further fueled by the role o... More...	2021-2025
	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 >
	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
	Revisiting the commons in the light of current and future territorial challenges (COMETE) The objective of the COMETE project (Les COMmuns à l'aune des Enjeux TErritoriaux actuels et futurs) is to bring tog... More...	2021-2022
	Mountain commons in the face of global change: analysing the past to understand present changes (MOUN) In recent years, new self-managed collective structures have developed in mountain areas around the preservation or d... More...	2020-2021
	Inventory of wine tourism in Valais The aim of this project is to make an inventory of wine tourism offers in the Valais. It seeks to analyse and underst... More...	2020 >
	Mountains in transition(s) As climate change and environmental issues become more pressing, mountain areas are particularly vulnerable: faster t... More...	2019 >
	Wine tourism and territorial development in Valais D. thesis under the supervision of Prof. Leïla Kebir, this research work aims to analyse the trajectory of the wine ... More...	2019-2024
	The role of commons in tourism and territorial development This research aims to highlight the different types of interrelations between (urban) commons, tourism and territoria... More...	2019-2024
	Tourism and the changing heritage: case study of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage site This research project studies heritage tourism and development issue in the World Heritage Site (WHS) of Honghe Hani Ric... More...	2017-2021
	The making of energoculture. The politics of cultural projects in the energy sector Cette enquête porte sur des projets culturels, patrimoniaux et touristiques visant à mettre en valeur des infrastru... More...	2016-2017
	Travel, meditation and self-transformation? An ethnography of Buddhist retreat tourism in the Indian Himalayas This doctoral dissertation explores the phenomenon of so-called spiritual retreat tourism, which has expanded conside... More...	2016 >
	Imagining new ways of being through travel and tourism : Black Germans on tour The PhD project explores the relation between travel and identity. It is located in the field of the anthropology of ... More...	2016-2021
	Oenotourism in the Valais The project will develop a best-practice guide for oenotourism. It is aimed at political decision makers and professionn... More...	2015-2016
	Wine tourism on the ground: Experiences from China, California, Bordeaux, Alentejo, Burgenland, Stellebosch and Valais More...	2015-2016
	Practices of Disconnection in Banff National Park The research for this doctoral thesis aims at understanding the issues related to disconnection from new information tec... More...	2015 >
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	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 >
	Sport tourism : a playful and multidimensional practice of space This PhD research investigates a contemporary leisure practice -- outdoor sport tourism -- and the multiple ways it enga... More...	2015-2020
	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
	Globalisation of tourism. The extension of the touristic ecumene between 1800 and 2000. Since the beginning of the 19th century, tourism's spatial patterns have dramatically changed: from a system comprising ... More...	2011-2015