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Laurent Matthey is an Associate Professor at the University of Geneva's Department of Geography and Environment since 2014. He directs the Urban Planning orientation of the joint UNIGE-HES-SO Master's in Territorial Development and co-directs the UNIGE-EPFL MAS in Urban Planning. His work bridges ethnography and literary studies, examining political issues in urban narrative production through sensitive registers and attentional regimes.
- Current affiliations: CRESSON team (UMR AAU) since 2023
- Active in EspaceSuisse committee and RAMAU network management
Research focuses on epistemology of urban planning knowledge, organized into two streams:
- Planning discourses and narrative studies
- Ethnography of urban projects
His research-creation explores intersections between:
- Communication and urban planning
- Fiction and urban planning
- Narrative and sensitive methods
- Urban social quality
Current projects include "Participez! Neighborhood makers" (FNS Division 1 funding) and completed works like "The narrative making of the city" (FNS-COST 18126) and "Developing housing cooperatives in Greater Geneva" (Interreg V France-Switzerland). He has supervised doctoral students in Geneva, including Hugo Campi ("Flowers to Convince"), Nicole Peccoud ("Social emergency in Geneva"), and Morgane Rudaz ("Feminist collages").
Key scientific contributions appear in GeoHumanities, Planning Theory, and Social Inclusion, with recent emphasis on:
- AI's role in urban narrative (2024)
- Decolonial planning approaches (2023)
- Affective urbanism (2018)
Teaching encompasses:
- Urban geography and ecology (T206059 BGEO)
- Research-creation seminar (T416007 MDT)
- Creative methods in metropolitan foresight
Professional engagements include urban quality studies for Geneva's Urban Planning Office and Lausanne's Roads Department. He has co-authored foundational texts on Swiss urbanism with Christophe Mager and David Gaillard, exploring topics like "Urbanism fictionnel" (2011) and "Being an urban planner" (2016).
