The steering committee serves as a forum for discussion, exchange, and brainstorming. Taking the form of a research seminar, it meets twice a year.

Characterized by a diversity of perspectives and a multidisciplinary approach, the committee embodies the unique position of the Mobile Lives Forum—at the intersection of research, politics, and the arts. Members bring their expertise, rigor, pragmatism, and optimism to advance the work of the Forum.

The committee reviews the Mobile Lives Forum’s research findings, in order to help shape the next projects. It also debates the political proposals developed by the Forum, before they are presented to the wider public.

Current members

Éric CHAREYRON
Éric Chareyron is the head of Keoscopie (part of the Keolis Group), an observatory on lifestyles and mobility trends that combines different methodological approaches. His work with Keoscopie focuses on understanding the plurality of individuals and the diversity of territories, on distinguishing flows and people, and on observing behaviour over a “long” timeframe.

Éric CHARMES
Éric Charmes is research director at ENTPE, an engineering school located in Vaulx-en-Velin and part of the University of Lyon. He specializes in urban studies, urbanism and development. He is a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Lab on Cities, Spaces and Society (RIVES, part of the UMR CNRS EVS).

Marie CHÉRON
Marie Chéron is in charge of Mobility at the Nicolas Hulot Foundation.

Yves CROZET
Yves Crozet is a professor at the University of Lyon, emeritus since 2015 and a member of the Transport, Urban Planning and Economics Laboratory (LAET-CNRS). He is also a research fellow at CERRE (Brussels). In 2016, he published a book called Hyper-mobilité et politiques publiques : changer d’époque ?.

Antoine DE ROCQUIGNY
A graduate of HEC and IEP Paris, and a former student of ENA, Antoine de Rocquigny began his career in 1999 in the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance. He joined the SNCF in 2003 as head of TER strategy, and has held various positions in the company: deputy director of TER Nord-Pas de Calais, director of the Picardie region and then director of the president's cabinet. After a spell as deputy director of the cabinet of the Minister for the Budget, he joined the Travel business in 2013 as director of operations and customer service, then as director in charge of finance, strategy and legal affairs. He is now Secretary General of SNCF Immobilier.

Cécile DUFLOT
Cécile Duflot was appointed Executive Director of Oxfam France in June 2018. Oxfam France is an international solidarity organization that has been mobilizing citizens to fight against inequality and poverty for 30 years, by acting both on the root causes and the direct consequences of these inequalities.

Jean-Baptiste FRESSOZ
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz is a historian of science, technology and environment, and researcher at the CNRS (EHESS). He is the author of several books including The Joyful Apocalypse. A History of Technological Risk, and co-author of The Anthropocene Event and of The Revolts of the Sky. He is currently working on the history of energy and material symbioses.

Caroline GALLEZ
Caroline Gallez is a researcher at Université Gustave Eiffel. She studies the social and environmental issues associated with the regulation of urban mobility and energy. Her recent research focuses on mobility dependence, on policies and citizen initiatives geared towards the ecological “transition” and on environmental justice.

Mark HUNYADI
Mark Hunyadi is a philosopher and professor at UCLouvain (Belgium). He is the author of The Tyranny of Lifestyles (2015) and In the Beginning is Trust (2020). Associate professor at the Institut Mines-Télécom of Paris, he is also a member of the Ethics Committee of Orange (France), as well as of the joint ethics committee INRAE-CIRAD-IFREMER-IRD.

Lucile JANSSOONE
A graduate of Sciences Po Lille, Lucile Janssoone is the CSR & Sustainable Mobility project manager within the Réseau Alliances, the network of responsible entrepreneurs in Hauts-de-France. Through the Déclic Mobilités community, which brings together over 350 public and private actors, she coordinates a regional ecosystem and supports employers in mobility management.

Vincent KAUFMANN
Swiss sociologist and scientific director of the Forum Vies Mobiles, Vincent Kaufmann is a mobility research pioneer and inventor of the concept of motility . He is director of the Urban Sociology Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (LaSUR-EPFL) and professor of sociology and mobility analysis.

Arnaud LE MARCHAND
Lecturer in economics at the University of Le Havre, Arnaud le Marchand is a member of the TERRA scientific network.

Nicolas MATHIEU
Nicolas Mathieu is a French writer born in 1978. His second novel, Leurs enfants après eux (Actes Sud, 2018) was awarded the Goncourt Prize. He published Connemara (Actes Sud) in February 2022.

Dominique MEDA
Director of the University of Paris-Dauphine Social Science Laboratory, IRISSO (Institut de recherche interdisciplinaire en sciences sociales) and professor of sociology at Paris-Dauphine, Dominique Meda is Ecological Reconversion, Work and Social Policy chair at the Collège d’études mondiales.

Chiara RABBIOSI
Chiara Rabbiosi is a researcher at the Department of Historical and Geographical Sciences and the Ancient World at the University of Padova (Italy). She has an active role in the Centre for Advanced Studies in Mobility and the Humanities ( https://www.mobilityandhumanities.it) and teaches in the Mobility Studies MA program and the Local Development MA program. Her research focuses on tourist mobility, at the crossroads with other types of mobility.

Former members

The steering committee of the Mobile Lives Forum is renewed every three years. Previous members had expertise in a wide range of topics related to mobility and the arts.

David Azéma, Deputy Managing Director of Strategy and Finance of the SNCF Group (2008–2011) and Chairman of the Executive Board of Keolis (2012).

Max Bergman, Professor of Social Research and Methodology at the University of Basel.

Philippe Bihouix, Director General of AREP, specialist in mineral resources and low-tech solutions. He is the president of the think tank, La Fabrique des Mobilités.

Ludovic Bu, a sociologist who helped launch three sustainable and inclusive mobility service companies (including Wimoov). He is the president of the association Moins vite!, which raises awareness on speed-related issues.

Yves Cochet, former Minister of Regional Planning and the Environment. After serving as a member of the French National Assembly from 1997 to 2011, he became a member of the European Parliament. He is the president of the Momentum Institute.

Philippe Duron, former President of the Regional Council of Lower Normandy, Mayor of Caen, President of Caen-la-Mer, and Member of Parliament for Calvados. He is the co-president of the think tank TDIE.

Bernard Emsellem, co-founder and president of the Mobile Lives Forum from 2011 to 2017. He was the Deputy General Director for Communication, Sustainable Development, and Ecomobility at the SNCF.

Mathias Emmerich, Deputy General Director of Performance at SNCF Mobilités from 2014 to 2020 and President of the Mobile Lives Forum from 2018 to 2019.

Sylvie Fol, urban planner and Emeritus Professor of Planning and Urbanism at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Christophe Gay, co-founder and co-director of the Mobile Lives Forum from 2011 to 2023.

Anne Jarrigeon, anthropologist and videographer, lecturer at the Paris School of Urban Planning, and researcher at the City Mobility Transport Laboratory of the Gustave Eiffel University - École des Ponts et Chaussées.

Marie de Lattre-Gasquet, researcher specializing in agriculture and food security.

Christian Licoppe, historian, sociologist, and Professor of Sociology of Information and Communication Technologies at Telecom ParisTech.

Jean-Pierre Martin, writer and Emeritus Professor at the University of Lyon 2.

Marie-Pierre Meynard, former Director of Innovation and Research at the SNCF.

Olivier Mongin, writer, philosopher, and director of Esprit magazine from 1988 to December 2012.

Catherine Morency, civil engineer and Professor of Transportation Planning at Polytechnique Montréal, where she holds the Mobility Chair and the Canada Research Chair.

Jean-Marc Offner, engineer, urban planner, and political scientist. He served as General Director of the Bordeaux Aquitaine Urban Planning Agency and is the president of the Urban School of Sciences Po. He is also the Scientific Director of the 6-T design office.

Valérie Pihet, historian specializing in the collaboration between art and science, and Executive Director of the School of Political Arts at Sciences Po since 2010.

Lionel Rougé, sociologist and lecturer at the University of Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès.

Mimi Sheller, Professor of Sociology, is the founding Director of the New Mobilities Research and Policy Center at Drexel University in Philadelphia..

Hortense Soichet, photographer, member of Studio Hans Lucas. She holds a PhD in Aesthetics.

Bernard Stiegler, philosopher and Director of the Institute for Research and Innovation at the Centre Pompidou from 2006 to 2020. He passed away in 2020.