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Research summary
Cyrille Médard de Chardon holds a PhD in Science and Geography from the Université catholique de Louvain and University of Luxembourg (under the supervision of Geoffrey Caruso and Isabelle Thomas). His dissertation focused on a mixed-mehtods evaluation of the potential and impacts of bicycle sharing systems, as well as the politics and purposes of these new and highly promoted means of urban transportation. His dissertation was awarded the 2017 PhD award by the Network on European Communications and Transport Activity Research (NECTAR).
His current research interests are evaluating Smart City initiatives, smart-mobility, studying new urban mobility structures and governance types, car-free cities, and the potential of sensors for citizen empowerment.
Cyrille has been teaching Geographic Information Science for over a decade at Simon Fraser University, the British Columbia Institue of Technology, the University of Luxembourg and Universtiy of Hull. He is currently involved in a project aiming to develop tools to assist teaching of Geography methodologies.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, A Geographical Analysis of Bicycle Sharing Systems, Université Catholique de Louvain
Award Date: 5 Oct 2016
PhD, A geographical analysis of bicycle-sharing systems, Université du Luxembourg
Award Date: 5 Oct 2016
Master, Designing groundwater visualization interfaces, Simon Fraser University
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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MOBI-HEALTH: MOBI-HEALTH: Mobility, Health and Inclusive Urban Epidemic Resilience
Dijst, M., Van Acker, V., Médard de Chardon, C., Grimsrud, B., Friman, M., Aamodt, G., Suhrcke, M., Moran, V. & Seuring, T.
27/05/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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DigiLEGO: Digital and Blended Learning Resources for Geography and Environmental Sciences
Affolderbach, J., Bunting, J., Médard de Chardon, C., Bacon, K. & Dörry, S.
1/06/21 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
Research output
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The cemetery surveyor application: Non-paper data-collection Methods in Luxembourg burial grounds
Streb, C. K., de Chardon, C. M. & Kolnberger, T., 14 Jul 2023, Innovation and Implementation: Critical Reflections on New Approaches to Historic Mortuary Data Collection, Analysis and Dissemination. Veit, R. & Mytum, H. (eds.). Berghahn Books, p. 212-236 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Green mobility is a policy choice
Medard De Chardon, C., Perchoux, C. & Van Acker, V., 1 Sept 2022, 1 p. Luxembourg : Lëtzebuerger Gemengen (LG).Research output: Other contribution
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Bicycle Sharing
Médard De Chardon, C., 12 May 2021, International Encyclopedia of Transportation. Vickerman, R. (ed.). 1 ed. Elsevier, Vol. 6. p. 19-30 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
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Just transitions through digitally enabled sharing economies?
Affolderbach, J. & Medard De Chardon, C., 23 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Die Erde. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The contradictions of bike-share benefits, purposes and outcomes
Médard de Chardon, C., 1 Mar 2019, In: Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice. 121, p. 401-419 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review