Measuring acceptability beyond support
and opposition

Rather than treating public opinion as a binary matter of support or opposition, TRANSITER measures acceptability as a multidimensional construct: whether people judge a measure effective, whether they consider it fair, how they expect it to affect their own daily life, and what they believe others around them think. The project also aims to capture how residents arbitrate between competing policy intensities and compensation arrangements.

Comparing public acceptance across Luxembourg
and Switzerland

In partnership with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), TRANSITER extends this design to an international comparison with the Swiss case, allowing the drivers of acceptability to be tested across two contexts with contrasting institutional, territorial and mobility configurations. The findings are disseminated both as scientific outputs and as policy briefs addressed to Luxembourgish public administrations and citizens, providing evidence on where public support for the transition already exists, where it is contested, and under which conditions it can be built.

Dr. Umberto Sconfienza is a researcher at the Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS) and an associate researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). His research lies at the intersection of environmental policy, political science and discourse analysis. He is interested in how policies become socially acceptable, the ethical and normative assumptions underlying that acceptability, and the way environmental issues are framed and contested in public discourse. He leads the TRANSITER research programme at LISER.

Email : umberto.sconfienza-ext@liser.lu

Dr. Frédéric Durand is a researcher in urban geography and spatial planning within the Urban Development and Mobility department at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). His work focuses on cross-border regions, which he examines through the analysis of governance, integration processes and territorial dynamics. He also explores the socio-spatial challenges of the ecological transition, with a particular focus on the social acceptability of public policies. He coordinates and contributes to several national and European research projects, as well as to the development of territorial observatories dedicated to analysing territorial dynamics, cross-border cooperation and territorial resilience.

Email : frederic.durand@liser.lu

Dr. Antoine Decoville is a researcher in urban geography and spatial planning within the Urban Development and Mobility department at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). He is responsible for the Territorial Development Observatory, an analytical and decision-support tool for the Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning. His academic research focuses in particular on territorial governance, cross-border cooperation, land-use policies, territorial resilience and citizens’ perceptions of public policies.

Email : antoine.decoville@liser.lu

Dr. Guillaume Drevon (EPFL, Fondation Modus)

Guillaume Drevon is a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and director of the MODUS Foundation for Sustainable Mobility in Geneva. His research focuses mainly on collective and individual temporalities.

Lucie Palanché (EPFL)

Lucie Palanché is a PhD student at the Laboratory of Urban Sociology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). She has a multi-disciplinary background in urban issues and training in public policy, specifically focusing on challenges inherent to cities and territories. Her current research focuses on the transition of lifestyles and the social acceptability of environmental policies.