Dr Benjamin MOTTE-BAUMVOL

Affiliations

At SUAD: Sorbonne University Research Institute
Research Center “Global Societies, Cultures, Cities and Arts” and “Environment and Sustainable Development”

Research Interests

My research explores the relationships between mobility, urban form, and social inequality, with a particular focus on the transformations driven by telework, e-commerce, and digital infrastructures. I am interested in the spatial and temporal reconfigurations of everyday mobility, the environmental impacts of new mobility practices, and the evolution of accessibility in urban and peri-urban contexts. My work combines quantitative methods, spatial modelling, and survey analysis to inform sustainable and equitable urban policies.

PhD in

Geography & Planning

Research Collaborations

My research is grounded in sustained collaborations with international academic partners in Europe, North America, and Latin America. I have worked closely with colleagues at institutions such as the University of Oxford (United Kingdom), EPFL and the University of Lausanne – UNIL (Switzerland), LISER (Luxembourg), McGill University (Canada), and several Brazilian universities, including the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil). These partnerships have led to joint publications, co-supervised theses, and collaborative research projects on mobility, accessibility, and urban inequality. I also maintain strong links with national research teams in France through multidisciplinary projects supported by national and regional research bodies and private partners.

Publications Book chapters

• 2024 Unevenly Distributed Mobility, Spotlight on Brazil. in Urban Mobility Systems in the World 23–44. ISTE & John Wiley & Sons, London & Hoboken. 978-1-789-45154-2. Motte-Baumvol, B.

Journal Articles

• 2024 (Q1 SCOPUS) Transportation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-024-10560-y. Older adults’ immobility: disentangling choice and constraint. Motte-Baumvol, B., Pélata, J., Armoogum, J. & Bonin, O. Link:
  
• 2024 (Q1 SCOPUS) International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 18, 962–971, https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2024.2425726. Mapping out the current and ideal weekly distribution of remote work in France after COVID-19. Belton Chevallier, L., Aguilera, A., Viana Cerqueira, E., Pigalle, E. & Motte-Baumvol, B.
  
• 2024 (Q1 SCOPUS) Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 132, 104245, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104245. Telework and the day-to-day variability of travel behaviour: The specificities of Fridays. Motte-Baumvol, B., Schwanen, T. & Bonin, O.
  
• 2024 (Q1 SCOPUS) Travel Behaviour and Society 34, 100668, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100668. Telework, travel times, and peak hour avoidance in England: An overview using travel times across five weekdays. Motte-Baumvol, B. & Schwanen, T.
  
• 2024 Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography, https://doi.org/10.4000/130zb. Understanding the socio-spatial determinants of online shopping through household delivery option choices Belton Chevallier, L., Motte-Baumvol, B. & Aguiléra, A.
• 2023 (Q1 SCOPUS) Transportation 50, 1723–1742, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-022-10292-x. Immobility in a weekly mobility routine: studying the links between mobile and immobile days for employees and retirees. Motte-Baumvol, B., Fen-Chong, J. & Bonin, O.
  
• 2023 (Q1 SCOPUS) International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 17, 515–526, https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2022.2074326. Does e-grocery shopping reduce CO 2 emissions for working couples’ travel in England?. Motte-Baumvol, B., Belton Chevallier, L. & Bonin, O.
  
• 2023 (Q1 SCOPUS) Journal of Transport Geography 108, 103577, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103577. The effects of informality on socio-spatial inequalities in accessibility to job opportunities: Evidence from Fortaleza, Brazil. Pinto, D. G. L., Loureiro, C. F. G., de Matos Sousa, F. F. L. & Motte-Baumvol, B.