Fabio Scetti鈥檚听work in sociolinguistics and lexicography focuses mainly on migrations, language variations and minority languages in danger (notably Valoc鈥� and Ladin in northern Italy, and Arb毛resh in central and southern Italy). His most recent book, , is an ethnographic survey of the status and evolution of the Portuguese language through the daily language practices of members of the Portuguese community of Montr茅al and their identity dynamics.听Since completing his PhD in Language Sciences at Universit茅 Paris-Descartes (2016), Fabio Scetti has focused on Portuguese immigration to the United States and Australia, and more recently on Brazilian immigration to Japan.

During his residency at CIRM, Dr. Scetti will continue his research on the Italian community of Montr茅al,听started in 2018, with the aim of analyzing language practices and the representations that members of this 鈥渃ommunity鈥� have of these practices.

Alex鈥檚 research deals with Autonomous vehicles (AVs) and urban cycling. AVs are becoming increasingly capable at piloting themselves in more complex environments. Until there is widespread adoption and the technology matures, there will be a period of transition where both conventional and autonomous vehicles will operate simultaneously. During this transition period, there are many unknowns among occupant users and non-occupant users, specifically vulnerable road users (VRUs). Alex鈥檚 project, entitled Ride the Autonomous City, aims to close the research gap on cyclist perceptions, opinions, attitudes, and infrastructure preferences as it relates to AVs. His work during his time at CIRM is primarily focused on AV tests underway in and around Plaza St-Hubert.

Pavel Kunysz鈥檚 doctoral research deals with the challenging of site imaginaries by architects in the context of fallow redevelopment in Li猫ge (Belgium) and Montr茅al. In this context, Pavel will carry out three months of historical and ethnographic research on the Montr茅al fallow of the Champ听des possibles, with the aim of distinguishing the social imaginaries attached to it and their evolution from the opening of the Canadian Pacific rail yard to the present day. The second part of the research will focus on the more specific development operations that concern and have concerned the site and their relationship to the erasure, extension or replacement of the social imaginaries present. These activities will be an extension of the research programme Supporting the possibilities of urban commoning in Montr茅al鈥檚 Champ des Possibles听co-led by Nik Luka (CIRM / 海角社区) and Amy Poteete (Concordia). This project is also part of a broader attempt to intersect French pragmatic sociology with the critical theories of Cornelius Castoriadis in the situated field of territorial planning.

In the field of sociolinguistics, Anna Giaufret鈥檚 research focuses on the variations of French in Quebecois comic strips, as well as the written discourses of social mobilization groups such as the 鈥淕uerilla Guardening鈥�. During her stay in Montreal, she led a first seminar entitled Nuits l茅gendaires 脿 Montr茅al听(Legendary Nights in Montreal). This event, held at , explored the visuals of Montreal nights in the comic strip La femme aux cartes postales听by Claude Paiement and Jean-Paul Eid. Anna Giaufret also took advantage of her stay in the city to pursue her research on Montreal comic books, a subject on which she is preparing a book听for this year at the Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval. Finally, she presented some of her work at a CIRM听workshop entitled Montr茅al dans les bulles : la repr茅sentation de Montr茅al dans les bandes-dessin茅es des jeunes auteurs montr茅alais.

L鈥檃ire m茅tropolitaine de Barcelone (AMB) rassemble 3,2 millions d鈥檋abitant路e路s 鈥撎�40% de la population catalane - dans 36 municipalit茅s. Ce territoire est dot茅 d'une institution, l鈥橝MB, cr茅茅e par la loi 31/2010 du Parlement de Catalogne, charg茅e de la fourniture de services tels que le traitement des d茅chets, l鈥檈au et les transports publics, ainsi que de comp茅tences en mati猫re d鈥檜rbanisme, de d茅veloppement 茅conomique et coh茅sion sociale. Bien que la population se d茅place chaque jour dans les municipalit茅s m茅tropolitaines et qu鈥檈lle re莽oive des services m茅tropolitains, sa r茅f茅rence en termes de participation 茅lectorale et politique, pour les services et les politiques susmentionn茅s, est strictement d茅finie au niveau local. L鈥橝MB est une institution inconnue du public pour diverses raisons, notamment parce que c鈥檈st une institution de choix indirect (les conseils sont repr茅sent茅s par des mairies et des conseils) et parce que des m茅canismes de participation des citoyens 脿 l鈥櫭ヽhelle m茅tropolitaine n鈥檕nt pas 茅t茅 d茅finis. L鈥檕bjectif de ce projet est de d茅velopper des outils de participation m茅tropolitaine ainsi qu鈥檜n rapport et des recommandations sur la viabilit茅, la commodit茅 et le contenu d鈥檜n r猫glement sp茅cifique concernant la participation m茅tropolitaine, permettant ainsi une am茅lioration 脿 long terme de la qualit茅 et de la l茅gitimit茅 d茅mocratique de l'AMB. Afin de comprendre les potentialit茅s et les limites des instruments participatifs m茅tropolitains, nous comparons l'exp茅rience de trois entit茅s m茅tropolitaines. En plus de l鈥檃ire m茅tropolitaine de Barcelone, nous nous concentrerons sur trois 茅tudes comparatives pour l鈥檃pplication d鈥檕utils participatifs : la r茅gion m茅tropolitaine de Quito, la Communaut茅 m茅tropolitaine de Montr茅al et la M茅tropole de Lille, puisque chacune a d茅velopp茅 des instruments de participation 脿 l鈥櫭ヽhelle m茅tropolitaine. La recherch茅 脿 d茅velopper 脿 Montr茅al va se concentrer sur la Communaut茅 m茅tropolitaine de Montr茅al (CMM). Cr茅茅e en 2001, la CMM est un organisme de planification m茅tropolitaine comprenant 82 municipalit茅s et pr猫s de 4 millions de personnes. L鈥檜ne de ses t芒ches principales consiste 脿 approuver le plan de planification territoriale, le Plan m茅tropolitain d'am茅nagement et de d茅veloppement (PMAD). Le PMAD est entr茅 en vigueur en 2012 et l'un des m茅canismes de participation citoyenne est l鈥橝gora m茅tropolitaine, c茅l茅br茅e tous les deux ans. Le processus de formulation du PMAD pr茅voyait d茅j脿 une s茅rie d鈥檃teliers de participation, qui ont 茅t茅 conserv茅s pour suivre le plan. C鈥檈st une bonne r茅f茅rence pour le cas de Barcelone, qui est en train de r茅diger son propre plan d'am茅nagement du territoire. Afin de comprendre le cas de Montr茅al, nous allons rechercher et analyser la documentation disponible. Nous r茅aliserons aussi des interviews semi-structur茅es avec des informateurs cl茅s du m茅canisme de participation, en mettant un accent particulier sur le exp茅riences concr猫tes et 茅valuations r茅alis茅es en prenant en compte :

1. 听les participant路e路s (ouverture et type de participant路e路s);
2. 听le degr茅 d'information, de consultation et de d茅lib茅ration;
3. 听les impacts li茅s aux contributions ou modifications incorpor茅es en ce qui concerne les moments pr茅c茅dant la participation;
4. le degr茅 de compl茅mentarit茅 avec les syst猫mes de participation municipaux. Les personnes interrog茅es et les personnes interrog茅es r茅pondront 脿 diff茅rents profils, si possible :

• les citoyen路ne路s et/ou associations ayant particip茅;
• technicien路ne路s de l鈥檃dministration municipale et de l鈥檃dministration m茅tropolitaine;
• les politicien路ne路s du gouvernement local et de l鈥檃dministration m茅tropolitaine.

Au total, il est pr茅vu de r茅aliser entre 7 et 10 entretiens.