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Chronos is a research firm specializing in sociology and innovation advising. Our strength lies in our unique ability to blend observations, questioning and analysis of the evolution and issues surrounding mobility.

Under the direction of Bruno Marzloff, Chronos was created as a platform of exchange. Groupe Chronos brings together the actors from the transportation, information technology, and media sectors as well as from cities.

The group's objective is to conceive a complete package of future services to accompany individuals' throughout their daily lives.

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Ghent - how to give a human face to places

20 10/2011 Lou Marzloff

Ghent, the second biggest city in Flanders, is viewed as a model when it comes to urban renewal projects. The specificity of the municipality is to develop these projects in a "one to one" dynamic: local renewal projects are carried one after the other, for the municipality to only focus on one project at a time and thus better reach its objectives.

Oxigen for the Brugse Poort, which started in 2002, is one of those flagship Ghent's urban renewal projects. The Brugse Poort is part of the so-called 19th century belt, an industrial working class neighbourhood. It has faced different types of problems: lack of public spaces, poor housing conditions and a negative public image.

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Citizen Mobile in Liberation
A vision: Digital communication will transform citizens into forms of media, Sociologist Bruno Marzloff predicts.

15/12/2008
Mobile Formats and Twitter on the Rise
The blossoming of mobile messaging formats is not only a sign of vitality of the market for mobile communications, but it reveals an intensification of asynchronous communication of new and more complex technology. All this is underlined by Twitter calmly considering its future after refusing an offer to be bought out by Facebook.

08/12/2008
iPhone : the Do-It-All Device
With more than 200,000 iPhones sold since July 2008 and more than 200 million applications downloaded from iStore, the iPhone still remains primarily in the hands of young people and professionals. The topics of culture, usage, and the economic model of the iPhone were discussed at the MobileMonday Paris conference.

02/12/2008
Six Challenges for the Bike. Steps to follow.
Hai voluto la bicicletta? e allora pédala! (You wanted the bike? Now you pedal!). This mischievous Italian expression signifies a commitment from which we cannot retreat.

01/12/2008
Interview with Alfred Sauvy - Economist, Demographer, and French Sociologist
These days, we are uncertain about what to keep and what to change. In the midst of crisis upon crisis, a rash reaction could result in throwing modern advancements "out with the bathwater." After a century-long legacy, the automobile finds itself at the crossroads of six of today's major crises.

20/08/2008
One train ahead. How do more with less?
Jean-Pierre Farandou, General Directeur of SNCF Proximités stated, "We can offer more mobility with less environmental impact...a lot of mobility! The ability to be several places at once. The ability to be recognized. The ability to do everything at any place at any time."

09/08/2008

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Présentation de Chronos

Chronos est un cabinet d'études et de prospective dont les travaux s'articulent autour de quatre grands thèmes : les mobilités, la ville, le numérique et le quotidien.