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Merlin holds a PhD of Sciences (VUB) and Geography (UniLux). Currently, he is a voluntary researcher at the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research at VUB and a research fellow at the Urban Development and Mobility department at LISER (Luxembourg). He is interested in fare-free public transport, the political economy of mobility policies, the labour conditions of transport workers, and public space policing and surveillance.
In his PhD, Merlin has investigated the politics of public transport fare policies (including fare-free public transport) through these three lenses. Notably, he examined the impacts of such policies in how public transport spaces are policed, and the role of transport workers and passengers in these processes. In addition, he researched the implications of fare policies for the working conditions of transport staff.
External positions
PhD Candidate, LISER - LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH
2021 → 2025
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“There Ain’t No Fuel!” Addressing Material Scarcity in Urban Mobility in Santiago de Cuba
Keblowski, W., Maciejewska, M., Gillard, M. & Martínez Alonso, L., 11 Feb 2026, In: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 116, 5, p. 1284-1303 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fare-free public transport: from policy fringes to an established practice
Keblowski, W., Maciejewska, M., Gillard, M., Boussauw, K. & Van Acker, V., 18 Aug 2025, The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Urban Transport. Budd, L., Ison, S. & Attard, M. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, p. 257-267 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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From the fringes to the mainstream and back? The geography of pandemic-driven evolution of fare-free public transport in the United States
Maciejewska, M., Keblowski, W. & Gillard, M., 2025, In: Journal of Public Transportation. 27, p. 1-10 10 p., 100119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How fair is fare-free public transport for workers? Insights from railway workers in Luxembourg
Gillard, M. & Ruud, S. F., 2025.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished abstract
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Les politiques tarifaires: des frontières dans les espaces publics des transports ?
Gillard, M., 18 Jun 2025.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished abstract
Thesis
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Policing cities under antiterrorism: towards the sanctuarisation of events in public space?: Festive events and protests in Brussels
Gillard, M. ((PhD) Student), De Melo Melgaço, L. (Promotor) & Debailleul, C. (Promotor), 2019Student thesis: Master's Thesis