The demographic trends of major Alpine ski resort municipalities are contrasted. Estimating their population is challenging due to multilocal lifestyles of permanent residents, seasonal workers, and second home owners. We propose an “inhabitant footprint” approach, based on a survey to analyse how second home owners influence year-round living dynamics in eight Alpine municipalities. The results show ambivalent outcomes depending on the resorts, household situations, and housing characteristics.

This study explores how rocks on glacier surfaces originating from rockfalls help measure erosion rates using a chemical marker called ¹⁰Be. By analyzing data from 31 glaciers we found that erosion rates vary widely but can be accurately estimated and reveal links to rock exposure, glacier movement, and climate effects. Comparing ¹⁰Be erosion rates to other exhumation rates shows cases of balance, slower erosion, or faster erosion, offering insights into the complex drivers of rockwall erosion.

Regional identity is not just about place; it is shaped through everyday interactions and relationships. This study explores how couples experience and express their connection to a region through shared practices, emotions, and conversations. Using narrative couple interviews, the research explores that identity is continuously negotiated and performed. The findings highlight the importance of social ties in shaping regional belonging, offering new insights for regional studies.

This paper draws on 24 interviews with workers who provide care services mediated through digital platforms in Geneva. The findings demonstrate that working via care work platforms is financially unsustainable. The analysis highlights the omnipresence of what we call “platform subsidies”: financial support provided by family or friends to sustain workers' income. The paper criticizes these payments for subsidizing platforms and customers who profit from care as a low-cost service.

Amid a shift in the automotive industry towards data-driven business models and the European expansion of Chinese electric vehicle makers like BYD, NIO, XPeng, and Aiways, this article explores the value creation of navigation services, considering company strategy, localization, inter-firm relationships, and regulations. Based on 43 interviews, we analyse the transformation of automotive production networks, focusing on the organization and spatiality of value creation for digital products.

Focusing on the aftermath of the murder of 8-year-old Araceli in Vitória in 1973, the paper develops an approach to analysing necropolitical power through obfuscated traces of violence. For this purpose, archival research is combined with an account of recent mobilizations around the toponomy related to the murder. What thus emerges is a nuanced analysis of contested “signatures of power” that are inscribed into urban space.

In the paper, we shed light on the extent to which students who moved to a university city perceive their place of study as temporary or permanent. Furthermore, we explore the effects of temporary or permanent living arrangements on place attachments, belonging and feelings of home. The results show that students who moved to the university cities perceive themselves as residents after some years, and quite a few even aim to stay beyond their studies.