Lucas Caluori, M.A.

Since 2025
Research assistant at the University of Hamburg, Department of Sociology, PhD cand. in the graduate college "Urban future-making"

2024 ro 2025
Research assistant at the University of Zurich, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care

2023 to 2025
Research assistant at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, project coordinator "Smart Region Zentralschweiz"

2023 to 2024
Research assistant at ETH Zurich, ETH Wohnforum - CASE (Centre for Research on Architecture, Society & the Built Environment)

2020 to 2022
M. A. Sociology and Philosophy, University of Lucerne

2017 to 2020
B.A. Social and Communication Sciences, University of Lucerne

2011 to 2015
Vocational apprenticeship as a draughtsman specializing in architecture

• Architectural sociology
• Visual sociology
• Artificial intelligence / image-generative AI
• Urban and housing research

- Drafting images: The making of AI architecture. A sociological perspective on architectural visualization in the age of generative diffusion models.

- How do architectural imaginaries hold things together? Towards an STS Perspective on AI Images. STS-CH Conference 2025: Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique, 10-12 Sep 2025, Zurich: ETH Zurich.

- Hauntological Urbanism: Imagining Regenerative Futures in the Age of AI. After the Circular City: Reimagining Regenerative Urbanism, 26-27 Sept 2025, London: Royal College of Art.