Program and Further Information

When: 20.-21.07.2021

Where: Online*

* Applicable for the speakers: Location of the Summer School events in case of in-person participation: Conference room of the Boysen-TU Dresden-Research Training Group (or see the map here).

Program description

The Boysen-TU Dresden-Summer School 'Mobility in Transition' 2021 aims at tackling possible pathways of future mobility by creating an interdisciplinary understanding of the complexity of the whole transport system, while focusing on specific elements, developments, drivers, and impacts. Thereby, transport systems can be considered as socio-technical systems, characterized by the interplay of humans and technology. The summer school tries to shed light onto the interconnected elements: Policy and Governance, Technologies and Infrastructures, Markets, Culture and Mobility patterns.

The Summer School programme focuses on the following three leading questions:

• Which challenges stem from the mobility transition?
• Which disruptive technologies and innovations drive the mobility transition?
• Which technological and societal solutions on international scale should be pursued to foster the mobility transition?

The participants can engage with the interdisciplinary facets of the mobility transition through from key-note lectures, fish bowl discussions, and presentations by high-profile, international and national researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. Moreover, event formats and panel discussions are organized in close cooperation with DRESDEN-Concept partners such as the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IÖR) and UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES).

Last Minute Cancellation

We are sorry to announce that Prof. Dr. Andreas Knie won't be able participate.

Note

• Information about all the speakers can be found in the section Speakers.
• Information about individual moderators can be found at their university website profiles:
  • Dr.-Ing. Anna Martius
  • Richard Hartl, Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing.
  • Andrea Hauslbauer, M.Sc.
  • Omid Samani, M.Sc.
  • Hani Shahmoradi-Moghadam, M.Sc.
  • Felix Spranger, M.Sc.
  • Björn Verse, M.Sc.

Learning outcomes for the participants

The Boysen-TU Dresden-Summer School aims to make the participants aware of complex socio-technical nature of transport systems and ongoing processes of change. They should be equipped with the knowledge and skills to understand the multiple causality and insights into the co-evolution of independent developments reinforcing each other. Furthermore, the programme aims to make them able to reflect the position of their own discipline within the mobility transition and to understand the benefits of interdisciplinary cooperation. In addition, participants will obtain the opportunity to publish their own scientific research in a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal „Sustainability“ (IF: 2.8).

Remarks on the program

The official language of the Summer School is English. All presentations and lectures will be held in English.

Official Summer School Videos

The official introduction video of our Summer School can be found here. An extended version including a welcome part presented in different languages can be found here. May you be interested in getting to know the Boysen-TU Dresden-Research Training Group, feel free to watch this video.

Certificate of participation

Digital certificates of participation will be given to participants who attend in the entire Summer School and the organization team can track their name during each session. No credit points for the participation are provided.