Human Mobility

Our research focuses on individual decision-making and empirical methods to investigate mobility behaviour and behaviour change in transport. To understand mobility behaviour, we place particular emphasis on the interaction of humans with their physical and socio-cultural environments. Key areas of application include mode choice and the acceptance, use, and impacts of emerging transport technologies and services, such as electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, car sharing, and crowdshipping.

We also design and evaluate spatial and behavioural interventions aimed at promoting more sustainable mobility behaviours. These interventions are typically tailored to specific target groups, based on socio-demographic, spatial, or psychographic profiles, and are grounded in theoretical frameworks.

Our research provides a foundation for policy support in addressing a range of challenges in the transport sector, including the green transition, inclusive mobility, congestion, land use pressures in urban areas, equity, safety, and the mitigation of transport-related externalities.

Aiming for a holistic understanding of human mobility, we are an interdisciplinary team of researchers with backgrounds in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Transportation Science, Anthropology, Geography, and Social Data Science.