Mobility Lab

Spatial conditions significantly influence mobility. Conversely, mobility shapes the geographical area. Members of the Mobility Lab carry out first-class research at the interface between geoinformatics and mobility research. The knowledge gained is consistently transferred to practical application and published. Students are involved in the continuous development of knowledge and supervised in the context of project and final theses.

Annual DyMoN project meeting

By Martin Loidl|2023-05-23T19:41:09+02:00May 23rd, 2023|Categories: GI Mobility Lab Blog|Tags: behaviour change, DyMoN, GIS, JPI Europe, mobility, sustainability|

Uppsala, Sweden. Sunny weather, a green and bicycle friendly old town, and phantastic hosts. We could not imagine a better setting for the annual DyMoN project meeting taking place on May 22nd and 23rd. Together with partners from multiple, very [...]

Velo-City 2023 conference

By Martin Loidl|2023-05-17T17:39:04+02:00May 17th, 2023|Categories: GI Mobility Lab Blog|Tags: Cycling Competence Austria, Fahrradkompetenz, Leipzig, NetAScore, Velo-City|

From May 9-12 2023, the Velo-City conference took place in Leipzig, Germany. It is a key event for the domain of cycling mobility, bringing togehter experts from science, planning as well as the public sector and politics. Within a session [...]

Presentation at the Connected Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities Conference 2023

By Dana Kaziyeva|2023-01-30T14:17:08+01:00January 30th, 2023|Categories: GI Mobility Lab Blog|

Beginning of this year we had a pleasure to present intermediate results of the DyMoN project at the Connected Smart and Sustainable Cities and Communities Conference held in Brussels, Belgium. The conference is an annual event organized by Open & [...]

Contribution to Department and University

Research

Knowledge building in the Mobility Lab is largely based on externally funded, national and international research projects. Geospatial, methodological innovations in the field of data modeling, network analysis and the modeling of interrelationships between moving objects and their environment are transferred into a number of mobility-related domains through cross-disciplinary collaborations.

Education

The Mobility Lab is involved in teaching (face-to-face studies, UNIGIS) and provides a stimulating environment for students, who are involved in research activities. Students are supported and mentored in study projects and post-grad research for final theses.

Outreach

Through active media work (social media, web, print, TV), the Mobility Lab makes a strong contribution to the external perception of the department. In addition, the research group is involved in third mission activities, such as the ideas:lab and other outreach events (Lange Nacht der Forschung, ToT, GIS Day etc.).

Networks and Cooperations

A wide-ranging, international network has been established through involvement in research consortia, active participation in scientific conferences and professional associations as well as the organization of events. The network includes colleagues from the academic field, but also representatives of the private sector (especially from planning), authorities (at all levels) and associations. In this environment, the Mobility Lab is perceived as a competence provider, especially in the area of spatial information and active mobility, and offers professional support and collaboration with the mobility management at the University of Salzburg as part of the PLUS Green Campus sustainability initiative.