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. 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.

The Mobility Lab at the 15th Austrian Cycling Summit

By Christian Werner|2024-04-19T16:58:09+02:00April 19th, 2024|Categories: GI Mobility Lab Blog|Tags: Austria, conference, Healthy Routing, NetAScore, Radgipfel, VERA|

On April 16 and 17, Martin Loidl and Christian Werner represented the Mobility Lab at the national cycling summit "15. Österreichischer Radgipfel" in Wiener Neustadt. With a total of four contributions we gave diverse insights into our current research and [...]

Presenting the CITWIN project at mobilTUM

By Lucas Vandermeer|2024-04-18T18:03:56+02:00April 18th, 2024|Categories: CITWIN, GI Mobility Lab Blog|Tags: CITWIN, conference, research|

Last week our doctoral researcher Lucas van der Meer went to Munich to attend the MobilTUM conference. This is a conference organized by the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning at the Technical University of Munich, focusing on the [...]

Great achievement: Elena Gaus wins award for her master thesis

By Martin Loidl|2024-03-22T08:05:44+01:00March 21st, 2024|Categories: GI Mobility Lab Blog|Tags: award, Master Thesis, munich, Runder Tisch GIS|

What a great achievement for our former study assistent, Elena Gaus, who received this year's student award at the "GI Runde" (a two-day event for networking in the GIS community) at Technical University Munich. With her master thesis „Evaluation and [...]

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.