The primary objective of this thesis is to critically examine the evaluation framework of applied Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and propose adjustment measures. To achieve this, the first step is to map out the successes and pitfalls of current transport transition paths by analyzing EU support programs and identifying gaps in knowledge resources. Building on this, the second step involves conducting a comparative analysis of selected case studies where transport policies have been successfully implemented. Finally, the third step is to critically review existing EU evaluation plans, with a particular focus on knowledge integration and transfer, to identify areas for improvement.
Goethe University Frankfurt is one of the largest universities in Germany with more than 48,000 full-time students. The Institute of Human Geography of GUF conducts a broad spectrum of urban and regional social sciences based research. About 30 researchers (permanent staff and post-docs) and 25 PhD students work at the institute.
The Mobility Research Group, headed by Prof. Lanzendorf, specialises in four dimensions of urban transformation processes related to transportation: travel behaviour change, social aspects, built environment and governance.
Applicants are encouraged to learn German.
Requirements to be admitted in the doctoral programme can be consulted here.
Martin Lanzendorf is a professor for Mobility Research in the Department of Human Geography at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, since 2008. Before, he worked at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Utrecht University (Netherlands), Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig University and LMU Munich. His key research interests are transdisciplinary projects related to the socio-ecological transformation of the mobility system (e.g. related to travel behaviour change, daily travel practices and governance processes).
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