On December 19, 2024, the kick-off workshop for the ReMIX project – Regulatory, Organizational, and Political Dimensions of Mobility Innovations – took place at the Hochschule für Politik of the Technical University of Munich. Funded through the MCube Future Cluster Program, the project aims to support the design of mobility transformations in urban areas from an integrated social science perspective. The Chair of Climate and Environmental Policy is analysing the governance of the urban mobility transition in the European multi-level-context.
Mobility, Technology, and Social Change
The current mobility transition is closely intertwined with technological innovations such as digital data spaces, connected infrastructures, and autonomous systems. However, these technology-centric approaches only unfold their full potential through appropriate regulatory and organizational frameworks and societal negotiation processes. ReMIX examines how governance systems and experimental approaches – such as real-world laboratories – can contribute to embedding these innovations in regional contexts in a socially and ecologically sustainable manner.
The goal is to develop evidence-based recommendations that support and institutionalize the transformation of mobility at the municipal level in the long term.
Academic Exchange and Project Objectives
The workshop began with an analysis of the results from the first phase of MCube funding. Expert presentations explored key topics such as data-driven governance models, sustainable mobility planning, and the role of experimental formats. These inputs served as the foundation for a visioning phase in which participants collaboratively formulated ideal project outcomes from the perspective of 2027.
Partners and Expertise
ReMIX is supported by a consortium of experienced partners:
- Transforming Mobility and Society (TraMS) Junior Research Group
- Professorship for Innovation, Society, and Public Policy (ISPP)
- Chair of Environmental and Climate Policy
- acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
- Department of Mobility, City of Munich