Mobility Hubs for People and Goods –Benefits and Challenges From Public, Private, and Community Perspectives

Jan is a senior project manager and researcher at the HCU, with extensive experience in European projects. Jan has been involved in projects and applications that approached urban challenges from various angles, and is co-responsible for project cooperation of the Professorship Digital City Science. In MOVE21, he co-leads WP3 "Social Layer", which ensures that this large, mobility- and emissions-focused project attentively monitors the social impact of its implemented measures. His other project involvement includes the topic of urban resilience of Ukrainian cities.

Geiske Bouma is Senior Researcher in the field of Urban Planning and Governance Innovation. Her projects are focused on urban, spatial and environmental planning and the policy interface. The working field she is focused on is the connection of urban planning in relation to the mobility and energy transition gearing towards climate neutral and smart cities. She combines this with supporting policy development on the local, regional and national/EU level. Geiske is active in several European projects aimed at climate neutrality: NetZeroCities, MOVE21 (hubs for people and goods), ATELIER (positive Energy Districts).

Suzanne Green works as a Project Manager for EU projects in the Urban Environment Department of the City of Gothenburg. She has been working with research and innovation in European-funded projects within mobility and transport since 2013. Previously, she was the Head of R&D at the Swedish Shipowners’ Association. Suzanne holds a university degree in social sciences, with a focus on human resources, project management and business administration. She is currently the Living Lab Manager for Gothenburg in the MOVE21 project and Assistant Project Manager for Gothenburg in the REALLOCATE project.

Before joining MOVE21, Andreas worked for several years in the field of community work and neighborhood development. In addition, he was a lecturer for the History and Theory of the City Department at HCU (HafenCity University Hamburg), teaching in the bachelor program Metropolitan Studies from 2020 to 2024. His work focuses on urban inequalities, housing markets, urban infrastructures, segregation and informal urbanization. He joined the MOVE 21 research project at CityScienceLab in January 2024.

Julian works in the District of Hamburg-Altona, within the Department for the Management of Public Space - Mobility. His scientific background include degrees in resource efficiency in architecture and planning (M.Sc.) and in environmental sciences (B.Sc.). As project manager, he is active within the MOVE21 project for the Hamburg Living Lab, on behalf of the District Altona, with the focus on the development of project measures and their implementation.

Sondre works in the Agency for urban environment in City of Oslo. As specialist on policy work within green mobility, he has experience and in-depth knowledge about micromobility and digitization. His scientific background includes a combination of geography and philosophy (B.Sc.), specialized in the field of geography (M.Sc.). He is currently project manager for Oslo Living Lab in MOVE21. As project manager his latest work has included testing of innovative mobility solutions in the intersection of digital insight, mobility, and public space.