WiSe 2025/26 Women in Mobility

MA Studio WiSe 2025/26
Dr. Oliver Lah, Dr. Marc Hasselwander

Women in Mobility: Electrification and Digitalisation
Co-designing Gender-Responsive E-Mobility and Digital Mobility

Cities worldwide are transforming their transport systems, and data‑driven mobility services and electric mobility are playing a key role in this. However, women and girls still face disproportionate barriers related to safety, affordability, trip‑chaining and access to decent jobs in the sector. This studio seizes the twin transitions of electrification and digitalisation to re‑imagine urban mobility systems around women’s needs.

Building on our participatory co-design approach we are working with local partitioners in Asia, Africa and Latin America on concrete mobility solutions, integrated in urban and spatial planning contexts. The studio will guide students through designing inclusive e‑mobility hardware (e‑bikes, e‑minibuses, e‑BRT feeders) and gender‑responsive digital services (MaaS modules, safety apps, open‑API dashboards). Studio partners include thematic and regional Hubs of the Urban Living Lab Center, UN‑Habitat and partner cities and companies.

Through field audits, design concepts, prototyping and policy‑business road‑mapping, participants will deliver implementable concepts that advance SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities). Final outputs will feed into ongoing demonstration projects and an open e‑course for a broader professional audience.

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