Completed research projects
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The project investigates how infrastructural factors influence single-party bicycle crashes. The aim is to identify danger points and develop concrete measures to make cycling safer.
| Project duration | 04/2022 – 12/2023 |
| Funding body | Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V. |
| Project staff | Prof.in Dr.in Angela Francke |
CAMA promotes active mobility in Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia through research, capacity building, and knowledge exchange with German partner universities. The aim is to strengthen safe and sustainable transport options for pedestrians and cyclists.
| Project duration | 06/2021 – 05/2025 |
| Funding body | Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
| Project staff | Prof. Dr. Angela Francke (Project Manager) M.Sc. Azeb Tesfaye (Research Associate) |
MOTUS investigates how disruptive events change cities and transport. Using a simulation platform, scenarios are run through to derive targeted measures for sustainable and resilient mobility.
| Project duration | 11/2021 – 10/2024 |
| Funding body | mFUND (Modernitätsfonds, BMDV) innovation initiative |
| Project staff | Prof. Dr. Angela Francke (Project Manager) M.Sc. Shreya Singh (Research Associate) |
The temporary introduction of the 9-Euro Ticket in the summer of 2022 provided the opportunity to research the potential impacts of the ticket on individual mobility behavior. Across three online surveys, aspects of willingness to buy and mobility habits were recorded in order to analyze the barriers and potentials of this measure from a transport psychology perspective.
| Project duration | 05/2022 – 06/2023 |
| Funding body | financed from internal funds |
| Project staff | Prof.in Dr.in Angela Francke |
STARA expands statistics education for civil, transport, and environmental engineering students through an interactive online tutorial. Students receive practical, flexible access to statistical methods, software tools, and critical data understanding – including gender and diversity perspectives.
| Duration | 08/2022 – 04/2023 |
| Funding body | Funded by the Central Teaching Fund of the University of Kassel |
| Project staff | Prof. Dr. Angela Francke |
- E-WIN - Efficient winter maintenance for cycling facilities in German cities using the example of the city of Hamburg, 2019 - 2022. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan (NRVP).
- Autofreie Zukunftsstadt - Woche des guten Lebens, as part of the Zukunftsstadt project, 2019 - 2021, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
- Psychological motivation analysis for cycling - commissioned by the city of Herne. Project duration: Jun. 2019-Sept. 2019.
- IntegRADtion – Integration auf zwei Rädern. Evaluation und Weiterentwicklung integrativer Radverkehrsmaßnahmen für Menschen mit Migrationserfahrung in Deutschland, 2018 - 2020. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan (NRVP).
- RadVerS - Smartphone-generated behavioral data in transport - Differentiation of user behavior among different cyclist groups, 2017 - 2019. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan (NRVP).
- Smartphone-generated behavioral data in cycling - Examining usability and developing an evaluation guideline for transport planning stakeholders, 2015 -2017. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) with funds for the implementation of the National Cycling Plan (NRVP).
- "True cost in transport" - Graduate in the doctoral program "Dike"
- Price psychology and mode choice behavior, particularly regarding road pricing, parking pricing and transit pricing, "Doctoral thesis on differentiated pricing systems in urban transport"
- Staff member and project management at the Centre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Management