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Dr.-Ing. Melanie Herget
Research assistant
- Telephone
- +49 561 804-7199
- m.herget[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
- Location
- Mönchebergstraße 7
34125 Kassel
- Room
- Ingenieurwissenschaften III, Room 2112
- Consultation Hours
By arrangement
Fields of work
- Mobility and transport change in rural areas
- Gender, division of labor and mobility
- Integrated transport planning
- Communication strategies for public transport and bicycle promotion
Memberships
- Scientific Advisory Board of the VCD - Verkehrsclub Deutschland
- FGSV working group 1.2.5 "Revision of the EVE"
Projects
- MOSACA II - Mobile working in satellite offices close to home in combination with sustainable transport services in northern Hesse, completed in 2024
- MOSACA - Mobile working in satellite offices close to home and car sharing for commuting in the Schwalm-Eder district, completed in 2022
- Monitoring and evaluation of the pilot projects of the BMEL funding program "LandMobil - on the move in rural areas", completed in 2024
Publications (selection)
Böhme, U.; Haus, J.; Herget, M.; Abraham, M.; Blees, V.; Wernecke, M.
"Verkehrswende braucht (auch) Evaluation. Current pain points and ways to heal", in: Internationales Verkehrswesen, Issue 04/2024, pp. 59 - 63, expert verlag, Tübingen, 2024Ebert, T.; Sommer, C.; Herget, M.; Briegel, R.; Milbradt, J.
"Deutschlandticket und jetzt?-An immediate public transport program for more passengers and less CO2", in: DER NAHVERKEHR, issue 06/2024, p. 06 - 10, DVV Media Group GmbH, Hamburg, 2024Herget, M.
"The best alternative to the car is... the car? The traffic turnaround in rural areas", in: Federal Agency for Civic Education, APuZ - Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 51-52/2023, page 32-39, Bonn, 2023Aberle, C.; Busch-Geertsema, A.; Dangschat, J.; Herget, M.; Hölzel, D.; Hülz, M.; Le Bris, J.; Mark, L.; Matthes, G.; Mattioli, G.; Rozynek, C.; Sgibnev, W.; Scheiner, J.; Stark, K.
"Mobility, accessibility and social participation - for fairer spatial and transport development", in: ARL - Academy for Spatial Development in the Leibniz Association, position paper from ARL 144, ARL publishing house, Hanover, 2023- Ebert, T.; Sommer, C.; Herget, M.; Briegel, R.; Milbradt, J.
"Germany ticket and now? - An immediate public transport program for more passengers and less CO2", in: University of Kassel, Institute of Transport, Nahverkehrs-Tage 2023. Verkehrswende und ÖPNV: Wie holen wir alle an Bord, bevor der Zug abgefahren ist?, Schriftenreihe Verkehr, Heft 36, Kassel University Press, ISBN 978-3-7376-1127-5 , Kassel, 2023 - Sommer, C.; Ebert, T.; Herget, M.; Briegel, R.; Milbradt, J.
"Immediate public transport program - The package of measures for the transport turnaround by 2025", in: Study by MultiMOBIL GmbH on behalf of Greenpeace, Kassel, 2023 - Herget, M.; Gies, J.; Sommer, C.
"Changing mobility in rural areas - initial findings from the "LandMobil - on the move in rural areas" funding measure", in: DER NAHVERKEHR, issue 09/2022, page 78 - 81, DVV Media Group GmbH, Hamburg, 2022 - Herget, M.; Sommer, C.; Gies, J.
"Sustainable public transport in rural areas. Challenges and important decisions", in: Internationales Verkehrswesen, issue 2/2021, page 12 -15, Trialog Publishers Verlagsgesellschaft, Baiersbronn-Buhlbach, 2021 - Nobis, C.; Herget, M.
"Mobility in rural areas. Considerations from the perspective of the transport transition and the equivalence of living conditions", in: Internationales Verkehrswesen, Issue 4/2020, pp. 40-43, Trialog Publishers Verlagsgesellschaft, Baiersbronn-Buhlbach, 2020 - Herget, M.
"Rural areas. When the distances get longer and longer", in: Heinrich Böll Foundation & Verkehrsclub Deutschland (ed.): Mobility Atlas. Facts and figures for the transport transition, p. 20-21. Berlin, 2019 - Herget, M.; Kaether, J.; Koch, J.; Müller, K.; Rittmeier, B.
"Securing supply and mobility. Strategies and practical examples for equal living conditions in rural areas",BMVI, Berlin, 2019 - Herget, M.; Hunsicker, F.; Koch, J.; Chlond, B.; Minster, C.; Soylu, T.
"Ecological and economic potentials of mobility concepts in small and medium-sized centers and rural areas against the background of demographic change", UBA Texts 14/2019 - Bauer, U.; Herget, M.; Manz, W.; Scheiner, J.
"Family mobility in everyday life. Challenges and recommendations for action", BMVI, Berlin, 2018 - Herget, M.
"Transport behavior and mobility strategies of families in rural areas of Germany with special consideration of role-typical division of labor",Dissertation at the TU Berlin, Berlin
Lectures (selection)
"Rural mobility beyond private cars and public transport: What is working and what is still needed?"; Annual conference of the Mobility and Transport Working Group of the German Geographical Society; Karlsruhe, 22.05.2025
"Mobility in rural areas - (also) without your own car: What is already possible today and what is still needed for tomorrow."; VCD online evening series "Knowledge for active people"; Online, 19.05.2025
"Is there life after the car? Transport services and the need for reform for mobility in rural areas"; VDV Academy; Hanover, 16.05.2025
"NUMPs / SUMPs - lighthouses for stormy times"; NUMP closing event; Lüneburg, 05.03.2025
"Learning from good examples: Successful solutions for sustainable mobility in rural areas"; Difu online seminar; Online, 22.11.2024
"Mobility in rural areas - challenges and solutions"; Citizens' evening on the topic of "Sustainable mobility in Kaufungen"; Kaufungen, 05.12.2023
"Sustainable mobility in rural areas - insights into the BMEL funding measure "LandMobil"; Digital symposium of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; Online, 08.11.2023
- "The role of on-demand transport for the transport transition in rural areas"; AnSat user conference; Fulda, 22.09.2023
- "Mobility transition in rural areas - from vision to reality"; Online regional conference of ZeLE (Center for Rural Development of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia); Online, 30.03.2023
- "Mobility concepts in rural areas and the role of railroad stations"; Allianz Pro Schiene kick-off event; Berlin, 01.12.2022
- "Mobility concepts and transport transition in rural areas"; Conference of the Greens; Lauterbach, 05.10.2022
- "How can the transport transition succeed in rural areas"; GAR NRW conference; Wuppertal, 17.09.2022
- "Corona & Co: Challenges and coping strategies of the LandMobil projects and their accompanying research"; DECOMM; Munich, 12.09.2022
- "Land justice in rural areas... an approach"; 3rd NaKoMo online annual conference "Redistribution of public space - Together on new paths"; Online, 10.10.2021
- "Sustainable mobility in rural areas"; Enquete Commission "Mobility of the future in Hesse", Hessian State Parliament; Wiesbaden, 05.07.2021
- "Mobility solutions in rural areas. Short input"; Online conference of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation; Online, 02.06.2021
- "Sustainable mobility concepts for urban and rural areas"; Online conference of the Hermann Ehlers Akademie (HEA); Online, 08.04.2021
- "Cycling in rural areas";"Stadt-Land-Zukunft" online conference of the Green Party; Online, 26.03.2021
- "Mobility and accessibility in rural areas - looking back and forward"; Baden-Württemberg state parliament; Future of mobility and accessibility in rural areas; Digital expert discussion, 05.10.2020
- "Why does gender matter in rural mobility?"Mamba - An Interreg Baltic Sea Region project; No future for rural Europe?, Breaking the vicious circle with successful mobility and accessibility ideas; Final web conference series, 03.09.2020
- "The role of cycling in rural areas"; Working Group of Bicycle Friendly Communities Lower Saxony/Bremen e. V. (AGFK); Symposium 2020, Fahrradland Niedersachsen/Bremen; Online symposium, 29.09.2020
- "Securing mobility and supply in rural areas - what role does digitalization play in this?"; Forum "Mobility and Digitalization" of the SRL semi-annual conference "LABOR LAND. Exploring strategies together"; Apolda, 28.06.2019
"Making the future simple! - Impulses for rural mobility from science"Conference "Shaping mobility in rural areas together" of the Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg and the Ministry of Rural Areas and Consumer Protection Baden-Württemberg; Waiblingen, 28.06.2018
"Moving with commitment: Mitfahren 2.0."; Conference MOBIVISION IV of the public transport company Baden-Württemberg; Stuttgart/Bad Cannstatt, 25.01.2018