Lecture series: Transformation of mobility. Faster and faster in the city - left behind in the countryside?

The lecture series "Transformations and the Urban-Rural Relationship (in Northern Hesse)" focuses on different facets of the socio-ecological turnaround, including the region of Northern Hesse. Every week two speakers from science and practice will give lectures and discuss with each other. One of the lectures will be devoted to a review of the general state of knowledge on individual aspects of the transformation. The second lecture will focus on North Hesse and discuss the challenges arising from the socio-ecological transformation for the region. The new urban-rural conflicts associated with the expansion of renewable energies, the challenges facing the North Hessian economy and the fact that the transformation processes not only have an economic side, but also change the North Hessian party and media landscape will be elaborated.

Organization: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schroeder, Head of the Department Political System of the FRG - Statehood in Change

Topic on 24.01.2023: Transformation of Mobility. Faster and faster in the city - left behind in the countryside?
The transformation of transport is an elementary building block for achieving the climate goals. In Germany, however, progress has been slow so far and falls short of expectations: C02 emissions in the transport sector have not decreased significantly since the 1990s. Effective progress toward climate-neutral mobility has been hampered by both the resistance of the German automotive industry and the socio-cultural dominance of the automobile. So how can C02-neutral freight and passenger transport be achieved in Germany in the long term, and what role will private transport and local public transport play in this in the future? What interests are being formulated in the context of the transport turnaround on the part of the automotive industry, trade unions, environmental associations and social movements, and what will the future of mobility in Germany look like, both in cities and in rural areas?

Speakers:  Prof. Dr. Carsten Sommer (University of Kassel; Department of Transport Planning and Transport Systems), Steffen Müller (NVV).