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June 3rd, 2024
First Citizen Workshop on May 30
Helping to shape mobility research
“Imagine you could commission a research project on mobility in cities – what questions do you think should be investigated?” At the first citizen workshop in the AMBER project on May 30, 2024 in Berlin, around ten citizens gathered ideas. Topics were, for example: What can the car offer that other means of transportation cannot? Where are the obstacles to switching to active mobility? What influence does urban planning have on how considerately road users treat each other?
In conversations in pairs and a discussion round, the citizens also shared their personal experiences in urban traffic and exchanged ideas on possible solutions. For example, how should traffic lights be designed? Optimized for cars and buses – so that there is less congestion – or rather a “green wave” for bicycles to create an incentive for active mobility? Too short green phases on major roads were identified as a problem for pedestrians – especially for families with small children. At the end of the discussion, the guests thanked the AMBER research group for the exciting exchange and provided feedback.
Further forms of exchange with citizens are planned. Such participatory formats serve to prepare the citizen science studies of the AMBER 2025 project in Berlin and 2026 in Frankfurt (Oder). If you are interested in an exchange with the AMBER research group, please get in touch: info@amber-forschung.de
February 2nd, 2024
Minds of the future: Dr. Jan Keller and Dr. Vivian Frick
The environment and how people relate to it – this interrelationship fascinates Dr. Jan Keller and Dr. Vivian Frick. In the series “Minds of the Future”, the BMBF's program FONA introduces the two psychologists who are leading the AMBER research project. Together with their team, they are investigating how a climate-friendly mobility transition can succeed in cities and how this would also benefit the well-being of the public. Together with their team, they are investigating how a climate-friendly mobility transition can succeed in cities and how this would also benefit the well-being of the public. One crucial aspect is that “by jointly evaluating their data, citizens have the opportunity to actively participate in the research,” emphasizes Keller, who has been conducting research at FU Berlin since 2013.
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November 26th, 2023
Researchers present their topics
Five researchers form the core of the AMBER team. Each of them focuses on a specific aspect of active mobility in cities: from health effects, weather influences and mobility habits to the engagement of companies and civil society – here the researchers share first insights into their topics and the current state of research.
June 25th, 2023
Vivian Frick as a guest on radioeins
Many people find it difficult to get enough exercise in their daily lives. Regular walking or cycling promotes health – but this requires good overall conditions: “The mobility transition should be about designing cities and villages so well that they promote active mobility,” says Vivian Frick on radioeins. “Everyone should be able to move around safely and healthily.”
To support cities in a healthy transportation transition, the AMBER research group is investigating how active mobility can be promoted for health and climate protection. Vivian Frick, environmental psychologist at the IÖW, is co-leader of the project.
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May 4th, 2023
Active mobility: research group investigates how to achieve a healthy transport transition
More cycling, walking or using public transport: Active mobility not only promotes climate protection, but also your own health. But how can the switch be made in everyday life? And what do increasing weather extremes such as heatwaves mean for cycling and walking? In the AMBER junior research group, an interdisciplinary research team is investigating the impact of active mobility on health and climate change – under current conditions and in future scenarios. A citizen science approach is also being used to incorporate the experiences of citizens. The five-year project, led by health psychologist Dr. Jan Keller from Freie Universität Berlin and environmental and social psychologist Dr. Vivian Frick from the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), is being funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research with a total of over 2.3 million euros.
