Enviolo
University of Amsterdam
 EIT Urban Mobility

Human Mobility in Future Cities Specialization

Enviolo
University of Amsterdam
 EIT Urban Mobility

Human Mobility in Future Cities Specialization

Re-Imagine How Mobility Systems Shape Our Lives.

George Liu
Marco te Brömmelstroet
Meredith Glaser

Instructors: George Liu

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Specialization - 3 course series

Alternative Mobility Narratives

Alternative Mobility Narratives

Course 1, 25 hours

What you'll learn

  • We will reflect on the role of language and narratives in shaping our views on mobility, transport policy and mobility innovation

  • You will learn about the implied (but invisible) homo-economicus in our thinking about mobility and our transportation system

  • We present 4 alternatives to the homo-economicus model: 1)mobility as unnecessity 2)mobility as commons 3)mobility as play 4)mobility as interaction

  • In the final project, you will choose a mobility innovation and critically reflect on it from these alternative and meaningful perspectives.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Economics
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Social Impact
Category: Social Sciences
Category: Sustainable Systems
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Storytelling
Unraveling the Cycling City

Unraveling the Cycling City

Course 2, 22 hours

What you'll learn

  • Re-imagine the street as a space for negotiation and social interaction

  • Compare and contrast the experience of cycling to the experience of driving and walking

  • Explore the historical development of Dutch cycling

  • Examine the reciprocal interactions between land use and transport and identify how cycling fits into these systems

Skills you'll gain

Category: Policy Development
Category: Traffic Flow Optimization
Category: Environment and Resource Management
Category: Case Studies
Category: Cultural Diversity
Category: Culture
Category: Qualitative Research
Category: Environment
Category: Public Works
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: European History
Category: Biology
Category: Sociology
Category: Human Centered Design
Category: Economics, Policy, and Social Studies
Category: Spatial Analysis
Category: Environmental Science
Category: Social Sciences
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: Socioeconomics
Being Smart about Cycling Futures

Being Smart about Cycling Futures

Course 3, 23 hours

What you'll learn

  • Critically consider multiple perspectives on the future of cycling

  • Develop a deeper understanding of cycling practice's relation to infrastructure, its diverse users, and the wider mobility system

  • Situate cycling (innovations) in the context of inequalities and across different countries

  • Explore the limits of our society's collective mobility imagination and how to overcome them

Skills you'll gain

Category: Innovation
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: Emerging Technologies
Category: Social Justice
Category: Research
Category: Case Studies
Category: Social Sciences
Category: Sustainable Development
Category: Sustainable Systems
Category: Diversity Awareness
Category: Public Policies
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Sustainable Technologies

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