Woman Scientist of the Month February 2024 - Dr Julia Schuppan
February 12, 2024 | DLR Women+ in Science & Technology
Woman Scientist of the Month February 2024 - Dr Julia Schuppan
Dr Julia Schuppan
The integrated transport planner (human-centred transport planning) is very interested in cooperation between science and practice. She therefore also promotes exchange in projects with new formats such as the Projekt:Paten:Dialog.
Dr Julia Schuppan named 'DLR Women Scientist of the Month February'.
The DLR Women+ in Science & Technology network has set itself the goal of increasing the proportion of women and gender minorities (Women+) at DLR and making Women+ experts visible.
From sociology to integrated transport planning - and since 2019 at the DLR Institute of Transport Research. Mobility researcher Dr Julia Schuppan was named "DLR Women Scientist of the Month February" in February. She is taking a closer look at changes in mobility behaviour in particular: what are the triggers, how can this be influenced and, above all, how can we use this to create a future worth living?
Transformation through changes in behaviour
For the mobility researcher, behavioural change is a building block in the transformation of mobility. Among other things, knowledge about people's needs and existing barriers when using transport and mobility services is necessary to enable behavioural change. However, the methodological requirements and the educational effects that the involvement of children as co-researchers can have on the process of the transport transition are also important for her research. In turn, she brings these aspects together in order to shape mobility and its influence on a future worth living.
Most recently as project manager of "Connected mobility for liveable places (VMo4Orte)", the scientist promotes the exchange between science and practice and tests new formats. In doing so, she brings together the interdisciplinary expertise of 19 DLR institutes with project sponsors from local authorities, industry and transport operators in an active exchange.
In February 2022, the DLR Women+ in Science & Technology network was founded on the initiative of two female DLR scientists. The aim of the network is to increase the proportion of women and gender minorities (Women+) at DLR, to make Women+ experts visible and to promote scientific conferences. Today, more than 550 employees have already joined the network.
