Looking back on Brussels
On June 30th the CoMoDe team at Leibniz-IfL organized a policy event in Brussels with the main topic “Sustainable mobility transitions: Learning from the East”. The inspiration for the event came from two research projects ongoing at the IfL: CoMoDe and MOBI-DIG and the need to build connections between the academia and policymakers.
(more…)Sustainable mobility transitions: Learning from the East?
06/29/2026 – 06/30/2026, Brussels
Registration for the Policy Event on 30 June is now open.
The Leibniz-IfL event stems from two major projects in the area of mobilities research (Leibniz competition-funded CoMoDe and MSCA-funded MOBI-DIG). It aims to bring together a range of critical knowledge and expertise on mobility transformations in studies of policies in the EU, and formerly socialist countries beyond its borders. The projects highlight the need to rethink sustainability in new terms that prioritise social responsibility of projects implemented by the EU and break with the superficial “sustainability fix”. The prevailing faith in solely technical innovation too often leads to unequal spread of funds and neglect of existing infrastructures. Responding to these tendencies it is particularly important to bring the sustainable mobility transitions closer to policy making in European countries and on the EU level.
During the two-day event we want to present and discuss the learnings from outside of the core EU regions, and pay special attention to existing solutions and strategies that can be adapted in the EU to make institutional, political and financial mechanisms truly working towards socially and environmentally just transformations of cities and regions.
(more…)Workshop and policy event: Sustainable mobility transitions: Learning from the East. Brussels 29-30 June 2026
We would like to invite you to Brussels on the 29th and 30th June 2026 for a workshop, followed by a policy event, on
Sustainable mobility transitions: Learning from the East
The Leibniz-IfL event stems from two major projects in the area of mobilities research (Leibniz competition-funded CoMoDe & MSCA-funded MOBI-DIG). It aims to bring together a range of critical knowledge and expertise on mobility transformations in studies of policies in the EU, and formerly socialist countries beyond its borders.
The projects highlight the need to rethink sustainability in new terms that prioritise social responsibility of projects implemented by the EU and break with the superficial “sustainability fix”. The prevailing faith in solely technical innovation too often leads to unequal spread of funds and neglect of existing infrastructures. Responding to these tendencies it is particularly important to bring the sustainable mobility transitions closer to policy making in European countries and on the EU level.
During the two-day event we want to present and discuss the learnings from outside of the core EU regions, and pay special attention to existing solutions and strategies that can be adapted in the EU to make institutional, political and financial mechanisms truly working towards socially and environmentally just transformations of cities and regions. The focus of the workshop will be on how results from research projects have been and can be used to influence policy on the EU, national and local level.
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