Live master’s programme webinar
Do you want to create more liveable cities and shape the future of Urban Mobility? We educate, inspire, and unite future leaders in the urban mobility sector! In partnership with 7 universities in Europe, Eit Urban Mobility’s wide-ranging master’s programmes give students the education urgently needed by the industry and cities. Our double-degree programmes prepare students to launch […]
Call for proposals 3 for HEI Initiative
The third Call for Proposals for the HEI Initiative (Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education) will remain open until 28 February. This call aims to increase the innovation and entrepreneurial capacity in higher education by bringing together HEIs in innovation value chains and ecosystems across Europe. The call will select up to 16 consortia, who […]
Urban Mobility Digital Talent
Through a blended–learning course, professionals and students will learn more about urban mobility and how it will develop in the future. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with and learn from professionals in the sector, which could contribute to job creation in this area. All the partners and the Mobile World Capital will provide […]
Urban Mobility Changemaker (UMChange)
The Urban Mobility Changemaker is a course for urban mobility executives and professionals who will learn about change management, leadership, and innovation, as well as gain insights from current research in the field of urban mobility. Through a series of workshops and events over 2.5 days, participants will gain skills to lead and manage change in […]
SEATING
Public benches and seats are often seen as minor design objects in urban planning. Yet they are essential to support social interactions in public spaces, and providing a place to rest for pedestrians, cyclists, children, or for anyone who wants to be outside and get some sunshine and fresh air. Until recently, planning public seating […]
Accelerating transitions to zero-carbon sustainable urban mobility systems
This four-week Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) focusing on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport and transition to a more environmentally sustainable urban mobility future, will improve the knowledge of current professionals. Conducted by transport and urban planning experts from the University College London and International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Europe, […]
IoT applications for cities
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to networks of technologically enabled physical objects that can communicate with each other to exchange data and interact with their external surroundings. This allows remote access and control of smart devices which has been successfully used by local governments to improve management of urban mobility issues such as waste […]
Women in Urban Mobility
Women in Urban Mobility airms to raise awareness of female perspectives and gender equalityin the urban mobility sector. Building on the thriving cormunity established in 2021, partnersfrom three European cities – Barcelona, Spain; Sofia, Bulgaria; and Munich, Germany – arecreating and conducting an online training program to equip profesional women working in theurban mobility sector […]
Remaking the Street
Remaking the Street is a hands-on summer school programme where students learn how street experiments can make small changes to public spaces that lead to big impacts on a citizen’s quality of life. Street experiments can improve the liveability of public spaces by reducing pollution and noise, improving safety, and giving communities a sense of […]
New trends on Urban Mobility
The New Trends in Urban Mobility (NewUM) project is developing a course for professionals working in the mobility sector who want to promote innovation in their institutions, and start-ups keen to provide solutions to pressing urban mobility issues. Participants learn about how the mobility sector has evolved, new technological innovations in urban mobility, and key […]
Summer School Milan-Rennes of Future Green Mobility
The universities of Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and Rennes 1, France, will design and host a two-week summer school focusing on the transition to a better mobility system that minimises air pollution and improves quality of life. Through intensive innovation and entrepreneurship training, concrete business case studies, and teamwork projects, students will identify key challenges […]
InnovaCity 4.0 – Academy
Currently running for its fourth year in a row, InnovaCity Hack is a three-day tech challenge inviting participants to work in cross-sector teams to solve specific urban mobility challenges identified by municipal governments. This year the event will be held from 30 June to 2 July in Barcelona, Budapest, Munich and Paris. The teams will […]
Incentives to motivate active mobility
Walking, cycling and other forms of active mobility can improve citizens’ physical fitness and wellbeing. Yet it is difficult to change the habits of sedentary citizens who continue to rely heavily on motorised modes of transport. This project is creating a training program to encourage people to adopt active forms of mobility by evaluating best […]
Healthy Liveable Cities
RMIT Europe and FutureLearn is delivering an online training program, ExpertTrack, where participants learn about measuring health impacts of urban mobility interventions and adapt plans to achieve better air quality. The program is also creating a community of professionals from the urban mobility and sustainable urban development fields. The ExpertTrack training programme will attract both […]
CrossInnohack
Two hackathons are being organised in Madrid, Spain, and Lisbon, Portugal, to find solutions to two common city challenges, and develop them to become fully-fledged pilot projects. The first challenge will ask participants to design a solution that encourages active mobility, especially cycling, and ensure residents feel safe and secure to ride around the city. […]
First Call for Academy for the Business Plan 2023-2025
The overall purpose of the Academy area is to close the knowledge gap within urban mobility, enabling the development of mobility for liveable urban spaces. This includes fostering innovation and entrepreneurship skills in a lifelong learning perspective. The EIT Urban Mobility Academy consists of three main areas: The Master School, the Doctoral Training Network and […]
Street Experiments Tool
SET (Street Experiment Tool) develops a platform for knowledge, information and inspiration for urban street experiments as cities across the globe witness an increased need for innovative uses of public spaces. The SET guidelines kit is a tool that supports cities in the transformation process.
InnovaCity
InnovaCity is a 2-day Design-Thinking Workshops, where participants will be working in cross-sector teams to tackle prevailing challenges, prototyping viable solutions and finally pitching their results in front of a panel of experts. The winning teams will receive coaching sessions and a pitch-training to be able to participate in a final event, where they pitch their […]
Women in Urban Mobility
Women in Urban Mobility aims to raise awareness of female perspectives and gender equality in the urban mobility sector. The project strives to empower women to take entrepreneurial action; encourage companies, cities, and governments to foster gender equality; and enrich the innovation process in urban mobility with female perspectives to increase social inclusion and shape the future of urban mobility for everyone. […]
Urban Mobility Changemaker
Driving change and innovation in the field of urban mobility takes time. The stakeholder ecosystem is complex and decision making in the public realm often slow. A multitude of innovative solutions, technologies, and tools to work towards sustainable urban mobility already exist, but implementation is taking place at a slow pace. The Urban Mobility Changemaker workshops offer valuable insights […]
Citython
Citython is an evolution of the concept of hackathon and datathon. The events are designed to address the lack of practical solutions to current city urban mobility challenges by developing new targeted applications, technological tools, prototypes and business concepts in a short time frame. In cities across Europe, multidisciplinary teams of students and professionals from different backgrounds (including architecture, […]
Blockchain for Urban Mobility
Blockchain for Urban Mobility (B4UM) is offering training on blockchain technology to the EIT Urban Mobility (EIT UM) community including Innovation Hubs and compiling a set of EIT UM-related use cases. B4UM provides a complementary, replicable and scalable set of both online and face-to-face educational materials. The approach goes further than most training programmes by proposing a unique blend of online training – aimed at cities, industry, and R&D organisations – combined with practical, hands-on identification and analysis of specific use cases by engaged stakeholders. The project also offers support with applications involving blockchain to EIT […]
Agile Data Analysis for sustainable cities and citizens
Most European cities have collected a large amount of data related to public space availability and usage. With the increasing use of new technologies, mainly thanks to the IoT (Internet of Things), more and more data will be available in the coming years. However, specialist data science knowledge is essential to transform this data into […]
Call for proposals for RIS Education
EIT Urban Mobility’s Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) is publishing a call for proposals (CfP) for RIS education activities in RIS countries starting in 2021. The purpose of the call is to pilot RIS education activities in 2021 that can be repeated and expanded in the coming years. The call focus on impact in RIS countries, […]
