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A new member joins the Lab!
The Mobility Lab has a new PhD candidate – Martin Haamer. To welcome him, we asked him a few introductory questions. Welcome, Martin! Why did you study geography? The first time I gave thought to studying geography at university was in secondary school when we were given an assignment to take a look into the…
The University of Tartu mobility survey has begun!
As the University of Tartu is looking into more ways to be sustainable and formulating environmental principles as an organisation, Mobility Lab is helping to conduct a mobility survey as part of the preparations for making a mobility plan for the university. One part of the survey is a questionnaire related to mobility. To study…
Mobility Lab at the Topic Fair
It’s that time of year for students—who wish to graduate in spring—to choose their thesis topic. This Monday, the Department of Geography organized a fair introducing the research labs and their topics in our department. It brought together undergraduate and graduate students to be supervised by doctoral researchers, postdocs, and senior staff members. Mobility Lab…
A new member joins the team!
The Mobility Lab has a new member – a mobility study specialist Elise Jalonen. Here is a small interview with her. Welcome, Elise! Why did you choose geography? I have many sides to me and very different interests. I love being in a formal setting, doing presentations or data analysis. On the other hand, I…
Wrapping up the online lecture series “Mobility Analysis and Planning for Human-Scale Cities”
This year’s lecture series, which focused on evidence-based solutions for just and sustainable urban mobility, is now complete. Our lab hosted the lecture series “Mobility Analysis and Planning for Human-Scale Cities” for the second year. This time, it featured eight experts with diverse disciplinary backgrounds from Estonia, Finland, the U.S., and Canada. The recordings of…
Karl Saidla at Velo-city 2023 in Leipzig
Last week I was lucky and proud to represent the Mobility Lab at Velo-city 2023 in Leipzig. Velo-city is the world’s largest and most famous international cycling conference having been held since 1980 and now taking place every year with roughly 1500 participants. The overarching theme for this year was leading the transition, i.e., how…
Our online lecture series starts again!
Registration for the lecture series is open! Find out more from this website Already for the second time, the Mobility Lab of the University of Tartu invites all people interested in mobility analysis, transport planning and urban liveability to take part in the public online lecture series “Mobility Analysis and Transport Planning for Human-Scale Cities”. …
A new member joins the team!
Postitus eesti keeles The Mobility Lab has a new member – a specialist Jürgen Öövel, who also is an undergraduate in Geography! In order to get to know him better, he answered to three questions. Welcome, Jürgen! Why did you choose geography? Ever since I was a small kid, I have had a pull toward…
Year 2022 for the Mobility Lab
Another year is passing by, and it is time to look back to its glories and challenges! The highlight of the year was most certainly the 8th Mobile Tartu Conference and the related PhD Course, held both in Palamuse and in Tartu on June 28–30. The conference was a happy post-pandemic reunion of the mobility…