Invi­ta­ti­on to the han­do­ver event for the plan­ning cells ‘Less traf­fic – more mobility’

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Invi­ta­ti­on to the han­do­ver event for the plan­ning cells ‘Less traf­fic – more mobility’

From 23 to 25 May 2025, the plan­ning cells on the topic of ‘Less traf­fic – more mobi­li­ty: The future of public mobi­li­ty ser­vices in Ber­lin neigh­bour­hoods’ took place at the EUREF Cam­pus Ber­lin. Almost 50 ran­dom­ly sel­ec­ted Ber­li­ners work­ed tog­e­ther to deve­lop ide­as and assess­ments for future mobi­li­ty sce­na­ri­os for the year 2045. The aim of the par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry for­mat was to expand the scientific approa­ches of the Mobility2Grid rese­arch cam­pus to include per­spec­ti­ves from urban society.

Now it’s time for the grand fina­le:
On Tues­day, 9 Decem­ber 2025, the results of the plan­ning cells will be pre­sen­ted at a han­do­ver event at the EUREF Cam­pus at the nexus Insti­tu­te and offi­ci­al­ly han­ded over to the rese­arch team. The citi­zens’ report with the par­ti­ci­pan­ts’ recom­men­da­ti­ons will be pre­sen­ted to the public for the first time.

We cor­di­al­ly invi­te you to attend this spe­cial event! Tog­e­ther, we would like to take a look at the exci­ting results and, in a rela­xed atmo­sphe­re, dis­cuss with you what impul­ses the­se can give for the mobi­li­ty of the future.

Loca­ti­on: nexus Insti­tu­te, EUREF Cam­pus 15a, Ber­lin
Time: Tues­day, 9 Decem­ber 2025, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

To regis­ter for the han­do­ver event, plea­se send an email sta­ting your name and, if appli­ca­ble, your insti­tu­ti­on to: planungszelle-berlin-mobilitaet@nexusinstitut.de

Kick-off for New Web­i­nar Series by Mobility2Grid

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We’re exci­ted to launch Grid­Talks, a new web­i­nar series by our Mobility2Grid rese­arch cam­pus. In the­se web­i­nars, experts dis­cuss cur­rent issues in the ener­gy and mobi­li­ty tran­si­ti­on — from intel­li­gent ener­gy manage­ment and new sto­rage tech­no­lo­gies to con­cepts for invol­ving citi­zens in sha­ping sus­tainable mobility.

The series kicks off on Decem­ber 12, 2025, with the web­i­nar “Par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on and Accep­tance in Ener­gy and Mobi­li­ty,” hos­ted by the nexus Insti­tu­te, which leads the work packa­ge on “Par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on and Accep­tance.” The ses­si­on will focus on how par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on pro­ces­ses can be desi­gned to fos­ter accep­tance and effec­tively advan­ce the ener­gy and mobi­li­ty tran­si­ti­on in urban areas.

The web­i­nar will pro­vi­de a con­cise over­view of the fun­da­men­tals and importance of par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on and accep­tance, show­ca­se prac­ti­cal examp­les of pro­ven and inno­va­ti­ve par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on for­mats, and offer an oppor­tu­ni­ty to dis­cuss con­cre­te case stu­dies. Par­ti­ci­pan­ts will gain prac­ti­cal insights into how to design effec­ti­ve par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on pro­ces­ses in their own pro­jects — from plan­ning to implementation.

What? Web­i­nar: “Par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on and Accep­tance in Ener­gy and Mobility”

When? 12. Decem­ber 2025, 11:00 — 12:30

Whe­re? The event will take place online via zoom; plea­se regis­ter below to recei­ve the meeting-link. 


M2G at the dena Ener­gie­wen­de Con­gress 2025

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The dena Ener­gy Tran­si­ti­on Con­gress 2025 is once again among the most important flag­ship events for ener­gy and cli­ma­te poli­cy in Ger­ma­ny. This year’s focus is on urban sec­tor cou­pling – with par­ti­cu­lar empha­sis on grid sta­bi­li­ty, sto­rage tech­no­lo­gies, elec­tro­mo­bi­li­ty, and the inte­gra­ti­on of rene­wa­ble ener­gies in cities and urban districts.

M2G pres­ents: NEVER­FLAT – iNno­va­ti­ve EV-char­ging Envi­Ron­ment for Future Low-cost mAss deploymenT.
The EU-fun­ded Hori­zon Euro­pe pro­ject NEVER­FLAT addres­ses the gro­wing need for acces­si­ble, cost-effec­ti­ve, and inter­ope­ra­ble bidi­rec­tion­al char­ging infra­struc­tu­re for elec­tric vehic­les. It com­bi­nes com­pact hard­ware, data-dri­ven plan­ning, and intel­li­gent ener­gy manage­ment using sta­te-of-the-art technologies.

Repre­sen­ting M2G:

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Diet­mar Göh­lich (Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Ber­lin / Chair of the Board, Mobility2Grid e.V.)
  • Dr. Abhis­hek Gupta (Pro­ject Lead, NEVERFLAT)
  • Nina Weber (Mana­ging Direc­tor, Mobility2Grid)

We are plea­sed to show­ca­se NEVER­FLAT as a key M2G pro­ject at the dena Ener­gie­wen­de Con­gress and to con­tri­bu­te to the dis­cus­sion on the future of inte­gra­ted ener­gy and mobi­li­ty systems.

M2G Con­fe­rence 2025, Octo­ber 31: Mul­ti­func­tion­al Mobi­li­ty Hubs as Dri­vers of Sus­tainable Urban Development

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M2G Sym­po­si­um Rio 2025: Bus Elec­tri­fi­ca­ti­on in Bra­zil and Germany

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From 10 to 11 Sep­tem­ber 2025, the Tech­ni­cal Uni­ver­si­ty of Ber­lin (TU Ber­lin) and the Fede­ral Uni­ver­si­ty of Rio de Janei­ro (UFRJ) joint­ly hos­ted a two-day public sym­po­si­um focu­sing on the inte­gra­ti­on of elec­tric bus sys­tems and digi­ta­li­zed depots. The event pro­vi­ded a plat­form to dis­cuss the tran­si­ti­on pro­cess, impacts, and risks asso­cia­ted with bus and depot elec­tri­fi­ca­ti­on in both Bra­zil and Germany.

Dra­wing on more than a deca­de of rese­arch, TU Ber­lin pre­sen­ted insights from the Mobility2Grid (M2G) rese­arch cam­pus in Ber­lin, inclu­ding pro­jects on fleet elec­tri­fi­ca­ti­on with BVG, auto­ma­ted char­ging tech­no­lo­gy, and digi­tal depot manage­ment. A par­ti­cu­lar focus was pla­ced on the spa­ti­al design of depots and mobi­li­ty hubs, which play a gro­wing role in the broa­der ener­gy and trans­port transition.

UFRJ con­tri­bu­ted per­spec­ti­ves on the spe­ci­fic chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties of bus elec­tri­fi­ca­ti­on in Bra­zil, empha­si­zing the metro­po­li­tan con­text of Rio de Janei­ro. The sym­po­si­um aimed to deve­lop con­text-sen­si­ti­ve solu­ti­ons for Bra­zil while estab­li­shing the foun­da­ti­on for a long-term rese­arch col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween both institutions.

Ser­ving as a vital forum for exch­an­ge bet­ween aca­de­mia, poli­cy, and indus­try, the sym­po­si­um brought tog­e­ther repre­sen­ta­ti­ves from fede­ral, sta­te, and muni­ci­pal govern­ments, deve­lo­p­ment banks, vehic­le manu­fac­tu­r­ers, and ener­gy providers.

Dis­cus­sions addres­sed topics such as char­ging infra­struc­tu­re, finan­cing mecha­nisms, social accep­tance, and the risks and oppor­tu­ni­ties asso­cia­ted with the tran­si­ti­on process.

By com­bi­ning tech­ni­cal exper­ti­se, spa­ti­al plan­ning, and social sci­ence per­spec­ti­ves, M2G aims to ensu­re that future elec­tri­fi­ca­ti­on stra­te­gies are adapt­ed to the diver­se spa­ti­al, eco­no­mic, and social con­di­ti­ons in both Bra­zil and Germany.

All available pre­sen­ta­ti­ons from the sym­po­si­um can be down­loa­ded here (under “pro­gram”).

 

Mobility2Grid at the Part­Wiss 2025: The Role of Citi­zen Assem­blies in the Mobi­li­ty Transition

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How can citi­zens be actively invol­ved in sha­ping the mobi­li­ty tran­si­ti­on? This ques­ti­on was addres­sed by the Mobility2Grid rese­arch cam­pus in May 2025 through a citi­zen assem­bly (“Pla­nungs­zel­le”), in which 50 ran­dom­ly sel­ec­ted Ber­lin resi­dents took part. The assem­bly, con­sis­ting of dis­cus­sion rounds and expert talks, focus­sed the future of public mobi­li­ty ser­vices. It aimed at brin­ging inno­va­ti­ve forms of public par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on into stra­te­gic rese­arch on the mobi­li­ty transition.

The com­bi­na­ti­on of sce­na­rio tech­ni­ques and ele­ments of a citi­zen assem­bly repre­sen­ted an inno­va­ti­ve metho­do­lo­gy: citi­zens and rese­ar­chers joint­ly deve­lo­ped com­plex future sce­na­ri­os, the results of which will be direct­ly incor­po­ra­ted into the mobi­li­ty pro­jec­tions deve­lo­ped by the Mobility2Grid rese­arch cam­pus. This will result not only in the enhance­ment of the qua­li­ty of the­se pro­jec­tions, but will also streng­then the socie­tal accep­tance of new mobi­li­ty concepts.

The pro­ject team will pre­sent results and expe­ri­en­ces of this pro­cess at the Part­Wiss Con­fe­rence 2025 in Novem­ber, which aims to pro­mo­te the deve­lo­p­ment of exper­ti­se and sus­tainable net­works as well as the exch­an­ge of know­ledge in the field of par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in rese­arch. Rese­ar­chers from the Mobility2Grid cam­pus will share their insights in a light­ning talk titled “The Role of Citi­zen Assem­blies in Sha­ping the Mobi­li­ty Tran­si­ti­on: Insights from the Mobility2Grid Pro­ject at the EUREF Cam­pus Berlin.”

We con­gra­tu­la­te the team on being accept­ed into the con­fe­rence pro­gram and look for­ward to the dis­cus­sions and impul­ses that will emer­ge from this contribution.

HackY­our­Dis­trict Work­shop 2025: Open Data and Open Tools for a Net-Zero Urban Transport

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Last week, we wel­co­med 35 inter­na­tio­nal par­ti­ci­pan­ts to our Mobility2Grid Rese­arch Cam­pus in Ber­lin (loca­ted on the EUREF-Cam­pus) for this year’s HackY­our­Dis­trict work­shop. The event was orga­nis­ed in coope­ra­ti­on with the Chair of Work Stu­dies, Tech­no­lo­gy and Par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on (ARTE) at Tech­ni­sche Uni­ver­si­tät Ber­lin and the TU Ber­lin Alum­ni Office.

For seve­ral years now, the HackY­our­Dis­trict series has demons­tra­ted how open data and open-source tools can unlock new per­spec­ti­ves for cli­ma­te-neu­tral mobi­li­ty and sus­tainable urban deve­lo­p­ment. The trans­for­ma­ti­on of mobi­li­ty and ener­gy sys­tems is tight­ly lin­ked to ever­y­day tra­vel rou­ti­nes, eco­no­mic struc­tures and urban envi­ron­ments. Open data and open tools – such as MAT­Sim, which we app­ly in glo­bal rese­arch pro­jects – help cities under­stand the­se com­ple­xi­ties and gene­ra­te bet­ter solutions.

Work­shops & Pro­gram High­lights 2025

DIY Sen­sors – Air Qua­li­ty & Traf­fic Coun­ting
Led by Robert Rich­ter and Alex­an­der Wendt, par­ti­ci­pan­ts built their own PM2.5 and traf­fic coun­ting sen­sors, took them home as sou­ve­nirs, and can now inte­gra­te them into their local envi­ron­ments to coll­ect data independently.

Open Data Plat­forms & AI Ana­ly­sis
In a work­shop by And­res Pinil­la Pala­ci­os, par­ti­ci­pan­ts lear­ned how sen­sor data can be aggre­ga­ted, visua­li­sed, shared and ana­ly­sed through AI-based web appli­ca­ti­ons – offe­ring a prac­ti­cal exam­p­le of data-dri­ven urban research.

Mini-Hacka­thon – AI for bar­ri­er-free side­walks
Buil­ding on results from the natio­nal Tai­wa­ne­se Hacka­thon (orga­nis­ed by Yunt­sui (Tracey) Chang, PhD and the Natio­nal Land Manage­ment Agen­cy), teams deve­lo­ped rapid ide­as for AI-based appli­ca­ti­ons to detect and remo­ve obs­ta­cles from side­walks, using YOLO4 and other open-source tools.

Excur­si­ons & Key­notes
Field visits and talks offe­red insights into Berlin’s civic tech eco­sys­tem (City­LAB Ber­lin) and cut­ting-edge smart city deve­lo­p­ments such as Ber­lin TXL.

Par­ti­ci­pant Con­tri­bu­ti­ons
This year’s con­tri­bu­ti­ons cover­ed a wide ran­ge of topics, including:

  • Crow­ding on Public Trans­port – Amit Agarwal

  • Micro­sco­pic Trans­port Ana­ly­sis in Bra­zil – Man­oel Men­don­ca de Cas­tro Neto

  • Rein­force­ment Lear­ning for CO₂ Reduc­tion at Inter­sec­tions – Shan­ma­thi Rajkumar

  • Citi­zen Assem­bly in Ukrai­ne for Inclu­si­ve Trans­port Plan­ning – Illia Tkachenko

  • AR-RAG for Smart Infor­ma­ti­on Retrie­val – Moritz Sont­hei­mer & Robin Fischer

Mobility2Grid pres­ents its­elf at the IAA MOBI­LI­TY 2025

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From Sep­tem­ber 9 to 12, 2025, Mobility2Grid will be show­ca­sing its work at the IAA MOBI­LI­TY in Munich, the world’s lea­ding plat­form for mobi­li­ty, sus­taina­bi­li­ty, and tech­no­lo­gy. As a main exhi­bi­tor in the Sum­mit area of the trade fair (Hall A2, Stand C30), the rese­arch and indus­try con­sor­ti­um will pre­sent its inno­va­tions in intel­li­gent char­ging infra­struc­tu­re and vehic­le-to-grid con­cepts. The aim is to demons­tra­te how elec­tric vehic­les can not only enable emis­si­on-free mobi­li­ty but also ser­ve as fle­xi­ble ener­gy sto­rage units that con­tri­bu­te to grid sta­bi­li­ty. In doing so, Mobility2Grid addres­ses one of the key the­mes of this year’s IAA: the clo­se inte­gra­ti­on of the ener­gy tran­si­ti­on and the mobi­li­ty transition.

Par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in IAA MOBI­LI­TY pro­vi­des Mobility2Grid with the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pre­sent its con­cepts to an inter­na­tio­nal audi­ence of poli­cy­ma­kers, indus­try lea­ders, and rese­ar­chers, while also fos­te­ring exch­an­ge with poten­ti­al partners. With for­mats such as key­notes, mas­ter­clas­ses, and dis­cus­sion forums at the Sum­mit, along­side the open, free­ly acces­si­ble exhi­bi­ti­on spaces in down­town Munich, the event once again beco­mes a stage for inno­va­ti­on and future trends—from smart char­ging and auto­no­mous dri­ving to urban mobi­li­ty. Against this back­drop, Mobility2Grid is lever­aging the visi­bi­li­ty of IAA MOBI­LI­TY to advan­ce the dia­lo­gue on future-rea­dy ener­gy sys­tems and to under­line its role as a dri­ving force in sha­ping sus­tainable mobility.

Tickets can be purcha­sed here.

Citi­zens’ Assem­bly on the Future of Mobi­li­ty: Ber­li­ners Dis­cuss Sce­na­ri­os for 2045

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From May 23 to 25, 2025, the Mobility2Grid Rese­arch Cam­pus hos­ted a Citi­zens’ Assem­bly (Pla­nungs­zel­le) at the EUREF Cam­pus Ber­lin – a par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry for­mat for demo­cra­tic decis­i­on-making ori­gi­nal­ly deve­lo­ped in the 1970s by Prof. Dr. Peter Die­nel at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wup­per­tal. The Pla­nungs­zel­le method brings tog­e­ther ran­dom­ly sel­ec­ted citi­zens to deli­be­ra­te on com­plex socie­tal issues in a mul­ti-day, struc­tu­red set­ting. Par­ti­ci­pan­ts are pro­vi­ded with expert input, deli­be­ra­te in small groups, and coll­ec­tively pro­du­ce a recommendation.

This Citi­zens’ Assem­bly aimed to enrich and reflect on the mobi­li­ty sce­na­ri­os for 2045 curr­ent­ly under deve­lo­p­ment at the rese­arch cam­pus by inte­gra­ting the lived expe­ri­en­ces and per­spec­ti­ves of Berlin’s residents.

50 ran­dom­ly sel­ec­ted citi­zens from the city regis­try were invi­ted to join two par­al­lel working groups and dis­cuss the future of public mobi­li­ty in their neigh­bor­hoods. Expert pre­sen­ta­ti­ons intro­du­ced key topics and trends:

  • Avai­la­bi­li­ty of Mobi­li­ty (Dr. Kers­tin Wendt, Women in Mobility)
  • Auto­no­mous Dri­ving (Liss Böck­ler, Inter­link GmbH)
  • Micro­mo­bi­li­ty (Sven Hau­sig­ke, STR­AT­MO – Stra­te­gic Mobi­li­ty Planning)
  • Mobi­li­ty-as-a-Ser­vice (MaaS) (Flo­ri­an Dre­scher, inno2grid GmbH)

Par­ti­ci­pan­ts asses­sed various deve­lo­p­ment pathways for urban mobi­li­ty in 2045 – from emer­ging tech­no­lo­gies to ever­y­day rou­ti­nes and infra­struc­tu­re roles – through a col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve and infor­med process.

The results will be sum­ma­ri­zed in a Citi­zens’ Report, to be pre­sen­ted publicly at the Mobility2Grid Sym­po­si­um in autumn 2025 and han­ded over to poli­cy and rese­arch stakeholders.

Addi­tio­nal­ly, the par­ti­ci­pan­ts’ eva­lua­tions and ide­as will be fed into MAT­Sim, an agent-based traf­fic simu­la­ti­on model, to enable data-dri­ven sce­na­rio ana­ly­sis roo­ted in citi­zen input – a glo­bal­ly uni­que approach to par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry mobi­li­ty research.