Vivien Katharina Albers

Vivien Katharina Albers, M.Sc.

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
    Postfach 3640
    76021 Karlsruhe

Current positions

  • Spokesperson for the Pegasus Network for Mobility and Transport Research

Fields of work

  • Mobility governance
  • Qualitative research methods
  • Research on transitions and transformative research

Current projects

On the internet

Social networks:
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Professional background

since 2025 Scientific staff member at ITAS
aince 2024 Ph.D. student at Technical University Dortmund, Thesis title: “Governance Arrangements for Sustainable Commuting in City Regions in Germany”
2022 - 2025 Scientific staff member at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, involvement in research project “PendelLabor – Pathways to Sustainable Urban-Rural Mobility Using the Example of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Region”
2021 - 2022 Scientific staff member at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences within the project “System Innovation for Sustainable Development”
2018 - 2021 Master's Program at the Universities of Graz and Basel, Sustainable Development (M.Sc.)
2014 - 2017 Bachelor’s Program at Heidelberg University, Geography and Political Sciences (B.Sc.)

Selected publications

Albers, V.K.; Nitschke, L.; Bruns, A. (2025)
Designing effective policy packages for sustainable commuting:  Insights from social practice theory. Transport Geography, 127, 104282
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104282

Albers, V.K.; Bugow, K. (2023)
Wege zu nachhaltiger Mobilität: Fördernde und hemmende Faktoren für den Ausbau des gemeindeübergreifenden Radwegenetzes im Darmstädter Umland. GAIA  - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 32(4), 359–367
https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.4.7

Nitschke, L.; Albers, V.; Bruns, A.; Buscher, J.; Deffner, J.; Mühlhans, H.; Quentin, P.; Weber, S. (2023)
Pendelmobilität nachhaltiger gestalten – Empfehlungen für lokale und regionale Akteure. Frankfurt am Main