POLICYMIX4MOBILITY

POLICYMIX4MOBILITY makes a unique conceptual and empirical contribution by integrating insights from multiple research fields to address its core question. Interdisciplinary research is combined with transdisciplinary co-production in four urban labs in the project cities—Collegno (Italy), Fürstenwalde/Spree (Germany), Limassol (Cyprus), and Odense (Denmark)—and within a broader urban mobility forum. 

These labs, co-created with city administrations, focus on real-world mobility challenges to support evidence-based, transparent decision-making. City partners are active contributors, not just research subjects. A multi-method approach—combining qualitative and quantitative methods such as modelling, case studies, and policy mix mapping—enables comparative analysis across cities and national contexts. This triangulation ensures more valid, robust findings. 

The project co-produces strategies, tools, and guidelines, resulting in a practical mobility policy mix toolbox. Outputs include strategies for integrative, transformative policy mixes, an evaluation framework, and multidimensional impact analyses for diverse stakeholders, as well as peer-reviewed publications for scholars in mobility transitions and sustainability policy.

Co-creation activities in four urban labs in the project cities and through the broader Urban Mobility Forum are central to POLICYMIX4MOBILITY’s approach. These activities ensure that the needs of city administrations working to reduce car dependency are addressed, while fostering capacity building, knowledge transfer, and peer learning across Europe. A key outcome will be a comprehensive framework for evaluating and monitoring the effects of urban mobility policy mixes, helping cities understand the direct and indirect impacts of their strategies on sustainable mobility. This will be supported by a practical mobility policy mix toolbox, including political strategies, guidelines, and tools. 

The project will also promote administrative learning, driving institutional and procedural innovations that enhance cities' ability to design and implement transformative policies. These efforts support experimentation and real-world implementation, delivering scientific insights and practical outputs that enable more liveable, inclusive, and climate-neutral urban transformations.