Andrew Bricker is Associate Professor of English Literature in the Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University in Belgium and a Senior Fellow at the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.

He is Co-Directeur Sportif, with Martin Zeilinger, of The Hub for Critical Cycling Studies, which will be having its inaugural workshop, “Visions for Critical Cycling Studies Futures,” in Ghent (2-4 June 2026). You can find the CFP and directions for submitting a proposal on our website (https://www.bikestudies.ugent.be/).

Bricker also serves as Principal Investigator for DELIAH: Democratic Literacy and Humour (2025-2029: https://www.deliah.eu/), which is funded by the Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. He is the author of Libel and Lampoon: Satire in the Courts, 1670-1792 (Oxford University Press, 2022); and, with Eric Smith, of We the Raptors: Thirty Players, Thirty Stories, Thirty Years (Simon & Schuster, 2025).

Born, bred and educated in Sunny Singapore. Trained in Architecture, Urban Design and Sustainable Design. Always love cycling in the tropics!

Annarita is the Lead Project Manager at Pin Bike. She works across corporate communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement. After her Masters' at King's College London, she deals with sustainable mobility, smart cities, and European local governance.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annaritaleserri/

Ann has an impressive academic background and extensive experience in geographic data and traffic modeling. She specializes in network analysis, data integration, and quality control, along with the development of model content. Ann also serves as our MINT contact for all things related to GIS and data. She consistently seeks meaningful combinations of data and ways to present these insights to clients in a clear, understandable manner. Ann asks the difficult but necessary questions, pushing others to think beyond the obvious.

Ann has frequently contributed to bicycle studies, working on modeling potential analyses ranging from local infrastructure to broad regional cycling models across Flanders. She is also a key force in the creation of TraVis, our quick-scan tool designed to address a wide range of municipal and regional mobility questions. Through TraVis, we provide insights on travel times, accessibility, the effects of circulation measures, as well as mapping the potential impact of new (cycling) infrastructure and traffic (in)security. Ann plays a pivotal role in the further development of TraVis, including content refinement, visualizations, and enhancing interactivity via a web platform

Together with 2 colleagues, Ann has established an internal innovation team at MINT for the past two years, pushing the boundaries of the products we develop—not just in expanding application opportunities, but also in terms of visual communication. This collaboration led to the creation of MINT’s stand at Velo-city, featuring a bicycle potential tool and a completely new interactive look, as well as feedback options on the OmnitransNEXT platform of our sister company, Goudappel. Ann continues to lead the ongoing development of this initiative.

Ann earned her Master's degree in Geomatics and Land Surveying from Ghent University and completed her PhD, focusing on routing algorithms. She stayed at the Department of Geography at Ghent University for postdoctoral research on integrating traffic sign databases into route navigation systems.

Dr. Brent J. Bell is an Associate Professor at the University of New Hampshire, where he teaches Outdoor Leadership and Management. His academic interests are grounded in a passion for exploring how people connect with each other and their communities. This has led him to research topics such as social support development, the impact of outdoor orientation programs, and the role of reciprocity in everyday interactions. Beyond his university work, Dr. Bell is committed to community engagement, evident in his involvement with local bike groups and his work to promote bicycle safety.

Dr. Christian Werner is researcher at the Mobility Lab, Department of Geoinformatics, Paris Lodron University Salzburg. Following his studies of digital media and working in this field, in 2020 he graduated in Applied Geoinformatics (MSc.) with a thesis on geostatistical assessment of cyclist stress using physiological measurements. In 2024, he concluded his PhD studies in Applied Geoinformatics with a dissertation on spatial network assessment for planning support in cycling mobility. In his research, Christian Werner works on aspects of data acquisition, spatial data analysis, modeling, and interdisciplinary methods. His present focus lies on advancing methods for network assessment that take into consideration infrastructure suitability, accessibility, and systematic effects in context of sustainable mobility.

Clemens Brauer has been working for 6 years in the Mobility Team within the Department "Sustainability and Infrastructures" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research.
His expertise includes modelling in the field of sustainable mobility, regional data analysis, and cycling policies.

I am a researcher at the Academic observatory for cycling and active mobilities (OUVEMA) at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. My work focuses on all types of cycling, including e-bikes and cargo bikes, from the perspective of users' motivations, barriers and experiences, and through a life course perspective. I am currently working on the modal shift effects of e-bikes on mobility, the experiences and effects of cycling infrastructure changes, and the links between recreational and utility cycling.

Dr Eileen Hogan is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the School of Applied Social Studies and a member of the Institute for the Social Sciences in the 21st Century at University College Cork. Eileen holds a degree in Arts (Music), a degree in Social Science, and a Masters in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from University College Cork. She was awarded a PhD through the Institute for Popular Music Studies, University of Liverpool in 2015. Her research interests sit at an intersection of urban geography and social policy, and she is interested in exploring the relationship between well-being and people’s sense of place in urban environments, often through a social practice theory lens. She is particularly interested in ethnographic and participatory modes of inquiry, and values community-engaged research practices in producing and disseminating new social scientific knowledge that can contribute to policy-making for a more sustainable and equitable society.

Elke Franchois is a Master in International Political Sciences and a professional bachelor Social Work. Elke has been working at Mobiel 21 since 2008. Mobiel 21 is an NGO working on streets on a human scale, with fewer cars and more encounters, together with active citizens and committed policymakers. When it comes to mobility in their street, neighborhood or city, Elke sees every citizen as an expert. As Project Leader Citizen Science at Mobiel 21, she actively promotes this vision. In her role, Elke specializes in empowering people through accessible research tools such as Telraam and PING, in innovative projects at the intersection of mobility and citizen science, and in transformative learning for children and adults on topics like climate change and sustainability.

I am an independent researcher, holding a PhD in Urban Geography. My work focuses on inclusion, citizen participation and social cohesion in urban neighbourhoods and is charaterized by a combination of qualitative methods, suchs as storytelling, video production and focus groups. Current projects center around inclusive mobility, community centers and urban regeneration. I am the founder of a national network on mobile meeting places, resulting from my own experience in the city of Amersfoort, where I ride around on a cargo bike and create pop-up meeting places in the streets of my neighbourhood Kattenbroek, to foster social cohesion and place attachment.

From his background in mobility science and road safety, Glenn works within Mobiel 21 on better local mobility policies. As Project Manager School Mobility and Parking Management, he brings citizens and policymakers together in municipal participation processes, works with children of all ages on safe school environments and works in European innovation projects on tomorrow's cycling and parking policy.

Pan Haixiao is a professor in the Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University since 1989 immediately after he was awarded his Ph.D in the same year from Shanghai Jiaotong University. Pan’s major research interests are in the areas of land use and urban transport. His many research projects include high profile ones founded by the prestigious China Nature Science Foundation and Energy Foundation. He served as the Local Chair of 13th World Transport Research Congress. Besides academic research, he has involved in implementation studies on land use plans and urban transport plans for more than dozen cities in China.

Isabel is a PhD Researcher at Aalto University with a focus on mobility behaviour, planning practices and cycling cultures. She pursued her master's degree in Sustainable Urban Mobility at both UPC Barcelona and Aalto University as part of the EIT Urban Mobility program. During a visit to Oulu, she got inspired by the city's unique cycling environment and winter cycling and decided to write her master's thesis on Oulu's cycling culture - which continues as a topic in her PhD studies.

James Green leads two sustainable mobility projects in Ireland, one aiming to produce lasting modal shift from private car to ebikes, and the second looking at increasing social inclusion and equity in sustainable mobility. He is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Professor of Health Psychology in the Health Research Institute and School of Allied Health, University of Limerick.

Jerome Laviolette completed his Ph.D. in transportation engineering at Polytechnique Montreal in 2023 where he focused on understanding the various factors influencing car ownership and car dependency. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University. Specializing in travel behaviour research, he oversees a research project to analyze policies and strategies to support behaviour change towards cycling.

Johannes Schering is a researcher a the University of Oldenburg (Lower Saxony, Germany), Department of Business Informatics VLBA, in the cycling data projects. Johannes was part of the smart cycling projects INFRASense, SmartHelm, ECOSense and BITS. Currently he is leading the BikeDetect project that is discussed in this contribution. INFRASense, SmartHelm and BITS were presented in earlier editions of CRBAM in Copenhagen and Wuppertal. You find Johannes' smart cycling publications on the website of the University of Oldenburg.
https://uol.de/vlba/personen/mitarbeiterinnen/johannes-schering/publikationen

Jones Karlström is the deputy director of the Swedish Cycling Research Centre (Cykelcentrum) based at The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI). He has had this position for 8 years. In cooperation with other researchers, NGOs and governmental bodies, Cykelcentrum works on establishing long-term interdisciplinary research and cooperation and connecting research to the problems that stakeholders (e.g. municipalities) struggle with to make cycling safer and more attractive. Before his position at the VTI, Jones worked at the municipal of Stockholm as project manager on winter maintenance for cycling, developing new methods as well as the everyday work to make cycling possible during the winter. He also worked as a project manager for development projects on cyclists at road constructions sites, with the ambition to improve safety and accessibility for cyclists. Jones has a master’s degree in environment and health as well as a bachelor’s degree in geography and political science. He also has a degree as a Master of Education for the Upper Secondary School.

Since 2021 head of the “Infostelle Fahrradparken am Bahnhof” at DB Station&Service, whose task is to advise municipalities across Germany on the planning and construction of bicycle parking garages. Previously project manager for innovation at the Berlin Agency for Electromobility eMO. Further stations: Independent Institute for Environmental Issues e.V., project SPREE2011, press officer of IPPNW. From 1995 to 2002 he was responsible for the on-air promotion of the channel n-tv. He studied history and German literature as well as political science.

I am a PhD researcher at Ghent University, Chair of Cycling. My doctoral project investigates how children’s cycling mobility is represented across media, policy, and police reports, and how these discourses shape societal understandings of safety and belonging in urban space. For this congress, I focus on narratives emerging from police interrogations in crash reports involving cyclists and motorists, examining how responsibility and accountability are constructed. More broadly, my research engages with questions of power and discourse in mobility systems, while consistently placing children’s autonomy and freedom to move at the center.

She is a biologist by training and a researcher by nature. She possesses an MBA in Environmental Planning and Management from Veiga de Almeida University (2010) and a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from COPPE/UFRJ (2014). Currently, she is pursuing a doctoral degree in the Postgraduate Program in Exercise and Sport at UERJ, where she is actively engaged with the Active Life Laboratory (LaVA) and the Institute of Strategic Planning for Transportation and Tourism (Planett).

Additionally, she collaborates with various organizations in the fields of urban mobility and tourism, including Instituto Aromeiazero and Transportation Active, as well as Open Knowledge Brazil, which promotes open knowledge initiatives. Her work emphasizes the dissemination of knowledge and the transfer of technology between academic institutions, businesses, governmental entities, and civil society.

She advocates for the importance of ecological literacy, digital literacy, and network-building as essential components for enhancing citizen education and advancing the sustainable development of urban areas, with a particular focus on promoting access, inclusion, and climate justice.

Dr. Kevin J. Krizek is Professor of Environmental Design at the University of Colorado Boulder and a former Senior Advisor for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment at the U.S. Department of State. He analyzes the role of government and how daily services are accessed by residents. Through his trainings and experiences, both domestic and international, he’s refined insights about the future of urban transport that are aspirational, practical, and evidence-based. His recent book carefully articulates a reformist urban transport planning agenda for cities grounded in accessibility, sustainability, and social justice. Other forward leaning suggestions for city policy have been shared in his TED talk, nationally published essays (1, 2, 3) and works such as The End of Traffic and the Future of Transport.

Stepping out of the ivory tower, Krizek received training to translate knowledge to action as a 2013 fellow of the Leopold Leadership Program—skills refined at the Department of State while spurring global infrastructure initiatives. He served as a visiting professor at Radboud University from 2014 to 2017 and was awarded a 2014 U.S.-Italy Fulbright Scholarship. Krizek earned a Ph.D. in Urban Design and Planning and M.S.C.E. from the University of Washington in Seattle. His master’s degree in regional planning is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and he received his Bachelor of Engineering (+ Communication) from Northwestern University.

Second-year Master's student in the Department of Geography at McGill University, focusing on the opposition to cycling infrastructure and the strategic framing of cycling policy to enhance public support.

Linda Marie Pätzold studied Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where she completed both her Bachelor's and Master's theses in the field of bicycle planning. To broaden her academic expertise and gain a deeper understanding of urban environments, she is currently pursuing a Master's in Urban Ecological Planning at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Lindsay is an interdisciplinary PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam, working towards a thesis project exploring narrarives of automobility and velomobility in the Dutch context. In their free time, Lindsay builds strange bicycles and collects plush trains from around the world.

Lukas Junghanns is a doctoral researcher at Aalto University. His international background in transportation engineering equips him with the expertise to break down academic silos in transportation research and approach it from the perspectives of social & political sciences. His research focus is on the role of bottom-up movements, protest and civil disobedience, and how they can help to reshape existing planning paradigms.

I'm an urban planner and designer interested in Active Mobility. In my research, I try to understand everyday experiences of pedestrians and cyclists in the city.

Maria Salomons is lecturer at Delft University of Technology, supervising bachelor and master students in their final stage of studies. Any research related to Transport and Planning is welcomed as final research topic, from intersection control, traffic behaviour to cycling research.

Mark F. N. Franke is a professor in and the Director of the Centre for Global Studies at Huron University College in London, Ontario, Canada.

I am a traffic engineer, a PhD student, and a sociology student. My vision is to understand our cycling environments better by moving from numbers to people. That's a big challenge.

Dr. Martin Loidl is head of the Mobility Lab research group at the University of Salzburg. He has degrees in geography (with a major in planning) and geoinformatics. His PhD in applied geoinformatics revolved around spatial models of bicycling safety threats. In his research, Martin integrates domain expertise from various fields, in order to gain a better understanding of complex mobility systems. In this context, he is especially interested in sustainable mobility and the inter-relation between the physical as well as social environment and mobility behavior.

Michael is a communication studies researcher and a PhD fellow at the Urban Cycling Institute. For the past year and a half, he has been researching bicycle repair communities in the Netherlands and the reciprocal bicycle and human relationship.

Dr. Panagiotis G. Tzouras is a Researcher and Transportation Engineer at the Laboratory of Transportation Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of West Attica. His research focuses on issues related to sustainable mobility modelling with the aim of developing methodologies and tools that will assist the daily practice. He has participated in research projects and studies related to these issues in Greece and Europe. During the last 5 years, she has published more than 20 journal articles and has participated in several international scientific conferences for the dissemination of the results.

Peter Füssy is a journalist, researcher, writer, migrant, and mobility activist. Not necessarily in that order. After ten years working as a reporter and editor in Brazil, he moved to Amsterdam where he received an MA in Media Studies and became obsessed with people-oriented cities. He published the children's book “If this street were mine” and regularly creates content about urban planning.

Reena Mahajan is a seasoned urban planner and advocate for people-centred design and nature-positive cities. She leads Studio Divercity, an independent consultancy dedicated to sustainable urban design and water-sensitive planning, bringing two decades of experience across three continents. After spearheading a cultural shift in Montevideo that led to safer crosswalks and an expanding bike lane network, she is now launching StreetSmart, a digital platform that combines data, design, and dialogue to reimagine streets and empower communities to shape liveable and climate-resilient cities. Originally from India and currently based in Paris, she uses visual advocacy and storytelling to demonstrate that shaping cities is as much about politics and culture as it is about technical expertise.

As Researcher at Mobiel 21, Sam focuses on the research aspect of mobility projects, campaigns and initiatives. He specializes in research on topics like transport poverty, inclusive mobility and the social impact of innovations such as digitalisation and shared mobility. Sam also translates the collected data into actionable advice and tangible recommendations, ensuring mobility research leads to better real-life mobility policies.

Sharon Brown, PhD, is a professor of Health and Exercise Science at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky where she team teaches a May term study abroad course titled Public Policy and the Culture of Health in the Netherlands. Since 2006 she was been recognized as a Bingham Teaching Fellow, an academic award for excellence in teaching. She is currently serves as the Board President for Bike Walk Kentucky, the state advocacy non-profit organization and also has volunteered as a board member for the Broke Spoke Community Bike Shop which helps to provide adults with need with bicycles.

I am Stefan, a versatile scientist with expertise at the intersection of transport geography (Diploma) and traffic engineering (PhD). Since 2012, I have dedicated my research, teaching, and consulting efforts to the analysis and modeling of traffic behavior. With a solid foundation in both fields—geography and transport planning—I often bring a unique perspective, leading to different questions and explanations. In my doctoral thesis, I analyzed bicycle route choice preferences using GPS data. I currently co-chair the bicycle research group BIKELAB and chair the subgroup ‘Analysis and Modeling of Active Transport,’ with a particular emphasis on cycling. However, cycling is not just a field of study for me—it is also my passion, whether on an MTB, racing bike, or city bike.

Dr. Sven Lißner is a German mobility scientist and Senior Research Associate at the Technical University of Dresden, where he teaches and conducts research at the Chair of Traffic Ecology. His research focuses on the use of GPS data for planning and analyzing cycling traffic, as well as modeling the environmental impacts of transportation. One of the key projects he is involved in is MoveOn – Cycling Data for Germany, which deals with app-based collection and analysis of cycling traffic data in Germany.

William is a Master’s student at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, specializing in Urban Planning. His academic interests focus on applying spatial data science to sustainable transportation challenges. He is particularly passionate about using machine learning and explainable AI to uncover hidden patterns in urban mobility and support evidence-based planning.

A PhD candidate at the National University of Singapore and transformed graduate of the Planning the Cycling City summer programme. Loves cycling research and cycling.

She is a PhD candidate from Chair of Traffic Process Automation of TU Dresden https://www.linkedin.com/company/tu-dresden-verkehr-vis-vpa?originalSubdomain=de. Her research focuses on sub-microscopic modeling of cyclists’ behavior through an optimal control approach. She is also actively involved in the Instrumented Bike Lab, where she contributes to platform development, data collection and processing, as well as the experimental design of studies on cyclist behavior.