BMDV Endowed Chairs of Cycling

With a volume of 11.6 million euros, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is funding seven endowed chairs of cycling. With the endowed chairs, we are establishing and strengthening interdisciplinary research and teaching on cycling and sustainable mobility. The chairs conduct research on important cycling topics, including traffic planning, road safety and logistics. They test new technologies, establish strong cooperation networks and feed the latest findings on the subject directly into the training of future specialist staff.

With our funding of the endowed chairs of cycling, we are building up urgently needed expertise for the mobility of tomorrow.

Further information on the research focuses, activities and teaching offerings of the endowed professorships can be found on the following website of the Federal Mobility Forum and on the websites of the funded professorships mentioned below.

The following chairs of cycling are funded by the BMDV:

Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Chair of Bicycle Traffic
Professor Heather Kaths
Further information is available at www.radverkehr.uni-wuppertal.de

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
Sustainable Mobility and Cycling chair
Professor Dennis Knese
Further information is available at www.frankfurt-university.de/de/hochschule/fachbereich-1/ffin/fachgruppen-des-ffin/relut/radverkehr-studieren-erforschen

Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
BMDV Endowed Chair of Cycling
Professor Claudia Hille (as of 1 March 2024, interim professorship held by Jochen Eckart)
Further information is available at https://www.h-ka.de/vsmb

RheinMain University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden
Cycling and Pedestrian Infrastructure chair
Professor Martina Lohmeier
Further information is available at https://www.hs-rm.de/de/fachbereiche/architektur-und-bauingenieurwesen/studiengaenge/nachhaltige-mobilitaet-meng#die-bmvi-stiftungsprofessur-radverkehr-104382

Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences Wolfenbüttel
Cycling Management chair
Professor Jana Kühl
Further information is available at www.ostfalia.de/cms/de/ifvm/radverkehrsmanagement

Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau
Cycling in Intermodal Transport Networks chair
Professor Christian Rudolph
Further information is available at www.th-wildau.de/radverkehr-studieren

University of Kassel
Cycling and Local Mobility chair
Professor Angela Francke
Further information is available at www.uni-kassel.de/go/radverkehr