Barbara Lenz (born 12 February 1955) is a German geographer, transport researcher, and mobility expert. She headed the Institute for Transport Research at the German Aerospace Center until 2021.[1]
Barbara Lenz | |
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| Born | February 12, 1955 |
| Citizenship | German |
| Alma mater | University of Stuttgart |
| Occupation | geographer |
In 2019, Lenz was elected a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering[2]
Career
editBarbara Lenz studied geography and German at the University of Stuttgart. She began training to become a secondary school teacher at the State Seminar ‖ in Stuttgart in 1986. After Lenz had worked for a year as a secondary school teacher at the Merz private school in Stuttgart, she began working as a research assistant at the Geographical Institute of the University of Stuttgart,
From 1993 to 2001, she also worked at the Geographical Institute as a research assistant in research and teaching. In 2001, Lenz completed her habilitation at the Faculty of Geosciences and Biosciences at the University of Stuttgart on the topic of “Functional differentiation and spatial arrangement of flower and ornamental plant production companies – an economic geographical study based on the Filière concept”.
Barbara Lenz is head of the working group "Alternative drives and fuels for sustainable mobility" (AG-2) of the National Platform for the Future of Mobility .[3][4]
Works
edit- Steck, Felix; Kolarova, Viktoriya; Bahamonde-Birke, Francisco; Trommer, Stefan; Lenz, Barbara (2018-04-06). "How Autonomous Driving May Affect the Value of Travel Time Savings for Commuting". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2672 (46). SAGE Publications: 11–20. doi:10.1177/0361198118757980. ISSN 0361-1981.
- Lenz, Barbara; Nobis, Claudia (2007). "The changing allocation of activities in space and time by the use of ICT—"Fragmentation" as a new concept and empirical results". Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 41 (2). Elsevier BV: 190–204. doi:10.1016/j.tra.2006.03.004. ISSN 0965-8564.
- Eisenmann, Christine; Nobis, Claudia; Kolarova, Viktoriya; Lenz, Barbara; Winkler, Christian (2021). "Transport mode use during the COVID-19 lockdown period in Germany: The car became more important, public transport lost ground". Transport Policy. 103. Elsevier BV: 60–67. doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.01.012. ISSN 0967-070X. PMC 9761784.
References
edit- ^ "Technology as a Part of the Solution". www.dekra.com. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ schmidt (2019-12-06). "acatech begrüßt 40 neue Mitglieder in ihren Reihen". acatech (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "AG 2 – Alternative Antriebe und Kraftstoffe für nachhaltige Mobilität - NATIONALE PLATTFORM ZUKUNFT DER MOBILITÄT" (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ Pritlove, Tim (2014-12-01). "FG003 Autonomer Verkehr". Forschergeist (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-10.