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On 2nd and 3rd September 2019, Scientists for Cycling and the UK-based Cycling and Society research group will organise a joint colloquium under the title "Cycling, Society and Social Justice". The event will be held in Chester, United Kingdom, and organised by the Department of Social and Political Science at the University of Chester.

You can find more information on the preliminary programme and the registration here.

After the successful experience of last year’s Velo-city conference, ECF and its global network Scientists for Cycling decided to continue integrating a research track into the conference programme also at this year’s edition in Dublin. Closely aligned to the themes of the general conference programme, seven academic sessions featured the latest results of research on cycling from all around the world.

You can download the presentations from these sessions here.

On 6th and 7th September 2018, Scientists for Cycling and the UK-based Cycling and Society research group will organise a joint colloquium. The event will be held at the University of West England, Bristol, and organised by the Centre for Transport and Society.

You can find more information on the preliminary programme and the registration here.

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), with its global network Scientists for Cycling (S4C), invited researchers working on cycling-related issues from all around the world and all relevant academic disciplines to participate in the Scientists for Cycling sessions at Velo-city Rio de Janeiro, which took place from 12 to 15 June 2018.

You can find the presentations from the scientific sessions here.

The Scientists for Cycling network was a partner in the organisation of the International Cycling Conference, an interdisciplinary and international scientific conference organized by the German Environment Agency (UBA). The three-day event highlighted the role of active mobility from an international perspective. It focused on synergies in transport planning, health care, environmental quality, economic and business development, as well as social issues and above all the exchange of knowledge and experience from research to practice and vice versa. You can find more information here.

In partnership with the ECF’s Scientists for Cycling network, Radboud University successfully organised the 2017 edition of the network’s Scientific Colloquium at the margins of the Velo-city conference in Nijmegen. A record-breaking number of around 160 delegates from all over the globe joined the vibrant and engaging discussion on various aspects of cycling research. A dense program of 80 contributions distributed in diverse format of presentations - 3 keynotes, 45 oral presentations, 4 panels and 27 lightning presentation with posters – ran in parallel sessions throughout the day.

More information here

After the successful edition in Taipei in February, more than 120 academics from 11 countries all over the world came to Aveiro in Portugal from 17 to 18 November to discuss the newest developments in cycling research. During two days, the interdisciplinary colloquium organised by the University of Aveiro and ECF’s global network Scientists for Cycling focussed on two main themes:

• “Cycling Delivers to the UN Global Goals”, which was introduced as a S4C topic for the coming year already at the S4C colloquium in Taipei. Researchers were invited to contribute to the creation of a body of evidence for the benefits of cycling at the global level, including, but not limited to climate change, liveable cities, public health, innovation and economic growth…

• “Rapid Changes”: This theme track analysed rapid changes in cycling-related areas in order to identify successful strategies in terms of transition management, investments, traffic safety measures, transformation of public space and others.

You can find the presentations of the colloquium here.

The book of abstracts is available here.

On 26 February 2016, the day before the start of the Velo-city Global Conference, the annual colloquium of the Scientists for Cycling network brought together academics from all over the world, who presented their newest research results and engaged in fruitful discussions on how to bring forward the research agenda for cycling.

Thanks to the excellent organisation by the host institution, the Advanced Public Transportation Research Centre at the National Taiwan University under the lead of Scientists for Cycling advisory board member Professor Jason Chang, the interdisciplinary colloquium reached a new level of success, and became an Asian role model. By bringing together researchers from several Asian countries with their counterparts from the rest of the world, the event created a unique opportunity for exchange and gave real added value to its participants.

You can find the program, abstracts and presentations of the colloquium here.

The photos of the colloquium are available on our Flickr account.

Picture: Scientific Colloquium, Nantes 2 June 2015

This year’s edition of the Scientists for Cycling Network’s Colloquium took place on 2 June 2015, the day before the start of the Velo-city conference in Nantes (France). The colloquium focused on new developments in cycling research.

You can find the programme of the event here. The presentations are available for download:

• Opening – General Setting + Purpose of S4C – Bas de Geus
• All S4C news available – challenges, achievements, perspectives – Manfred Neun
• The tumultuous history of public transport-bicycle relations – Frédéric Heran
• Study on tram and bicycle interactions – Thomas Jouannot
• To Make Use of Health Benefits of Active Modes of Mobility – Bas de Geus
• Socio and cognitive determinants of the behaviour of transport users, especially cyclists – Nadine Chaurand
• Typology of Cyclist Accidents – Alice Billot-Grasset
• News on Cycling Research in Asia – Public Bike Schemes Are Pivotal – Jason Chang
• Resilient urban transition – Andrea Weninger

Supporting ECF staff members:

Holger Haubold  - Germany - ECF (Fiscal and Economic Policy Officer) - Economics, politics, advocacy, mobility, cycling