Matthias Grundei

MCube: 

What fascinates you about the Munich Innovation Powerhouse?

• What fascinates me about the Munich Innovation Powerhouse is that people are actively involved and that their ideas and opinions count. At the same time, the scientific evaluation ensures that we learn from experience and develop solutions that have a lasting effect and can also work in other places.

What key challenge do you see for the future of mobility in general?

• A key challenge is not only to make mobility climate-friendly and innovative, but also to develop it together with people. This requires genuine participation and continuous scientific monitoring in order to develop effective and fair solutions.

What perspective or expertise do you bring to MCube, which project are you leading or which topic do you exemplify?

• At MCube, I primarily contribute my expertise and experience in the scientific evaluation of mobility innovations and the participation of people. In EPURA, we ensure that innovations are systematically evaluated and prepared for sustainable continuation, while in WiPa we work on actively involving citizens in the design process.

"For me, MCube means..."

• together: promoting ideas together and creating real change through collaboration. This creates sustainable mobility that actively involves everyone.

Curriculum vitae: Matthias has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of Settlement Structure and Transport Planning at the Technical University of Munich since 2022. As part of the MCube initiative, he has been involved in the MCube strategy team since 2024. There he is co-project manager of the sub-project WiPa - Effective Participation for Mobility Innovations as well as impact and process evaluator in the project EPURA - Evaluation, Processes, Upscaling, Replication, Application. Previously, he worked as an impact and process evaluator in the SUE - System Design and Evaluation project from 2022 to 2024.

His academic career began with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering (2014-2018) at the Technical University of Munich, followed by a Master's degree in Environmental Engineering (2018-2022), also at the Technical University of Munich. He specialized in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning and Water-Food-Energy Nexus. In 2019, he completed an Erasmus semester at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).