Dr.-Ing. Julia Kinigadner

MCube:

• What fascinates you about the Munich Innovation Powerhouse?
  • The diversity of players, with different perspectives, skills and ideas.
• What key challenge do you see for the future of mobility in general?
  • Measures need support at many levels, e.g. political and social. Even if you are quite sure that a measure would be effective, it needs good communication to set all the necessary levers in motion.
•  What perspective or expertise do you bring to MCube, which project are you leading or which topic do you exemplify?
  • An unbiased view of the overall mobility system and a particular interest in the benefits and costs of different solutions depending on the context.
• "For me, MCube means..."
  • Shaping the future of mobility together and initiating visible and tangible changes in the process.

Curriculum vitae: Julia Kinigadner studied environmental engineering at the Technical University of Munich. In her dissertation on "Carbon-Based Accessibility Analysis", completed in 2020, various mobility options were evaluated with regard to their spatial carbon footprint in order to make the global challenge of climate protection visible locally. She currently heads the research group "Integrated Mobility Concepts" at the Chair of Settlement Structure and Transport Planning. She is involved in regional, national and European research projects and political programs. In her role as a member of the strategy team in MCube, the Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions, she contributes to the strategic orientation and project development. Since 2023, she has represented TUM in the expert group of the strategic alliance MZM - Mobile Future Munich.