Ready to imagine and create human-centered mobility futures? Using cycling as a lens to view pressing mobility and sustainability issues of today, this 3 course specialization is about opening possibilities for more resiliant and convivial cities of tomorrow. First, we use the Netherlands a as a case study for a cycling based mobility system in Unraveling the Cycling City. Then, we invite you to reflect on our mainstream mobility narrative built on engineering and economics in Alternative Mobility Narratives. Finally, we look at the role of innovation in creating an easier, safer and more accessible mobility systems in Being Smart about Cycling Futures.
Human Mobility in Future Cities Specialization
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Human Mobility in Future Cities Specialization
Re-Imagine How Mobility Systems Shape Our Lives
Instructors: Anna Nikolaeva
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4.9
(21 reviews)
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
2 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
- Community Development
- Cultural Diversity
- Environmental Science
- Economics, Policy, and Social Studies
- Storytelling
- Qualitative Research
- Social Sciences
- Spatial Analysis
- Environment and Resource Management
- Innovation
- Economics
- Sociology
- Critical Thinking
- Policy Analysis
- Research
- Creative Thinking
- Design Research
- Emerging Technologies
- Systems Thinking
- Transportation Operations
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Specialization - 3 course series
What you'll learn
We will reflect on the role of language and narratives in shaping our views on mobility, transport policy and mobility innovation
You will learn about the implied (but invisible) homo-economicus in our thinking about mobility and our transportation system
We present 4 alternatives to the homo-economicus model: 1)mobility as unnecessity 2)mobility as commons 3)mobility as play 4)mobility as interaction
In the final project, you will choose a mobility innovation and critically reflect on it from these alternative and meaningful perspectives.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Economics
Category: Sociology
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: Transportation Operations
Category: Innovation
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Cultural Diversity
Category: Storytelling
What you'll learn
Re-imagine the street as a space for negotiation and social interaction
Compare and contrast the experience of cycling to the experience of driving and walking
Explore the historical development of Dutch cycling
Examine the reciprocal interactions between land use and transport and identify how cycling fits into these systems
Skills you'll gain
Category: Cultural Diversity
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Environmental Science
Category: Design Research
Category: Qualitative Research
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: European History
Category: Economics, Policy, and Social Studies
Category: Environment and Resource Management
Category: Sociology
Category: Spatial Analysis
What you'll learn
Critically consider multiple perspectives on the future of cycling
Develop a deeper understanding of cycling practice's relation to infrastructure, its diverse users, and the wider mobility system
Situate cycling (innovations) in the context of inequalities and across different countries
Explore the limits of our society's collective mobility imagination and how to overcome them
Skills you'll gain
Category: Innovation
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Cultural Diversity
Category: Emerging Technologies
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: Research
Category: Creative Thinking
Category: Community Development
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Transportation Operations
Category: Social Sciences
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Frequently asked questions
In total, this Specialization takes about 60 hours to complete. For full-time learners, please allocate 2 weeks to complete the course.
All backgrounds are welcome! As long as you have an open mind and are motivated to improve our cities, we are sure there is great content for you in this Specialization.
It is recommended you take the courses in the following order:
Alternative Mobility Narratives
Unraveling the Cycling City
Being Smart about Cycling Futures
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