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Q-Park and Erasmus University Rotterdam held the 2022 Student Award and Thought Leader Event at the Muziekgieterij in Maastricht today. About 120 guests attended the afternoon event where the theme was Urban Mobility & Behaviour.

Presentations to inspire

Following an introduction from Q-Park CEO Frank De Moor, Dr Lara Suzuki , Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google, gave an engaging presentation about Smart Mobility – Embracing Culture and Innovation. In her talk she emphasised the need for creating inclusive mobility solutions and urged urban planners to work from use cases for developing mobility facilities and systems.

Q-Park Student Award 2022

The Q-Park Student Award makes a valuable contribution to bridging the knowledge gap in parking and mobility. This award, which is jointly run by Q-Park and Erasmus University Rotterdam, is open to all European universities. Since its inception in 2014 more than 60 students have participated with their theses.

This year, a total of eight theses were submitted from six different institutes: Breda University of Applied Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Radboud University, TU Delft, University of Antwerp, and University of Ljubljana.

A jury of Parking & Mobility Experts and academics from various universities, all involved in urban mobility, assessed the submissions and selected three finalists. Each of the winning students gave a brief presentation of their research and findings.

Three students present their work

Giuliano Mingardo, senior researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and specialised in parking policy and mobility management, introduced the students and their research. He praised the high scientific standard of all theses submitted.

Giuliano introduced the students of the winning theses and invited each to give a short presentation about their work. Renske van ‘t Veer was unable to attend the event in Maastricht, so she had recorded her presentation in advance. Giuliano was able to answer questions on her behalf.

The winners are:

• Pieter De Smet, University of Antwerp: Car-free households, an analysis of car-sharing in Belgium

• Femke Herben, Erasmus University: The impact of residential urbanism and aging of young adults on car travel demand in the Netherlands

• Renske van ‘t Veer, TU Delft: Vehicle-owners’ intention to use Mobility-as-a-Service

Following the presentations Frank De Moor presented each of the winners with a cheque for €1500.

From left to right: Renske van ‘t Veer, Pieter De Smet, Femke Herben.

The Student Award event was supported by 14 first year students from De Rooi Pannen in Tilburg.