The Federal Ministry of Education and Research aims to strengthen Germany’s position as a leading location for future technologies with its new High-Tech Agenda Germany (HTAD). This agenda also includes technologies for. The BRIDGE-HTAD project is situated in the agenda’s sectoral focus on climate-neutral mobility and investigates how socio-ecological mobility research can contribute to the successful development of new mobility technologies.
The project focusses on the combination of acceptance, regulation and innovation to make technological solutions socially robust, ecologically effective, and economically viable. To this end, the project analyses key technology fields of the mobility transition, such as new battery systems, e-mobility in microgrids, urban drones, autonomous driving, GentleCars, Hyperloop, urban cable cars and AI-based mobility systems. The technology fields are evaluated in terms of their contribution to climate protection, social acceptance and potential for conflict, regulatory feasibility, and their innovation and market potential.
Methodologically, BRIDGE-HTAD combines literature reviews and expert interviews with a structured evaluation framework. The findings are compiled in published technology dossiers. On this basis, methodological recommendations for future socio-ecological mobility research are developed: This will ensure that technological innovation processes are strengthened through early public participation, transdisciplinary collaboration and adaptive regulatory approaches.
Duration: 10/2025 – 09/2026
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
Team: Sabine Schröder (project management), Prof. Dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel (scientific adviser), Laura Drechsel, Erik Ooms
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