Laura Trost has been working as a research scientist at ISOE since April 2023. She completed her Master's degree in Human Geography and her Bachelor's degree in Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt. In her Master's degree, she focused on urban geography and deepened her minor in mobility research. As part of her research at the Mobility Research Group at Goethe University, she examined the impact of new cycling infrastructure on the perceived quality of urban life of Frankfurt's residents. In her master's thesis, she investigated the instrumental, affective and symbolic motives of private cargo bike use.
Focus of research
- Sustainable mobility
- Urban development
- Qualitative social research
Projects
- SLInBio – Urban lifestyles and the valorization of biodiversity: dragonflies, grasshoppers, bumblebees and Co
- SoCuLa – Socio-cultural Drivers of Biodiversity Change in Germany
- SuPraStadt II – Quality of life, participation and resource conservation through social diffusion of sufficiency practices in urban neighbourhoods
- transform-R – Shaping the energy and mobility transition as a socio-ecological transformation in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region