IVe-Seminar „Latest advances in travel behavior and social networks“

How do social networks influence our mobility behavior? In the seminar, Giancarlos Parady (University of Tokyo) will present the latest approaches to data and modeling — with a focus on group decisions and joint accessibility.

 

 

Date and Time
Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 3:30–4:30 PM

Venue
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
Ilse-Wallentin-Haus, Room ILWA-SR 25
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Vienna

Participation is also possible online via Zoom:
Zoom link: https://bokuvienna.zoom.us/j/67226383171
Meeting ID: 672 2638 3171

Speaker
Giancarlos Parady is a Lecturer in the Department of Urban Engineering at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research focuses on:

  • Integrating social networks into travel behavior models
  • Modeling activities in physical and virtual spaces
  • Assessing the impacts of new transport technologies on urban structure
  • Causal evaluations of human-centered transport policies

He has received awards from the City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ) and the Japan Society of Transportation Engineers (JSTE), among others, and in 2025 was honored with the Teaching Excellence Award from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo.

Talk Topic
Joint travel decisions—especially those related to social activities—are inadequately explained by traditional behavioral models. This talk presents recent advances in data collection and modeling that systematically incorporate social networks into travel behavior research, with a focus on group decisions and “joint accessibility.”

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