Project cooperationUpdated on 23 September 2025
Consortium partner: Foresight, participation, PED expertise
Scientific Advisor at Institut für qualifizierende Innovationsforschung und -beratung (IQIB)
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
About
Who We Are
IQIB (DLR subsidiary) - Think & Do Tank combining applied research with policy advice for urban transformation.
Target DUT Pathways Germany only funds these specific topics.
🎯 15mC Topic 1: Next steps for multimodal urban mobility, building on travel experience (BMBF)
⚡ PED Topic 3: PEDs in urban heating and cooling strategies (BMWK)
Core Expertise
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Strategic Foresight: "Foresight-Navigator" for mobility & energy transition scenarios, Expertise in Foresight and Roadmapping
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Participatory Innovation: Co-creation with municipalities, citizens & stakeholders (proven in federal programs)
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Energy Systems Analysis: Virtual power plants, district heating networks, resilience assessment (EnergieregionPlus)
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Urban Transformation: Smart Cities coordinator for German federal program, urbanSPICE methodology
Innovation Lab (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler)
Advanced scenario modeling • Multi-stakeholder workshops • Policy-practice interface • Transformation roadmaps
What We Offer
✅ DLR Network: Connections to relevant DLR institutes when needed
✅ Policy Experience: Projects funded by German ministries (BMBF/BMWK)
✅ Proven Methods: Cutting-edge foresight tools + participatory approaches that actually work
✅ Track Record: Leading major federal projects in energy transition & smart cities
Partnership Role: "Research partner with coordination capability. Proven experience leading federal programs and multi-stakeholder projects."
What we are looking for
Open to diverse consortium partners meeting DUT requirements (min. 3 countries, incl. municipality). Seeking European consortium partners including municipalities. Technical partners in mobility/energy systems welcome. We bring particular value to projects needing foresight, participation, or system analysis expertise.
Ready to co-create evidence-based, participatory urban solutions.
Topic
- 15mC topic 1 – Next steps for multimodal urban mobility, building on the travel experience
- PED topic 3 – PEDs in urban heating and cooling strategies
Type
- Looking to join a project
Organisation
Institut für qualifizierende Innovationsforschung und -beratung (IQIB)
Research Organisation / University
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
- Looking to join a project
- Looking for partners to join a project
- CUE topic 1 – Resilient green and social infrastructure
- PED topic 3 – PEDs in urban heating and cooling strategies
- CUE topic 2 – Sustainable tourism – circular benefits and challenges
- 15mC topic 3 – Mobility policymaking in context of radical contestation
- 15mC topic 2 – Reimagining parking – transforming urban parking policies
- CUE topic 3 – Public procurement to foster urban greening and circularity
- PED topic 1 – Driving a just transition: PED strategies in social and subsidised housing
- 15mC topic 1 – Next steps for multimodal urban mobility, building on the travel experience
- PED topic 2 – Ensuring positive socio-economic impact: PEDs in local economies and energy markets
Adelin Lazar
Managing Director at URBAN20202
Bucharest, Romania
Project cooperation
Odunpazarı Municipality – Heritage, Sustainability and Inclusive Urban Futures
- Looking to join a project
- CUE topic 1 – Resilient green and social infrastructure
- CUE topic 2 – Sustainable tourism – circular benefits and challenges
- 15mC topic 2 – Reimagining parking – transforming urban parking policies
- CUE topic 3 – Public procurement to foster urban greening and circularity
- PED topic 1 – Driving a just transition: PED strategies in social and subsidised housing
- PED topic 2 – Ensuring positive socio-economic impact: PEDs in local economies and energy markets
Bedir Sarıcı
Team Leader at Odunpazarı Municipality
Eskişehir, Türkiye
Project cooperation
Strategic Expertise – PEDs and Urban Transition Models
- Looking for partners to join a project
- PED topic 2 – Ensuring positive socio-economic impact: PEDs in local economies and energy markets
Laura Patricia Spinadel
CEO at BUSarchitektur ZT GmbH & BOA GmbH
Vienna, Austria