Most Wanted
Background
Previous student mobility surveys have often had a response rate of less than 5 per cent in some cases; they are frequently conducted on a single occasion and therefore fail to capture differences between semesters or between the lecture-free period and the term.)
Unlike most surveys, we intend to select courses over the course of approximately one year and survey the students attending those courses about their mobility. This makes it possible to gather information on mobility throughout the entire year, based on actual attendance figures.
The data will then provide a broad basis, for example, for potential GHG accounting, future infrastructure planning, academic research, etc…
Objective
The Student Mobility Transformation Experiment (MoSt wanted) is developing a valid, reliable and interoperable survey tool
to comprehensively investigate the mobility of students at JMU Würzburg for the first time.
Relevance
A large proportion of CO₂ emissions at universities is generated by travel to and within the campus. However, there is currently very little reliable data on student mobility, their behaviour, wishes and needs, which is needed to evaluate and research student mobility and to plan infrastructure in an even more targeted manner.
Survey
One challenge is to measure student mobility adequately, as, amongst other things, A) student surveys often yield low response rates, B) temporal differences throughout the year (winter semester vs. summer semester; lecture periods and non-lecture periods) and C) actual attendance figures (e.g. higher attendance rates at the start and end of the semester) must be taken into account. MoSt therefore designs the survey to be conducted within randomly selected courses in order to reach students at their destinations of mobility.
Data
The data is to be evaluated on an ongoing basis by using it
A) for the evaluation of JMU students’ mobility,
B) for interdisciplinary mobility research,
C) to communicate mobility needs and preferences to mobility planning,
D) for sustainable use after the project has ended.
Sustainability
The project thus supports the cornerstones of sustainable mobility. A) It promotes opportunities for an environmentally sustainable transition towards more sustainable student mobility. B) It enables the identification and removal of mobility barriers in a socially sustainable manner. C) It enables the development of environmentally sustainable, targeted mobility solutions.
Planned duration: 1 October 2026–30 September 2027
Detailed information can be found on the IPS website.
Coordination
Prof. Dr Christiane Gross (Project Lead)
Micha Pastuschka(Project Co-ordinator)
Email: jmu-most@uni-wuerzburg.de
