Conny Louen

Dr. Conny Louen serves as Senior Engineer and Head of the Urban Transport Planning research group at RWTH Aachen University's Institute of Urban and Transport Planning (ISB), where she has contributed since 2007. Her work bridges academic research and practical policy development in German and international urban mobility contexts, with emphasis on evidence-based transport planning solutions.

She earned her Civil Engineering degree from RWTH Aachen (2000-2006) with specialization in Transport and Urban Planning, completed a diploma thesis on adolescent multi-modal traffic behavior (2006), and received her doctorate in 2013 for research on mobility management's modal shift effects. Her educational journey included an Erasmus year at Universidad Politècnica de València (2005-2006).

Louen's research centers on urban traffic systems, impact analyses, and mobility management, investigating how policy interventions like fare-free public transport during pandemics influence travel behavior. She employs simulation models and case studies in cities like Aachen to address parking optimization, electric bus integration, and equitable transport planning, emphasizing actionable outcomes for policymakers through handbooks like 'Planungsinstrumente für eine nachhaltige Mobilität' (2020).

Her recent publications (2022-2025) reveal growing focus on automated public transport scenarios (NAIXTransit project), pandemic-era mobility shifts, and transport equity evaluation. She actively contributes to European initiatives like WISE-ACT COST Action while analyzing real-world implementations from Jakarta's BRT to Aachen's electric bus networks.

No scientific awards or fellowships were documented in available sources.

Louen has secured significant grant funding including the NAIXTransit project (German Federal Ministry grant 01MM20007A, 2020-2021) and participation in European WISE-ACT research. While she teaches Transport Planning I and Public Transport Organization courses, no formal PhD/Master's students were listed in provided materials despite her supervisory role in diploma/doctoral theses.

As leader of the Urban Transport Planning research group, she directs applied studies on sustainable mobility solutions, with current work emphasizing automated transit integration, mobility equity frameworks, and charging infrastructure optimization for zero-emission public transport systems.