Geert Te Boveldt

Geert Te Boveldt is a postdoctoral researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), affiliated with the House of Sustainable Transitions and the Department of Business Technology and Operations. His research focuses on sustainable transitions, transportation planning, and multi-criteria decision analysis. He completed his PhD in 2019 with the thesis All aboard? Towards a new evaluation approach for institutionally complex transport projects, which introduced the Competence-Based Multi-Criteria Analysis (COMCA) framework.

Education

• PhD in Transportation Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2019)
• Master's in Urban Planning, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2014)

Research Interests

Te Boveldt’s work addresses sustainable mobility transitions, scenario planning for urban futures, and stakeholder engagement in policy design. His projects include developing evaluation methodologies for Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), analyzing pedestrianization impacts in Brussels, and integrating multi-criteria analysis into energy community governance. He emphasizes participatory frameworks to bridge institutional and societal gaps in decision-making.

Recent Research Trends

His recent articles explore scenario planning for Brussels’ 2050 mobility vision, robust policy packaging under uncertainty, and social-ecological criteria in transport cost-benefit analyses. His work frequently intersects with energy justice, equitable urban policy, and resilience in uncertain futures.

Awards

• Seal of Excellence (2021), recognizing exceptional research potential in interdisciplinary transport policy.

Advising & Grants

He has supervised 35 student works, including the doctoral defense of Sara Marie Tori (2024). Active grants include the TANDEM project (2022–2025) on equitable transition policies and the House of Sustainable Transitions (2024–2028) initiative.

Labs & Teams

Leads the VUB’s Sustainable Mobility Research Group and collaborates with the Brussels Mobility Lab on participatory scenario-building projects.