Urs Maier is an expert on freight transport, energy infrastructure and transport route planning. He joined Agora Verkehrswende in 2016 and specialises amongst others in the electrification of trucks, shifting freight to rail and financing the transport transformation.
Urs Maier was previously employed as a project manager at the German environmental organization "Deutsche Umwelthilfe". Prior to that, he was a research fellow at the University of Luxembourg's Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning. In 2010 he received his PhD for a dissertation on path dependencies and green technology in the automobile sector. Urs Maier holds a Diplom degree in Geography. He studied in Cologne, Bonn, and Gothenburg.
Song choice for the Agora Verkehrswende Mix: Ticket (Beatsteaks).
