The 12th Young Researchers Seminar will be organised by the Federal Highway Research Institute – BASt (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen), from June 3 to 5, 2025 in Bergisch Gladbach & Cologne, Germany.

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This edition offers the opportunity to a network of young transport researchers from Members of ECTRI, FEHRL, FERSI, EURNEX, HUMANIST as well as from research organisations across the US [1] to gather and interact during the three-day seminar, where young researchers are able to improve their presentation skills in written and oral scientific communication by tutorial means. The tutoring is done by senior researchers who themselves are acting in a truly international scientific culture.

[1] Since 2007, thanks to the Memorandum of Understanding between ECTRI and TRB, the participation to the Seminar is open to young researchers and tutors from the US Universities. 

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TRANSPORT RESEARCH DOMAINS

The seminar focuses on following research domains:

• • Transport economics and policy (including labour economics)

• • Transport sustainability, environment and energy

• • Transport safety, travel behaviour and active mobility

• • Digitalisation in transport (including ITS and traffic management)

• • Transport logistics and freight

• • Transport engineering (including road and railway infrastructures)

TARGET GROUP

YRS 2025 is meant for young researchers working at organisations belonging to ECTRI, FEHRL, FERSI, EURNEX, HUMANIST and US Universities (via TRB). The young researchers are incited to participate by their own organisations (Institutes or Universities). They are preferably PhD students; Postdoctoral may also be accepted, within their 1-2 years after PhD. They are involved in one of the aforementioned research domains.

YRS 2025 KEY DATES

• • April 2024: Announcement of the host, dates and venue

• • May 17, 2024 Launch of the call for SC members

  • June 17, 2024 Deadline for nomination of SC members

  • June 17, 2024: Launch of call for abstracts and call for tutors

  • September 30, 2024:  Deadline for submission of abstracts and nomination of tutors – Deadline extended to October 15, 2024

  • December 2, 2024: Notification on abstracts review results and tutors appointment

  • February 3, 2025 : Deadline for full draft paper submission

  • February – June, 2025: Exchange between tutors and young researchers

  • May 20: Deadline for submission of final paper

  • May 27: Deadline for submission of final presentation

  • June 3-5, 2025 : Holding of the YRS