Congratulations on Passing your Doctorate Examination!

Gladys has been working as a research assistant in many research and teaching projects at the Chair of Design and Urban Planning since 2017. Her Master's thesis in the international Mundus Urbano program laid the foundation for her research under the guiding question: How can we plan urban districts in which children can be as active, independent and safe as possible by bike or on foot?

In her dissertation, she uses two case studies – the closure of Frankfurt's Mainkai to motorised traffic and the car-reduced Lincoln-Siedlung district in Darmstadt – to show the effects on the use of public space and possible design solutions. She had already published the results on the Mainkai in advance as co-author to article. We are now looking forward to the publication of her dissertation and wish Gladys a good start in her new role as Commissioner for Pedestrian Traffic for the City of Frankfurt.

Primary supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Knöll

Secondary supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Dettmar

We would also like to thank Prof. Annette Rudolph-Cleff for chairing the oral examination on 26.01.2024 as well as Dr.-Ing. PD Nebojša Čamprag and Prof. Dr. Maren Harnack for their participation in the commission.