Nils is a research fellow for the Senseable City Lab Amsterdam (SCA). He is part of the teams for computer vision and outdoor thermal comfort. He links innovative data collection methods with people's well-being. He is currently analyzing how people move between shade and sun in public places.
In recent projects, Nils linked his engineering background to various mobility-related topics. He analyzed pedestrian trajectories on public places with computer-vision based vitality metrics, he investigated the impact of street seating on place vitality, and explored options to guide a shift towards active mobility in the city of Amsterdam.
Living in Amsterdam, Nils experiences the impact of heatwaves even in this comparably green and blue city. Nils believes that understanding the implications of climate change on citizens' mobility behavior helps in designing adaptation measures, but also highlights the need for climate change mitigation.
“Humanity fails to mitigate climate change, so we need to learn more about possible adaptations to heat stress conditions”