K2 researchers to lead major ShiftSweden projects
At K2, we are delighted to announce that two of our researchers have been awarded funding to lead projects within ShiftSweden’s transition lab Broadening the role of public transport.
Göran Smith, researcher at RISE and K2, will lead the project “An expanded role for regional public transport authorities: Towards a systematic integration of public transport and cycling.” The project aims to develop, test, validate and disseminate organisational models that promote the systematic integration of public transport and cycling. It will also identify barriers to upscaling. The models will be implemented in Region Västra Götaland and are intended to serve as inspiration for similar transitions in other regions. Project partners include RISE, Region Västra Götaland, K2, and Cykelcentrum. The project began in September and will run until August 2028, with funding of SEK 5,750,000 granted by Vinnova.
Fredrik Petterson-Löfstedt, researcher at LTH and K2, will lead the project “Metagovernance for collective mobility – needs, opportunities and limitations in Sweden.” The project starts from the premise that traditional public transport must be combined with other modes and services to constitute a strong alternative to private car use. Such a development requires the presence of one or more metagovernors—actors at the national, regional and/or municipal level with a specific mandate to steer and coordinate the overall development. The project’s concrete objectives include collecting detailed knowledge about existing metagovernance structures for collective mobility in Sweden, producing practical recommendations for how metagovernance capacity can be strengthened, and anchoring these insights among key stakeholders. The project will be conducted in co-production between four research environments and nine practitioner organisations. K2 will serve as a platform for the project and as an important channel for embedding insights and disseminating knowledge. The project will run from September 2025 to August 2027 and has been granted SEK 2,250,850 in funding from Vinnova.
Other K2 researchers will also participate in both projects.