First Global Convening on Informal and Shared Mobility

Call for Abstracts!

We are excited to share that the first Global Convening on Informal and Shared Mobility (ISM) is happening on October 26-28, 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand!

This convening will bring together ISM workers and businesses, researchers, and representatives from government and civil society to explore ways to advance ISM inclusion, improvements, and integration into key interrelated policy realms such as transportation, public health, climate and the economy. This convening will provide a critical global platform for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to share new knowledge, generate comparative insights, and shape future research and policy agendas on ISM systems, with a particular focus on the Global South and South-South exchange.

Apply: 

If you are a scholar and have research on informal and shared mobility (ISM), please apply by filling in this form. The extended abstract (600-800 words) submission opens November 15, 2025, and closes January 16, 2026.

For Abstract submission refer this link to the Online Application

More information is to be found here. 
https://lnkd.in/dusiEgSv

For additional inquiries, please send us an email at [email protected]

Hope to see you there!

Warm regards,
Jacqueline Klopp, Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), Columbia Climate School

On behalf of all the co-organizing partners: VREF Volvo Research and Educational Foundations, PRISM Columbia University, Global Network for Popular Transportation, and Chulalongkorn University Transportation Institute (CUTI).