The System Dynamics Society Special Interest Group in Transportation (SDS T-SIG) 8th Annual Workshop
The 8th annual workshop in the System Dynamics Society Special Interest Group in Transportation will be hosted by KTH on the 19-20 February, 2026.
About the workshop
The System Dynamics Society Special Interest Group in Transportation (SDS T-SIG) are pleased to announce their 8th Annual Workshop, which will take place on February 19th and 20th 2025.
We continue with an in person format, which will be hosted by KTH in Stockholm, Sweden, but hope to offer some hybrid sessions for attending online.
The scope includes all forms of systems thinking approaches, not just system dynamics.
This free workshop will consist of a mix of presentations, engagement sessions and network building opportunities.
The intention of the workshop is to showcase the range of research and practice being carried out in transport studies and planning using system thinking methods, particularly system dynamics, and it is designed to:
- Promote the role of systems thinking approaches in transport;
- Facilitate communication and collaboration in transport and systems thinking;
- Encourage and support early-stage researchers in systems thinking in transport
- Share methodological approaches, teaching materials, works in progress, best practise case studies and state-of-the-art use of systems thinking in transportation research and planning.
New submission type
NEW! This year we offer a new type of submission format: Full paper with dialogue, where you are invited to submit a full paper that is still work in progress (ca 6000 words). The paper will be assigned to a discussant, and also shared with the participants. At the workshop, the paper will be presented and followed by an in-depth dialogue about the work with the aim to inspire to improve the work. Note that this is a two-step process, where an abstract is first submitted to match the work with a discussant. This is an ideal opportunity for getting early and interactive peer review prior to journal submission, that could lead to a smoother publication of your paper!
Besides the full papers for dialogue, wewelcome abstracts for presentations and posters.
Topics
Cover any aspect of transportation, such as:
- Freight and logistics
- Transport and urban planning policies
- Development of new services, technologies or business models
- Decarbonisation and sustainable mobility
- Transport and health
Focus can be on methodological issues, such as:
- Gamification and public education
- Stakeholder engagement in transportation governance,
- Innovative approaches and cross-fertilisation with alternative forms of modelling
- New and emerging forms of data and data science techniques
We welcome proposals from academia, government, business and industry from individuals at any stage of their career, and particularly encourage early-stage researchers (who may be eligible for funding towards travel/accommodation). Participants do not need to be a SDS T-SIG member to present or attend but we do expect that presenters will attend in person.
Presentation format will be confirmed on acceptance – please indicate on submission your preference:
- Full paper for dialogue (c. 20 min followed by dialogue) – full papers, although still work in progress (6000 words).
- Full presentation (c.20 mins) - such as complete or complex studies. Abstract only (500 words).
- Lightening Talk (c.5-10mins) - early ideas, ongoing projects or thought-piece (Abstract only, ca 500 words).
- Posters on any topic.
To submit abstracts, please send an email to: transportation@systemdynamics.org
Registration to the workshop will be available soon.