Stefanie Ruf

 

Dr. rer. nat., M.Sc psychology

Senior researcher (Postdoc)

Head of research group "Transforming urban mobility"

Professorship of Urban Design
Arcisstrasse 21
80333 München

Email: stefanie.ruf@tum.de

Stefanie Ruf graduated with a Master of Science in psychology focusing on human performance in socio-technical systems from TU Dresden in 2019, where she had previously finished her Bachelor's degree as well. From 2016 to 2021, she worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Assessment and Intervention at TU Dresden, where she completed her PhD on the just allocation of road space and cyclists’ subjective safety. In 2021, she joined the Chair of Urban Design at the Technical University of Munich as a research assistant.

  • Just allocation of road space
  • Cyclists’ subjective safety and positioning on the road
  • Environmentally friendly winter road maintenance on cycling facilities
  • Everyday (social) experiments on the transformation of mobility

  • MCube: Transformative mobility experiments (TrEx)

  • Ruf, Stefanie; Druba, Jan-Michael; Hagemeister, Carmen: Stuck in a (literal) tight spot: Cycling between tram rails, sharrows and parked cars. Journal of Safety Research (87), 2023, 107-121 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Lißner, Sven; von Harten, Maike; Francke, Angela; Ruf, Stefanie; Hagemeister, Carmen: Safe cycling in winter: Results of a case study on the role of de-icing in the city of Hamburg, Germany. Journal of Safety Research (87), 2023, 244-256 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Glogar, Isabel; Boucsein, Benedikt; Kellhammer, Marco; Ruf, Stefanie; Schmidt, Mareike: A Collaborative Approach for Urban Design Education in Light of the Climate Emergency. Dimensions - Journal of Architectural Knowledge 05, 2023, 143-166 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Ruf, Stefanie: Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Visionen zur Zukunft der Mobilität im Angesicht von Krisen. 18. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises "Mobilität und Verkehr" (AK MoVe), 2023 more…
  • Zwangsleitner, Daniel; Ruf, Stefanie: Alternative Alltagswelten: Szenariotechnik. Workshop bei der 6. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Qualitative Methoden der Geographie und der raumsensiblen Sozial- und Kulturforschung des VGDH, 2022 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Hagemeister, Carmen: Improving perceived safety on narrow streets with sharrows. International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP), 2022 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Zwangsleitner, Daniel; Boucsein, Benedikt: COVID-19: A force for profound changes in mobility behavior? International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP), 2022 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Zwangsleitner, Daniel: COVID-19: Bump in the road or real turning point on the way towards more sustainable mobility? International Association People - Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference, 2022 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Zwangsleitner, Daniel: Quality criteria in qualitative research - an urban mobility exploratory case study. American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, 2022 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Zwangsleitner, Daniel: (No) drivers for change – crises as a disruption of urban mobility? Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress, 2022 more…
  • Koppers, Anne; Ruf, Stefanie; Gerlach, Jürgen; Leven, Tanja; Hagemeister, Carmen: Radfahren bei beengten Verhältnissen - Wirkung von Piktogrammen und Hinweisschildern auf Fahrverhalten und Verkehrssicherheit. Kurzbericht. Bergische Universität Wuppertal/Technische Universität Dresden, 2021, more…
  • Koppers, Anne; Ruf, Stefanie; Gerlach, Jürgen; Leven, Tanja; Hagemeister, Carmen: Radfahren bei beengten Verhältnissen - Wirkung von Piktogrammen und Hinweisschildern auf Fahrverhalten und Verkehrssicherheit. Abschlussbericht. Bergische Universität Wuppertal/Technische Universität Dresden, 2021, more…
  • Koppers, Anne; Leven, Tanja; Ruf, Stefanie: Piktogrammketten im Mischverkehr jetzt auf jeder Straße? Mobilogisch! 3, 2021, 38-41 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Druba, Jan-Michael; Hagemeister, Carmen: Between tram tracks and parked cars: Influencing cyclists' position on the road. 12th Annual Pegasus Conference, 2021 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Hagemeister, Carmen: Show me the street and I'll tell you where they'll cycle: Impact of sharrows and parked cars on cyclists' lane positioning and perceived safety on narrow roads. 33rd International Co-operation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety Conference (ICTCT), 2021 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie: Bicycle symbols on the road: Towards a more just allocation of road space and traffic safety on narrow streets? Community of Practice User Research, Bosch eBike Systems, 2021 more…
  • Hagemeister, Carmen; Ruf, Stefanie: Studded tyres for bikes in Germany. International Cycling Safety Conference (ICSC), 2021 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Hagemeister, Carmen: The influence of sharrows on road users' rule knowledge, attitudes and reported behavior. International Cycling Safety Conference (ICSC), 2021 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Hagemeister, Carmen: Winter cyclists' perceptions of environmentally friendly winter maintenance strategies on bicycle paths in Germany. International Cycling Safety Conference (ICSC), 2021 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Hagemeister, Carmen: Getting cyclists on the road with sharrows. 3rd International Conference on Environmental Psychology (ICEP), 2021 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie: Successfully accompanying the implementation of sharrows with publicity. Cycling & Society Symposium, 2020 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie: "Rück mir von der Pelle!" Wenn Rad- und Kfz-Verkehr sich die Fahrbahn teilen. Psychologie am Samstag, 2019 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Hagemeister, Carmen: Cycling on narrow streets - is the use of sharrows an effective means to improve perceived safety? International Cycling Safety Conference (ICSC), 2019 more…
  • Hagemeister, Carmen; Ruf, Stefanie: It is extremely annoying but I cycle here anyway. 15. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, 2019 more…
  • Ruf, Stefanie; Hagemeister, Carmen: Fahrradpiktogramme auf der Fahrbahn - eine effektive Maßnahme zur Erhöhung der subjektiven Sicherheit auf der Fahrbahn? 3. Kongress der Fachgruppe Verkehrspsychologie, 2019 more… Full text ( DOI )
  • Ruf, Stefanie: Comprehensibility of verbal and pictorial targets on signposts. 58. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), 2017 more…