Webinar | Is Remote Work Really Sustainable? Rethinking Mobility in the Age of Flexible Work
📅 Monday 30 November 2026 | 14:00–16:00 CET | Online
Remote work has transformed when, where and how we work—and potentially how we travel. Fewer commutes may mean less traffic and lower emissions, but is the overall picture really that simple?
To mark World Sustainable Transport Day (26 November), WinWin4WorkLife invites you to a webinar exploring a key question: Is remote work contributing to sustainable mobility?
Bringing together researchers from Europe and the United States, the webinar will look beyond the daily commute to examine the wider, and sometimes unexpected, impacts of remote work on travel, daily activities and sustainability.
Key topics
- How remote work changes travel behaviour, activity patterns and the use of time.
- Whether reductions in commuting translate into lower overall travel and emissions, or whether rebound effects offset some of the benefits.
- What remote work means for well-being and the social dimensions of sustainable mobility.
- How data and research methods can help us better assess these wider impacts.
Speakers
- Kostas Mouratidis – Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Patricia Mokhtarian – Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States.
- Xinyi Wang – Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.
- Christina Georgouli – Researcher in Sustainable Mobility and PhD Candidate, ERAdiate+, University of Žilina, Slovakia.
- Olle Järv – Adjunct Professor in Human Geography, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Join us for research presentations and an open discussion on remote work, mobility and sustainability—and what the future of work could mean for the future of transport.
