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Isobel Duxfield
Communications and Membership Manager, SMC Platform & Regions Working Group Coordinator
Isobel joined POLIS in 2020.
As POLIS Membership Manager, she is involved in outreach and engagement with POLIS members as well as communications around Working Group activities, with a particular focus on POLIS’ Gender Perspectives in Urban Mobility group. She also leads the SMC Platform and Regions Working Group.
Isobel collaborates on various projects, such as ELTIS and SUM4All.
Isobel holds a B.A. in Geography and an MPhil in Gender Studies. She has previously worked in journalism and media in the UK.
You can contact her in English.

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As part of the European Week of Regions and Cities, POLIS and some members convene to discuss the future of jobs for urban mobility....
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POLIS Office
11/09/2023 - 12/09/2023

11/09/2023 - 12/09/2023
Regions and Clean Vehicles & Air Quality working group meeting
POLIS’ Regions and Clean Vehicles & Air Quality working groups unite for a two-day in person event, featuring panel discussions, workshops and site visits traversing key issues shaping urban mo...
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Arnhem, Gelderland
06/07/2023

06/07/2023
Joint POLIS-ERRIN Online Meeting: Urban nodes and TEN-T
POLIS and ERRIN are organising a joint meeting focused on the crucial topic of urban nodes within the TEN-T regulation....
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Online
15/06/2023 - 16/06/2023

15/06/2023 - 16/06/2023
Small & Medium-Sized City Meeting: La Rochelle
POLIS' Small & Medium Sized City Platform will be holding a two-day event in La Rochelle (France).
This will be an opportunity for representatives from cities across Europe to meet to discuss ke...
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La Rochelle, France
08/06/2023

08/06/2023
POLIS Leadership Summit: Stockholm
POLIS will be holding its Leadership Summit in Stockholm on 8 June to bring together leaders in government, business, advocacy and research....
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Stockholm, Sweden
22/03/2023 - 23/03/2023

22/03/2023 - 23/03/2023
Autonomy Paris: Autonomy Mobility World Expo 2023
POLIS and AUTONOMY are collaborating to bring you the CITY VOICES conference track at the Autonomy Mobility World Expo 2023....
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Paris, France
13/03/2023

13/03/2023
Regions and Urban Freight working group meeting: Regional land use planning
The Regions and Urban Freight working group joint meeting on regional land use planning for sustainable mobility patterns....
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Online
29/11/2022

29/11/2022
Active Travel & Health Working Group: Cycling and walking conquering territory together
Active Travel & Health Working Group will meet to discuss how walking and cycling agendas must work together to push both up the political agenda....
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Brussels, The Egg
14/11/2022

14/11/2022
Joint Active Travel & Parking Work Group meeting: Pedal Power meets Parking
\Active travel and parking working groups discuss how data, technologies and infrastructure contribute to better parking and cycling...
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Online
27/10/2022

27/10/2022
POLIS-ALICE Webinar #4: Making construction logistics in urban areas more sustainable
POLIS-ALICE webinar series explores public private partnerships for sustainable construction in urban areas...
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Online
14/10/2022

14/10/2022
Regions Working Group: Commuter traffic planning and demand management
The Regions Working Group will meet to discuss ‘Regional traffic planning and transport demand management to reduce car commuting’....
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Online
26/09/2022

26/09/2022
Access Working Group Webinar: Interventions to reduce car use in European cities
The Access Working Group convenes academics and city representatives to share research and action on the ground on effective measures and instruments to reduce urban car use in European cities to re...
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Online
06/07/2022

06/07/2022
CIVITAS Park4SUMP – High Level Meeting – Electric vehicle deployment: Parking matters!
The rapid, scaled installation of EV chargers brings challenges. In this high-level meeting, the Horizon 2020 projects PARK4SUMP, USER-CHI and eCHARGE4DRIVERS bring together key-stakeholders to discus...
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Online
04/07/2022

04/07/2022
5th Strasbourg European Mobility Days
5th Strasbourg European Mobility Days will be taking place (online), this year with the theme of ‘crisis’....
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Online
27/06/2022

27/06/2022
Regions working group meeting: Climate protection and regional SUMPs
POLIS' Regions working group will be holding a physical meeting in Brussels, on regional SUMPs and climate protection....
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Brussels
23/05/2022 - 24/05/2022

23/05/2022 - 24/05/2022
SMC Platform meeting
From 23-24 May 2022 POLIS’ Small and Medium-Sized City Platform will be convening for the Working Group’s first face-to-face event of 2022....
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Groningen & Emmen
18/05/2022

18/05/2022
High level meeting: Setting a new parking standards & preparing buildings and cities for zero-emission mobility
POLIS, HANDSHAKE and ECF join for a high level parking meeting to discuss the solutions available....
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Online
01/04/2022

01/04/2022
Governance & Integration working group meeting
As 2022 gets underway, POLIS Working Group for Governance & Integration begins with a bang to talk MOMENTUM, data and more....
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Brussels (and online)
23/03/2022

23/03/2022
Regions working group meeting: Public transport
POLIS' Regions working group will meet in March 2022, the first in several events planned across this calendar year....
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Online
02/03/2022

02/03/2022
EPA-POLIS Webinar #3
This webinar is the third in a joint series on urban parking organised by POLIS and the European Parking Association (EPA)...
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Online
23/11/2021

23/11/2021
Public Transport Lab: How can technology support Public Transport?
This is the 9th (and final) webinar in the Public Transport Lab series exploring how technology will support services....
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Online
09/11/2021

09/11/2021
Governance & Integration working group meeting: Leadership for change
POLIS' Governance & Integration Working Group brings discusses female leadership in the mobility sector....
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Online
09/11/2021

09/11/2021
POLIS Public Transport Lab: Complementing mass transit with shared mobility
What is the future for the relationship between public transport and micromobility? The Public Transport Lab webinar series explores!...
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Online
03/11/2021

03/11/2021
Human resources for sustainable mobility: Securing the right jobs and skills
POLIS and Breda University is bringing cities, universities and industry stakeholders to discuss human resources for sustainable mobility....
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Online
17/09/2021

17/09/2021
Public transport & COVID-19: What happened and what will happen?
This first webinar of the Public Transport Lab series will have a look at what has happened to public transport during the COVID-crisis....
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Online
22/06/2021

22/06/2021
Safety & Security Working Group: Framing Road Safety Policy
When it comes to road safety, how we talk about danger, speed and right of way is pivotal. Our language frames how perceive mobility related danger....
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Online