Karen Vancluysen

Karen was appointed as Secretary General of POLIS in September 2014, after having been the network's Research Director for ten years.

Before joining POLIS, she worked as Network Manager at ACCESS-Eurocities and as Project Manager at Langzaam Verkeer, a Belgian centre for mobility management.

Since 1998, Karen has been involved in European urban transport networking and policy activities, as well as EU research and innovation projects covering a wide range of urban mobility topics. She has been a speaker and moderator at many high-level events in Europe and beyond, on a wide range of urban mobility themes approached from the perspective of cities and the governance of innovation.

You can contact her in English, Dutch and French.