In a world increasingly shaped by crises including climate emergency, energy scarcity, geopolitical instability, digital disruption, and public discontent. The role of urban mobility planning is under unprecedented pressure to adapt. The NECTAR ’26 conference invites contributions that critically engage with the complexity of mobility transitions under conditions of uncertainty. How can we move forward when the future is unclear?

We welcome interdisciplinary, practice-oriented, and theoretical contributions that address the following (and related) themes:

– Planning in Times of Uncertainty: Embracing resilience, agility, and long-term thinking.
– Energy Scarcity and the Turn Toward Proximity: Proximity-based, low-energy mobility systems.
– Safety, Trust, and Public Discontent: Emotional dimensions of planning, resistance, and increasing backlash.
– Public Participation, Co-Creation, and New Narratives: Tools for inclusive engagement and storytelling.
– Health Impacts of Mobility Systems: Mental and physical health outcomes from (in)action.
– Accelerating Inclusive Mobility Transitions: Equity and justice-centered strategies.
– Do We Need to Convince Everyone? Dissent, deliberation, and communication.
– Cross-Field Collaboration: Transdisciplinary exchange and problem-solving.
– AI and ICT in Urban and Transport Planning for Exploring Uncertainties.
– Assuring Pricing, Financing, and Mobility Budgets in Times of Uncertainty.
– The Foundational Role of Networks in Mobility and Communications: Theory, Applications, and Current Challenges.