About us

The University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) - one of the youngest and largest universities in Germany - is located in the middle of the Ruhr Metropolitan Region.
As a centre of excellence, the Centre for Logistics and Traffic (ZLV) dedicates itself to the interdisciplinary conception, management and transfer of scientific work from across the University in the areas of logistics, mobility and traffic. Further areas of interest include concepts for energy efficient transport, the application of operations research in companies, the integration of urban structures and traffic in land use planning, the creation of logistic systems for humanitarian aid as well as research into the development of long-term sustainable, economically conducive, socially acceptable and ecologically reliable innovations (sustainability research).