Prof. Dr. Tobias Hagen

Researcher role and contact

Professor of Economics and Quantitative Methods

Research details

Research

Research impact statement

Data Science in Transportation Research is my passion!

With more than 25 years of experience in the field of empirical research, I am always interested in applying new quantitative methods to current issues in the field of mobility and logistics and contributing to methodological developments. My goal is to generate reliable and relevant empirical evidence for decision-makers in governments, businesses and administrations.

In the Research Lab for Urban Transport (ReLUT), we work on current and future challenges and combine a broad spectrum of expertise: Transport planning, logistics, urban planning, social sciences, data science, computer science, geoinformation, economics, and law. 

My research works towards UN Sustainable Development Goals

  1. No Poverty

    End poverty in all its forms and everywhere.

  2. Good Health And Wellbeing

    Ensure a healthy life for all people of all ages and promote their well-being.

  3. Quality Education

    Education for all: ensuring inclusive, equitable and high-quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.

  4. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

  5. Sustainable Cities and Communities

    Making cities and settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

  6. Climate Action

    Take immediate action to combat climate change and its effects.

I'm interested in collaborating on

  • Professional exchange on the mobility and logistics of tomorrow
  • Cooperation with practitioners (municipalities, associations, industry, etc.)

Biography

Educational background

Prof. Dr. Tobias Hagen studied economics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. Between 1999 and 2004, interrupted by a research stay in Great Britain (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex), he was a research assistant at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. In 2005, he received his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) (summa cum laude, dissertation prize of the Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce). 

Academic experience

From October 2006 until his start the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in 2010, he was Professor of Public Finance at the Federal University of Applied Sciences and Professor of Economics at the University of Applied Labour Studies in Mannheim.  

He is the director of the ReLUT (Research Lab for Urban Transport) and speaker of the Doctoral Center for Mobility and Logistics.

Industry experience

Between October 2004 and September 2006 he was a consultant at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin.

Teaching and supervision

Undergraduate

  • Statistics
  • Econometrics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Economics of Social Policy
  • Transport Economics

Postgraduate

  • Data Science
  • Transport Economics

I can supervise students on

According to my teaching and research topics

Publications

Key publications

  • How would employees commute today if they had the same characteristics as employees in 1980? – Using Entropy Balancing to decompose changes in observed commuting mode choice over time in repeated cross-sections

    written by

    Reinfeld, N. & Hagen, T. (2025)

    In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 192, 104370.

    View publication

  • Revealing Trip Purposes in Raw GPS Data by Applying a Multi-Phase Clustering Approach to Semantic Trajectories

    written by

    Hamann, J., & Hagen, T. (2025)

    In: EEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

    View publication

  • What Drives Drivers to Start Cruising for Parking? Modeling the Start of the Search Process

    written by

    Saki, S. & T. Hagen (2024)

    In: Transport Research Part B: Methodology, 188, 103058.

    View publication

  • Cruising for parking again: Measuring the ground truth and using survival analysis to reveal the determinants of the duration

    written by

    Saki, S., & Hagen, T. (2024)

    In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 183, 104045.

    View publication

  • Parking search identification in vehicle GPS traces

    written by

    Saki, S. & T. Hagen, T. (2024)

    In: Journal of Urban Mobility 6, 100083.

    View publication

List of selected publications

  • Schäfer, P. K., Hagen, T., & Saki, S. (2024). Beeinflussung des Parksuchverkehrs durch Parkraummanagement. Mobility Agenda, 4, 36-42. 
  • Ossmann J., K. Seirafi, L. König, T. Hagen (2023). Design von Smart City Applikationen: Leitlinien und Best Practices für Partizipation, Motivation & Data Sharing, Transforming Cities, 2/2023.
  • Hagen, T. und M. Sunder (2023). Empirische Analyse der Effekte der COVID-Impfung auf die Nutzung des ÖPNV in Deutschland: Führt die Immunisierung zurück in die Normalität?, in: Proff, H. (Hrsg.), Towards the New Normal in Mobility. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-39438-7_62.
  • Hagen, T., Reinfeld, N., & Saki, S. (2023). Modeling of Parking Violations Using Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Regression: A Case Study for Berlin. Transportation Research Record, 2677(6), 498-512. DOI: 10.1177/03611981221148703.
  • Saki, S., & Hagen, T. (2022). A Practical Guide to an Open-Source Map-Matching Approach for Big GPS Data. SN Computer Science, 3(5), 1-13. DOI: 10.1007/s42979-022-01340-5.
  • Saki, S., Hamann, J. & Hagen, T. (2022). TessPy: a python package for geographical tessellation. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(76), 4620, DOI: 10.21105/joss.04620.
  • Hagen, T., & Scheel-Kopeinig, S. (2021). Would customers be willing to use an alternative (chargeable) delivery concept for the last mile?. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 39, 100626. DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100626.
  • Hagen, T. und N. Reinfeld (2021). Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Analyse neuer Mobilitätsangebote mittels existierender Befragungen und neuartiger Erhebungsmethoden, Journal für Mobilität und Verkehr, Ausgabe 10(2021), S. 14 – 25, DOI: 10.34647/jmv.nr10.id68.
  • Hagen, T., Sunder, M., Lerch, E., & Saki, S. (2021). Effekte der COVID-19-Pandemie auf Mobilität und Verkehrsmittelwahl. Straßenverkehrstechnik, 65(1). 
Research

Research impact statement

Data Science in Transportation Research is my passion!

With more than 25 years of experience in the field of empirical research, I am always interested in applying new quantitative methods to current issues in the field of mobility and logistics and contributing to methodological developments. My goal is to generate reliable and relevant empirical evidence for decision-makers in governments, businesses and administrations.

In the Research Lab for Urban Transport (ReLUT), we work on current and future challenges and combine a broad spectrum of expertise: Transport planning, logistics, urban planning, social sciences, data science, computer science, geoinformation, economics, and law. 

My research works towards UN Sustainable Development Goals

  1. No Poverty

    End poverty in all its forms and everywhere.

  2. Good Health And Wellbeing

    Ensure a healthy life for all people of all ages and promote their well-being.

  3. Quality Education

    Education for all: ensuring inclusive, equitable and high-quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.

  4. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

  5. Sustainable Cities and Communities

    Making cities and settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

  6. Climate Action

    Take immediate action to combat climate change and its effects.

I'm interested in collaborating on

  • Professional exchange on the mobility and logistics of tomorrow
  • Cooperation with practitioners (municipalities, associations, industry, etc.)
Biography

Educational background

Prof. Dr. Tobias Hagen studied economics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. Between 1999 and 2004, interrupted by a research stay in Great Britain (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex), he was a research assistant at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. In 2005, he received his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) (summa cum laude, dissertation prize of the Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce). 

Academic experience

From October 2006 until his start the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in 2010, he was Professor of Public Finance at the Federal University of Applied Sciences and Professor of Economics at the University of Applied Labour Studies in Mannheim.  

He is the director of the ReLUT (Research Lab for Urban Transport) and speaker of the Doctoral Center for Mobility and Logistics.

Industry experience

Between October 2004 and September 2006 he was a consultant at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin.

Teaching and supervision

Undergraduate

  • Statistics
  • Econometrics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Economics of Social Policy
  • Transport Economics

Postgraduate

  • Data Science
  • Transport Economics

I can supervise students on

According to my teaching and research topics

Publications

Key publications

  • How would employees commute today if they had the same characteristics as employees in 1980? – Using Entropy Balancing to decompose changes in observed commuting mode choice over time in repeated cross-sections

    written by

    Reinfeld, N. & Hagen, T. (2025)

    In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 192, 104370.

    View publication

  • Revealing Trip Purposes in Raw GPS Data by Applying a Multi-Phase Clustering Approach to Semantic Trajectories

    written by

    Hamann, J., & Hagen, T. (2025)

    In: EEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

    View publication

  • What Drives Drivers to Start Cruising for Parking? Modeling the Start of the Search Process

    written by

    Saki, S. & T. Hagen (2024)

    In: Transport Research Part B: Methodology, 188, 103058.

    View publication

  • Cruising for parking again: Measuring the ground truth and using survival analysis to reveal the determinants of the duration

    written by

    Saki, S., & Hagen, T. (2024)

    In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 183, 104045.

    View publication

  • Parking search identification in vehicle GPS traces

    written by

    Saki, S. & T. Hagen, T. (2024)

    In: Journal of Urban Mobility 6, 100083.

    View publication

List of selected publications

  • Schäfer, P. K., Hagen, T., & Saki, S. (2024). Beeinflussung des Parksuchverkehrs durch Parkraummanagement. Mobility Agenda, 4, 36-42. 
  • Ossmann J., K. Seirafi, L. König, T. Hagen (2023). Design von Smart City Applikationen: Leitlinien und Best Practices für Partizipation, Motivation & Data Sharing, Transforming Cities, 2/2023.
  • Hagen, T. und M. Sunder (2023). Empirische Analyse der Effekte der COVID-Impfung auf die Nutzung des ÖPNV in Deutschland: Führt die Immunisierung zurück in die Normalität?, in: Proff, H. (Hrsg.), Towards the New Normal in Mobility. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-39438-7_62.
  • Hagen, T., Reinfeld, N., & Saki, S. (2023). Modeling of Parking Violations Using Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial Regression: A Case Study for Berlin. Transportation Research Record, 2677(6), 498-512. DOI: 10.1177/03611981221148703.
  • Saki, S., & Hagen, T. (2022). A Practical Guide to an Open-Source Map-Matching Approach for Big GPS Data. SN Computer Science, 3(5), 1-13. DOI: 10.1007/s42979-022-01340-5.
  • Saki, S., Hamann, J. & Hagen, T. (2022). TessPy: a python package for geographical tessellation. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(76), 4620, DOI: 10.21105/joss.04620.
  • Hagen, T., & Scheel-Kopeinig, S. (2021). Would customers be willing to use an alternative (chargeable) delivery concept for the last mile?. Research in Transportation Business & Management, 39, 100626. DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100626.
  • Hagen, T. und N. Reinfeld (2021). Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Analyse neuer Mobilitätsangebote mittels existierender Befragungen und neuartiger Erhebungsmethoden, Journal für Mobilität und Verkehr, Ausgabe 10(2021), S. 14 – 25, DOI: 10.34647/jmv.nr10.id68.
  • Hagen, T., Sunder, M., Lerch, E., & Saki, S. (2021). Effekte der COVID-19-Pandemie auf Mobilität und Verkehrsmittelwahl. Straßenverkehrstechnik, 65(1).