Joachim Scheiner (Prof. Dr., geography) is a professor in transport studies at the Department of Transport Planning, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany, where he completed his Habilitation in 2008. His research focuses on travel behavior in the context of residential mobility, spatial development, and societal change. He received his PhD in geography at Freie Universität Berlin in 2000. He is head of the research field 'Travel behavior and mobility'. He is also a free-lancing researcher in the fields of transport and spatial development. His research interests center around travel behavior in the context of residential mobility, spatial development, and societal change. He is published in leading international journals (e.g., Transportation, Journal of Transport Geography, Transportation Research Part A, Transport Policy.)