About Me – Nikola Medimorec

Professional Experience

Currently, I working full-time on data analysis and research for the SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (since December 2016). I’m the Director of Data Analysis and Research with responsibilities on supervising the collection and analysis of any data relevant for transport, climate change and sustainable development. The data feeds into SLOCAT knowledge products and advocacy activities. I’m based in Seoul since 2012.

Nikola is a skilled data researcher specializing in transport, climate change, and sustainable development. With a Master’s degree in Urban Geography and a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Geography, Nikola brings a comprehensive approach handling all geographic scales in his work. He has extensive experience in data analysis and research, currently serving as the lead data researcher for the SLOCAT Partnership. Nikola’s responsibilities include collecting, processing, and analyzing data relevant to transport and climate change, contributing to the development of evidence-based knowledge products.

Current Work

Director, Data Analysis and Research, SLOCAT Partnership

October 2021 to present

I’m leading the research work for SLOCAT by developing methodologies, strategies and tools in support of knowledge products and advocacy. I conduct and oversee any research and data analysis efforts for SLOCAT’s flagship reports, such as the Transport, Climate and Sustainability Global Status Report. Another main responsibility is also the management of the SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport programme.

Past Work Experience

Senior Researcher, SLOCAT Partnership

July 2017 – September 2021

I conducted data collection and analysis for knowledge products and advocacy activities. I ensured the completion of the first SLOCAT Global Status Report on Transport, Climate and Sustainability, by producing all figures, key indicators and data.

Consultant, SLOCAT Partnership

December 2016 – June 2017

The main responsibilities were on delivering research and data for country fact sheets, reports, public interventions and any other activities. I introduced new techniques and tools to improve operations and knowledge management.

Green Transport Consultant, Global Green Growth Institute

October 2015 – December 2016

My main responsibility was to support the sustainable transport activities of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). To better understand the needs of developing countries in terms of transport, I developed an indicator-based assessment and a conceptual approach to map suitable policy actions.

Consultant, The Korea Transport Institute

Aug 2015 – Sep 2015

The assignment for the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) was to write a case study about benefit indicators in the cost-benefit analysis for the German federal road planning sector. I researched and analyzed how Germany does cost-benefit analysis and explain in detail the calculation of benefits in the appraisal.

Internships

Intern, CITYNET AP

July – Aug 2013

My main task during the internship was to organize a joint seminar of the Korea Transport Institute and Citynet on sustainable urban transport with transport experts from GIZ, UITP, Seoul Metropolitan Government and National University of Singapore for 30 civil servants from local governments in Asia.

Teaching Assistant, University of Trier

Oct 2011 – Feb 2012

For a semester I was a teaching assistant in the department of Cartography at the University of Trier. My task was to show sophomore students (a group of around 20 students) how to use ESRI ArcGIS and to solve assignments. I had to mark their homework and keep track of their attendance as well.

Intern, The Korea Transport Institute

Jun – Jul 2011

For six weeks I was an intern in the division “Green Convergence” of the biggest Korean think tank about transportation. During that time I have done a research about pedestrian-related computer software and vertical transport. The internship gave me the opportunity to learn about transportation issues of Korea.

Language skills

CROATIAN

Native

GERMAN

Native

ENGLISH

FLUENT

KOREAN

Proficient

FRENCH

Beginner

Education

Here’s a summary of my educational background and the two major thesis that I wrote for you to read. You can find more details about each university’s coursework and the main focus areas on this page.

Seoul National University

2012 – 2015 Master of Arts in Urban Geography

Seoul, Korea

Literature Translation Institute of Korea

2013 – 2014 Korean-German Translation

Seoul, Korea

Silla University

2010 – 2011 Exchange Student

Busan, Korea

University of Trier

2008 – 2012 Bachelor of Science in Applied Geography

Trier, Germany

Bachelor Thesis: Reunification through Transport. Lessons from the German Unity Transport Projects for the Korean Peninsula

Download my bachelor thesis here.

Master Thesis: An Indicator Assessment of Sustainable Transportation in Korean Cities

Download my master thesis here.

Publications

Here you can find a list of all kind of publications, interviews, podcasts etc. that I contributed to. Over the years I published blog articles on various websites, many of them already vanished years ago. If available, a backup of the document or article is provided.

Major Publications

Nikola Medimorec (2023). In-depth Report on Inland Transport and Climate Change, Part 1: Getting towards net zero – Status, Projections and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trends, Background report for the United Nation Economic Commission for Europe Inland Transport Committee, Eighty-sixth session, ECE/TRANS/2024/4, https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/ECE_TRANS_2024_04e_0.pdf

Nikola Medimorec (2023). In-depth Report on Inland Transport and Climate Change, Part 2: Decarbonization Policy Commitments, Challenges and Opportunities, Background report for the United Nation Economic Commission for Europe Inland Transport Committee, Eighty-sixth session, ECE/TRANS/2024/5, https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/ECE_TRANS_2024_04e_0.pdf

Genevivie Ankunda, Maruxa Cardama, Angel Cortez, Arjay Dineros, Karl Peet, Mark Major, Nikola Medimorec, Rohit Nepali, Alice Yiu and Ambika Sairam, 2023, SLOCAT Transport, Climate and Sustainability Global Status Report 3rd Edition, https://tcc-gsr.com/

Nikola Medimorec and Maruxa Cardama, 2022, Climate Strategies for Transport: An Analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies, October 2022 Update, SLOCAT, https://slocat.net/ndcs/ (access backup)

Nikola Medimorec, Maruxa Cardama, Emily Hosek, Mark Major, Daniel Bongardt, Verena Knoell, Nadja Taeger and Marion Vieweg, 2021, Climate Strategies for Transport: An Analysis of Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies. https://slocat.net/climate-strategies-for-transport/ (access backup) (access executive summary)

Maruxa Cardama, Angel Cortez, Nicolas Cruz, Angela Enriquez, Emily Hosek, Karl Peet, Nikola Medimorec, Arturo Steinvorth and Alice Yiu, 2021, Tracking Trends in a Time of Change: The Need for Radical Action Towards Sustainable Transport Decarbonisation, Transport and Climate Change Global Status Report – 2nd edition. www.tcc-gsr.com (access backup) (access backup in high-quality)

Angela Enriquez, Sudhir Gota, Cornie Huizenga and Nikola Medimorec, 2020, Asian Transport Outlook. https://slocat.net/ATO/ (press release)

Alexander Ochs, Apostolis Valassas, Philipp Blechinger, Angela Enriquez, Nikola Medimorec and Tobias Rieper, 2020, Roadmap for the Integration of Sustainable Energy and Transport in Small Islands. https://www.apec.org/Publications/2020/11/Roadmap-for-the-Integration-of-Sustainable-Energy-and-Transport-in-Small-Islands (access backup)

Nikola Medimorec, Angela Enriquez, Emily Hosek, Karl Peet and Angel Cortez , 2020, Impacts of COVID-19 on Mobility, Preliminary analysis of regional trends on urban mobility. https://slocat.net/covid-19-impact-mobility/(access backup)

Karl Peet, Sudhir Gota, Nikola Medimorec, Maruxa Cardama, 2020, Transport, Climate Action and Sustainable Development: Synergies across NDCs and VNRs in IsDB Member Countries. https://slocat.net/isdb-slocat-sustainable-transport/ (access backup)

Karl Peet, Sudhir Gota, Cornie Huizenga, Nikola Medimorec, Angela Enriquez, Alice Yiu, Bente Verheul, Holger Dalkmann and Maruxa Cardama, 2018, Transport and Climate Change 2018 – Global Status Report. http://slocat.net/tcc-gsr (access backup in low resolution) (access backup in high resolution)

Alice Yiu, Karl Peet, Nikola Medimorec and Holger Dalkmann, 2018, 2018 Voluntary National Reviews: Showcasing The Critical Role Of The Transport Sector To Achieve The Sustainable Development Goals. http://www.slocat.net/vnr2018 (access backup)

Scientific Articles

Stefan Bakker, Gary Haq, Karl Peet, Sudhir Gota, Nikola Medimorec, Alice Yiu, Gail Jennings and John Rogers, 2019, Low-Carbon Quick Wins: Integrating Short-Term Sustainable Transport Options in Climate Policy in Low-Income
Countries, Sustainability 2019, 11(16), 4369. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11164369 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/16/4369

Sudhir Gota, Cornie Huizenga, Karl Peet, Nikola Medimorec and Stefan Bakker, 2019, Decarbonising transport to achieve Paris Agreement targets, Energy Efficiency 12, 363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-018-9671-3 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12053-018-9671-3 (access manuscript)

Nikola Medimorec, Bicycles, the Origin of Sustainable Mobility, Part of Chapter 6, in: Korean Society of Transportation, 2018, Connection of Time and Space, Transportation Story (in Korean: 녹색교통의 시작, 자전거 – 시간과 공간의 연결, 교통이야기).

James Seong-Cheol Kang and Nikola Medimorec, 2016, Green Transport Assessment Methodology: A Two-Stage Framework for Indicator-Based Assessment and Policy Mapping, Paper and Presentation at Fourth Green Growth Knowledge Platform
Annual Conference, 6-7 September. https://www.greengrowthknowledge.org/sites/default/files/D4_Kang_Green_transport_assessment_methodology.pdf (access backup)

Nikola Medimorec, Gayeon Ross and Ida Marie Weber, 2014, Kim Ae-ran: Die Achse eines Tages, Hefte für ostasiatische Literatur 56.

Interviews and Podcasts

Jon Dunbar, 2018, Kojects author maps Seoul Metro aboveground. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/07/177_252720.html (access backup)

Pedestrians.org, 2017, Pedestrian Environment in Korea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtxLJwW4gI4

KBS World Radio, 2016, Andy Tebay & Nikola Medimorec, Co-authors, KOJECTS. http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?lang=e&menu_cate=people&id=&board_seq=156439&page=4

Korea Economic Institute, 2016, Korea Kontext, Tracking Korea’s Transportation System with Kojects. http://www.keia.org/podcast/tracking-korea%E2%80%99s-transportation-system-kojects

Colin Marshall, 2016, One of Korea’s Most Popular Cartoons Is About a Bus, Los Angeles Review of Books. https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/the-korea-blog/one-koreas-popular-cartoons-bus/ (access backup)

Fernando Casado Cañeque and Paula García Serna, Towards The Human City, 2016, To Global Leaders. https://vimeo.com/182120189

Chance Dorland, 2016, Seoul Bicycle FAIL: Riders Question Rampless Bike Crossings, KoreaFM. http://www.koreafm.net/2016/07/seoul-bicycle-fail/

Kyung-min Lee, 2016, Bike crossings inconvenient for users, The Korea Times. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/05/113_206705.html (access backup)

Chance Dorland, 2016, Should Jeju Build An Underwater Train Tunnel To Solve Flight Problems?, KoreaFM. http://www.koreafm.net/2016/03/should-jeju-build-a-train-tunnel-to-solve-flight-problems/

Green Transport Movement, 2015, 2015 Promotional Video, 녹색교통 활동영상. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tglh-Usm0k0

Seoul Metropolitan Government, 2014, Seoul is changing! Seoul’s 10 Transformation for Sidewalks, 서울이 달라진다! 서울시 인도10계명. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEPR7_WTX8s

Notebook on Cities and Culture’s Korea Tour: Why Is This Here? with Nikola Medimorec, 2014. http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=2625 (access backup)

KBS World Radio, 2011, Verkehrsplanungspraktikant Nikola Medimorec, Treffen zweier Welten. http://world.kbs.co.kr/german/program/program_seoulreport_detail.htm?No=3875¤t_page=22

Presentations and public speaking

NDC Partnership, Youth Engagement Forum 2023, Teach-in session with the SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport, Presentation on Accelerating Sustainable Transport: Empowering African Youth for Climate Action, 6 July 2023.

UNESCAP, Regional Cooperation Mechanism on Low Carbon Transport: East and North-East Asia, North and Central Asia Subregional Consultation and Capacity Building Workshop, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Presentation on multi-stakeholder mobilisation, 21 June 2023.

GIZ, Transport and Climate Change Week 2022, Pitch Session, Presentation on the Tracker of Climate Strategies for Transport, 11 May 2022.

UNCRD, High-Level 14th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Forum in Asia, Aichi, Japan, Panelist in session on ‘Increasing Resilience through Sustainable Transport Solutions’ on 19 October 2021.

UNCRD, ADB, NDC-TIA and SLOCAT, EST Forum Pre-Event, Decarbonizing Asia’s Transport Sector: How to Deliver on Proposed Goal 1a of the Aichi 2030 Declaration, Facilitation and moderation, 12 October 2021.

IRF, Young Professionals Summit 2021, Presentation on financing climate action in transport, 29 September 2021.

World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) Special Interest Group (SIG) F2 on Transport, Climate Change and Clean Air, Moderation at Virtual Workshop: Decarbonizing the Transport Sector through Innovative Technologies, 20 September 2021. https://slocat.net/wctrs-workshop-2021/

ASIA LEDS Forum 2021, Enabling environment for electric mobility in public transport with a focus on developing countries, Moderation and setting the scene, 2 September 2021.

Asia-Pacific Climate Week, Presentation with Alice Yiu on Tracking Trends in a Time of Change: Transport and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific countries, 8 July 2021.

SLOCAT Webinar on Tracking Trends in a Time of Change: The Need for Radical Action Towards Sustainable Transport Decarbonisation, Transport and Climate Change Global Status Report – 2nd edition, 6 July 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iON_fdbAj2s

UNESCAP, Asia-Pacific Mayors Academy, Presentation on sustainable transport, 22 June 2021.

UNITAR CIFAL Jeju, Online Workshop on Scaling-up Renewable Energy Ambition in Future Transport, 6 May 2021. http://www.cifaljeju.org/bbs/board.php?bo_table=sub04_2&wr_id=8 (access backup)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrpTBSnhaJw&feature=youtu.be

UNESCAP, Asia Pacific Mayors Academy 2020-2021, 6 April 2021.

IGLUS online mobility module, Presentation on sustainable mobility in Seoul, 26 November 2020.

GIZ-SOCAT Workshop, Tracking progress in Asia’s transport transformation – Opportunities for linking SDG and NDC reporting, 13th EST Forum pre-event, 5 November 2020. https://www.changing-transport.org/13th-est-forum-pre-event/

Asia LEDS GP Webinar on Frameworks for Electric Mobility, Presentation on E-mobility: Global trends and opportunities for Asia, 2 November 2020. (access backup)

SLOCAT Webinar, Transport, Climate Action and Sustainable Development: Synergies for IsDB Member Countries, 15 September 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_NGu9apuWs

USAID Workshop, ASIA Long-Term Strategies: The Intersection of Transparency & Long-Term Strategies and Transportation Planning in Asia, Presentation on Transportation Landscape and LTS Development, 7 September 2020. https://www.climatelinks.org/events/intersection-transparency-long-term-strategies-and-transportation-planning-asia

Virtual workshop by GIZ, Using green recovery for fast-tracking NDC implementation in the transport sector in Asia, 1 July 2020. https://www.changing-transport.org/wp-content/uploads/Presentations_Transport-Green-Recovery-NDC-Workshop-July-2020.pdf (access backup)

TUMI TV, How is COVID-19 impacting urban mobility and modes? 26 May 2020. https://youtu.be/LvT4rC2C3a4?t=3705

APEC Workshop, Deep Transition and Integration of Power and Transport Systems, Presentations on Transport in Cat Ba, Avoid-Shift-Improve Framework and more, 14-15 January 2020. https://sd-strategies.com/apec-project/ (access backup)

KIREC Seoul 2019, Session on Renewable Energy in Zero-Emission Strategies for Urban Transport, 25 October 2019.

KIREC Seoul 2019, Side Event on Renewables and New Mobility Services, 22 October 2019.

Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2019, Action Hub event on Transport and Climate Change, 5 September 2019.

IRENA Innovation Day – Session 1: Solutions to decarbonise road transport, 4 September 2019. https://irena.org/events/2019/Sep/IRENA-Innovation-Day-on-Solutions-for-a-renewable-powered-future

UN-HABITAT Workshop, Mobilising Sustainable Urban Transport for Global Climate Action, April 2019. http://nikola-medimorec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Slocat_sustainable_urban_transport_workshop_2019.pdf

Royal Asiatic Society, together with Andy Tebay, 2016, From the First Tram to Korea’s Modern Day Transport System, 22 November 2016. http://www.raskb.com/content/first-tram-korea%E2%80%99s-modern-day-transport-system

Walk21 Hong Kong, together with Namchul Baik, 2016, Pedestrian Safety and Walking Smart in Korea: How Smartphones Can Guide to Safe, Convenient and Secure Paths. 3-7 October 2016.

Real Estate Investment Meetup, Where should you buy real estate in Korea? Ask an urban development expert, 20 February 2016.

Annual Meeting of Korean Geographers 지리학 대회, An Indicator Assessment of Sustainable Transportation in Korean Cities, 지속가능한 지표에 의한 한국 도시 평가, 7 November 2015.

Korean Society of Transportation’s 72th Conference, Financial System of Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Design in Germany. 13 February 2015.