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Meet Dr. Rafael Milani Medeiros, University Prof. Corporate Management Hamburg. His work bridges innovation, technology, and urban management, drawing on over two decades of academic and entrepreneurial experience across Europe, Asia, and South America. Learn more here!
Dr. Rafael Milani Medeiros
Field of Expertise: Corporate Management
Campus: Hamburg
Office Hours: By Appointment
Dr. Rafael Milani Medeiros is Professor of Corporate Management at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences (UE) in Hamburg. His work bridges innovation, technology, and urban management, drawing on over two decades of academic and entrepreneurial experience across Europe, Asia, and South America.
Dr. Medeiros holds two Ph.D. degrees — one in Technology and Society from Technische Universität Berlin and another in Urban Management from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) in Brazil — alongside a Master’s degree in Urban Management and a Bachelor’s in Product Design. His teaching and research focus on innovation management, globalized value chains, entrepreneurial thinking, and corporate governance in the digital age.
Before joining UE, he lectured and conducted research at HafenCity University Hamburg, Technische Universität Berlin, and PUCPR in Brazil. His teaching philosophy integrates applied research and industry collaboration, bringing real-world business challenges into the classroom through partnerships with companies and public institutions.
Dr. Medeiros holds two Ph.D. degrees — one in Technology and Society from Technische Universität Berlin and another in Urban Management from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) in Brazil — alongside a Master’s degree in Urban Management and a Bachelor’s in Product Design. His teaching and research focus on innovation management, globalized value chains, entrepreneurial thinking, and corporate governance in the digital age.
Before joining UE, he lectured and conducted research at HafenCity University Hamburg, Technische Universität Berlin, and PUCPR in Brazil. His teaching philosophy integrates applied research and industry collaboration, bringing real-world business challenges into the classroom through partnerships with companies and public institutions.
- Innovation and digital transformation
- Global value chains and corporate governance
- Data-driven business models and customer-centric management
- AI and sustainable urban mobility
- Sociotechnical change and resilience in urban systems
Dr. Medeiros is actively involved in international research and development projects funded by the EU and the German Ministry for Research and Education, including CIRC BOOST (EU Horizon) and RESCUE MATE. His projects explore the intersection of technology, sustainability, and management — from AI-supported urban planning in Taiwan to circular value chains in European construction industries.
- Global value chains and corporate governance
- Data-driven business models and customer-centric management
- AI and sustainable urban mobility
- Sociotechnical change and resilience in urban systems
Dr. Medeiros is actively involved in international research and development projects funded by the EU and the German Ministry for Research and Education, including CIRC BOOST (EU Horizon) and RESCUE MATE. His projects explore the intersection of technology, sustainability, and management — from AI-supported urban planning in Taiwan to circular value chains in European construction industries.
2024 | Medeiros, R.M. | Does bikeway design matter? A bicycle-motor vehicle crash prediction model | Springer Nature Scientific Reports , under review - pre-print in Research Square.
2023 | Urban SmartFly - Deployment of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing drones (eVTOL) aircraft for passenger transport in Saxony, Germany | coauthor of the technical report.
2022 | Medeiros, R.M. et al. | The digitization of urban bicycling data | Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier.
2023 | Medeiros, R.M. et al. | Merging transport network companies with taxis in Curitiba’s BRT system | Public Transport Journal
2021 | Medeiros, R.M. et al. | Spatiotemporal Variation of Bicycling Crashes and Traffic Volumes in Berlin: Implications for Future Research, Planning, and Network Design | Future Transportation.
2018 | Medeiros, R.M | Obduracy and Change in Urban Mobility Sociotechnical Ensembles Involving Information and Communication Technologies | TU Berlin and PUCPR libraries | published doctoral thesis.
2018 | Medeiros, R.M. et al. | Merging ICT and Informal Transport in Jakarta's Ojek System | Transportation Planning and Technology.
2015 | Medeiros, R.M. and Patricio, L. | Bikeways planning in Curitiba: transport policy analysis | In The Bicycle in Brazil | published in Portuguese, ISBN 97885691650022014 |
2014 | Medeiros, R.M. and Duarte, F. | Policy to Promote Bicycle Use Or Bicycle To Promote Politicians? Bicycles In The Imagery Of Urban Mobility In Brazil | Urban, Planning and Transport Research. Taylor and Francis.
2013 | Medeiros, R.M. and Duarte, F. | Bicycle in Brazil: a toy or a vehicle? | In Non-motorized Urban Mobility in Brazil | published in Portuguese, ISBN 9788567377001.
2012 | Medeiros, R.M | Policy to Promote Bicycle Use in Curitiba (Brazil) | PUCPR | MSc thesis, published in Portuguese
2023 | Urban SmartFly - Deployment of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing drones (eVTOL) aircraft for passenger transport in Saxony, Germany | coauthor of the technical report.
2022 | Medeiros, R.M. et al. | The digitization of urban bicycling data | Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier.
2023 | Medeiros, R.M. et al. | Merging transport network companies with taxis in Curitiba’s BRT system | Public Transport Journal
2021 | Medeiros, R.M. et al. | Spatiotemporal Variation of Bicycling Crashes and Traffic Volumes in Berlin: Implications for Future Research, Planning, and Network Design | Future Transportation.
2018 | Medeiros, R.M | Obduracy and Change in Urban Mobility Sociotechnical Ensembles Involving Information and Communication Technologies | TU Berlin and PUCPR libraries | published doctoral thesis.
2018 | Medeiros, R.M. et al. | Merging ICT and Informal Transport in Jakarta's Ojek System | Transportation Planning and Technology.
2015 | Medeiros, R.M. and Patricio, L. | Bikeways planning in Curitiba: transport policy analysis | In The Bicycle in Brazil | published in Portuguese, ISBN 97885691650022014 |
2014 | Medeiros, R.M. and Duarte, F. | Policy to Promote Bicycle Use Or Bicycle To Promote Politicians? Bicycles In The Imagery Of Urban Mobility In Brazil | Urban, Planning and Transport Research. Taylor and Francis.
2013 | Medeiros, R.M. and Duarte, F. | Bicycle in Brazil: a toy or a vehicle? | In Non-motorized Urban Mobility in Brazil | published in Portuguese, ISBN 9788567377001.
2012 | Medeiros, R.M | Policy to Promote Bicycle Use in Curitiba (Brazil) | PUCPR | MSc thesis, published in Portuguese