New Project on AI-Supported Mobility and Social Participation of Elderly
Funding institution: Federal Office of Family Affairs and Civil Society Functions; Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Funding volume: 690,000 EUR (350,000 EUR)
Project duration: 36 Months (01-01-2023 – 31-12-2025)
Project partner: Prof Dr. Christian Meske (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lead), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Aysegül Dogangün (Hochschule Ruhr West)
Project focus:
Mobility is the basis for social participation, social exchange and individual freedom. With increasing age, mobility decreases, among other things due to physical limitations and the associated perceived insecurity. In KISS, a comprehensible, user-adaptive system of recommended actions in the sense of Citizen Science and Positive Computing is co-developed with the target group of seniors and evaluated in the field. Based on civic data and explainable AI, the system motivates people to take advantage of individual activity offers for social participation. Individual mobility barriers are reduced and the mobility behavior of older people is strengthened in the long term.
