Katharina Holec is a PhD student in the project CIMT (Citizen Involvement in Mobility Transitions) at Marien University Hospital & School in Gelsenkirchen since 2019. After completing her bachelor’s degree in social sciences at Marien University Hospital & School in Gelsenkirchen, she studied Sociology and Social Research at the University of Cologne. In her dissertation project she works on questions of descriptive and substantive representation and legitimacy through consultative participation processes concerning mobility transitions and the redistribution of urban space.