Karen Vancluysen was appointed as Secretary General of POLIS, the leading European network of cities and regions on urban transport innovation in September 2014, following eight years as the network’s Research Director. Prior to that, Karen worked as network manager at ACCESS-Eurocities and as project manager at Langzaam Verkeer, a Belgian centre for mobility management.

Since 1998, Karen has been involved in European urban transport networking and policy activities and EU research and innovation projects, covering a wide range of urban mobility topics from the perspective of cities and the governance of innovation.