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Dr. Ruth Oldenziel is a technology historian. Currently, she is Professor in The History of Technology at Eindhoven University of Technology. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Technology & Culture.Oldenziel's research focuses on the mutual shaping and exchanging of technological knowledge and practices between Europe and the United States. She heads a research program on Sustainable Urban Mobility since the 1850s, and another research program on Cycling Cities: The Global Experience.Previously, Oldenziel was a senior research fellow at the Research Carson Center for the Environment and Society at LMU in Munich, and before that, an Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam.Oldenziel received a Graduate Diploma American Studies from Smith College, her M.A. in American History from the University of Massachusetts, and her Ph.D. in American History from Yale University.