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• Apr 29, 2025, 2:23:00 PM

Seminar for Master students

only master students

Invitation to join a seminar May 23 - Opportunities and Challenges of Engagement and Co-creation in Urban Transport Research – a focus on active travel

The Transport Studies group of CEM is organising a seminar with Prof Maria Attard from the University of Malta, May 23 (10-11hr), Horst building. Professor Attard is Head of Geography and Director of the Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development at University of Malta. She will visit the UT as committee member of a PhD defence and the seminar will be organised before the defence.

You are also invited to join. If you would like to join - please send an email to Dorette Olthof d.olthof@utwente.nl, so we can track the number of participants (and switch to a larger lecture room if needed).

The topic of the talk and info on the speaker:

Opportunities and Challenges of Engagement and Co-creation in Urban Transport Research – a focus on active travel

There continues to be a mismatch between the evidence in favour of more sustainable urban travel, especially the environmental and health benefits of walking and cycling, and the reality of many cities where priority for infrastructure development is still in favour of the car. Infrastructure however is not the only means of encouraging active mobility. This lecture discusses the opportunities and challenges of community engagement and co-creation approaches in urban transport, opening up a discussion around bottom-up approaches in research as well as  on-the-ground behaviour change.

Professor Maria Attard is the Head of Geography and Director of the Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development at University of Malta. She lectures in urban and transport geography and sustainability in Malta and abroad, and has published extensively in the area of sustainable mobility, transport policy and planning. Between 2002-2008 Prof. Attard was a consultant to Malta’s Government working on the first white paper on transport (2004), the 2006 Valletta Strategy, introducing park-and-ride, pedestrianisation and road pricing, and the 2011 public transport reform. She has participated in numerous funded projects and supports the work of organisations such as WHO, ITF and EU. Prof. Attard is currently the Chair of NECTAR (Network of European Communications and Transport Activities Research) and sits on the Steering Committee of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR). She is co-editor-in-chief of Research in Transportation Business and Management and associate editor of Case Studies on Transport Policy and European Transport Research Review.