Politics,
Power &
Governance
The actions and decisions regarding transport by policymakers, businesses, community organisations and individuals inevitably privilege certain issues, concerns and interests over others, with due consequences for the environment, public health and the economy. Interventions to improve transport are also conditioned by existing designs, regulation and norms. TSU research explores the politics, power dynamics and forms of governance behind transport decision-making, as part of its mission to support effective, just and inclusive transport futures.
Research objectives
- Explore the political contexts of transport systems and understand how these are related to developments and sustainability transitions in transport;
- Understand the institutional domains of transport and develop methodologies for effective, just and inclusive transport decision-making;
- Examine and reflect on the politics around the creation of knowledge and expertise regarding transport through (big) data analysis, scenarios and risk analysis, and theory building;
- Make a practical contribution to transport policy-making, particularly at the level of cities and urban areas.
Current Research Projects
Recent Research Projects
Exploring the Politics of Security behind Autonomous VehiclesFunded by John Fell OUP Research Fund; 2019 - 2022; Dr Johannes Kester |
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Park and ChargeFunded by Innovate UK; 2019 - 2021; Prof Tim Schwanen |
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V2GO (Vehicle-to-grid Oxford)Funded by Innovate UK; 2018 - 2021; Prof Tim Schwanen |
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Expectations for automated vehiclesFunded by EPSRC; 2019 - 2020; Prof Tim Schwanen |
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The Regulation of Disruptive Innovations: The Case of Dockless Bicycle HireFunded by Rees Jeffreys Road Fund; 2018 - 2020; Dr Geoffrey Dudley |
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Go Ultra Low Oxford (GULO) - Monitoring and Evaluation StudyFunded by the Office for Low Emissions Vehicle (OLEV); 2017 - 2019; Dr Brendan Doody |
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TEMPEST (Transforming household mobility practices through shared consumption: Low-carbon transport and sustainable energy solutions in urban areas)Funded by The Research Council of Norway: Forskerprosjekt - ENERGIX (Project Number: 255430); 2017-2019; Dr Brendan Doody |
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Changing commuting in large urban areas - identifying acceptable and effective measures (COMMUTE)Funded by The Research Council of Norway; 2016 - 2019; Prof Tim Schwanen |
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Climate Change and Everyday Mobility (CLIMAMOB)Funded by the Research Council of Norway; 2015-2019; University of Oxford with Transport Economics Institute (Oslo), Norwegian Metrological Office and University of Utrecht; Prof David Banister |
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Centre on Innovation and Energy DemandFunded by the Financial support from the EPSRC's End User Energy Demand Programme; 2013-2018; University of Oxford with SPRU, University of Sussex, and the Business School at the University of Manchester; Prof Tim Schwanen and Dr Debbie Hopkins |