Recent research projects

2018-2022:
“DRIVERS - Digitalization of the road sector and the role of driving” funded by the Research council of Norway. Project leader: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture.
(International expert advisor) 

2019-2021:
“UrMo Digital” funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
(Research associate)

2018-2021:
“AutomoVer: Automated Transport System” funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
(Research associate) 

2017-2020:
“MoTiV - Mobility and Time Value” funded by H2020-EU.3.4. - Societal Challenges - Smart, Green and Integrated Transport. Project leader: University of Zilina, Slovakia.
(International expert advisor)

2017-2021:
“WISE-ACT - Wider Impacts and Scenario Evaluation of Autonomous and Connected Transport“, funded by the European Commission, FP Horizon 2020, COST Action CA16222.
(Management committee member)

2016-2018:
“CARTRE: Coordination of Automated Road Transport Deployment for Europe”, funded by European Commission, H2020-ART-2016-2017: Automated Road Transport. Department of Transport and Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology.
(Research associate)

2016-2017:
“SELF-DRIVEN AREAS - Enabling transition to self-driving vehicle areas”, funded by the Climate-KIC Pathfinder Programme. Department of Transport and Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology.
(Co-Principal Investigator)

2016-2021:
“STAD – Spatial and Transport Impacts of Automated Driving”, SURF programme: Smart Urban Regions of the Future. Department of Transport and Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology.
(Research associate)

2015-2018:
“DRAGON - Driving Automated Vehicle Growth on NationalRoads”, funded by the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR). Department of Transport and Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology.
(Research associate)

2014-2015:     
“Implications of automated driving”, funded by the Delft Infrastructures & Mobility Initiative (DIMI). Department of Transport and Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology.
(Research associate)

2014-2015:     
“Development of automated vehicles in the Netherlands: scenarios for 2030 and 2050”, funded by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Department of Transport and Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology.
(Research associate)

2012-2014:     
“New Urbanism vs Compact City: Investigation of the relationships between urban micro- and macro- scale effects on travel behavior – New Compactism”, funded by European Commission, FP7 – People – Marie Curie Actions – IOF (International Outgoing Fellowships). Transport and Logistics Group, Delft University of Technology; Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley.
(Principal Investigator)

2010-2014:     
“Accessibility instruments for planning practice in Europe”, funded by European Commission, FP7, COST action TU1002, Scientific Domain: Transport and Urban Development.
(Management Committee Substitute Member)

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