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- Qualifications:Phd (UWE), PGCert Academic Practice, MSc Transport Planning and Engineering (Distinction), MA Applied Social Research (Distinction), BSc (Hons) Physics (First), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Teaching and Learning)
- Position:Associate Professor: Transport Planning for Sustainable Places
- Department:FET - Geography and Environmental Management
- Telephone:+4411732 83066
- Email:Ben4.Clark@uwe.ac.uk
About me
Ben is an Associate Professor working in the Centre for Transport & Society with a background in transport planning practice. His recent research has centred on understanding: (i) travel behaviours; (ii) processes of travel behaviour change over the life course; and (iii) the effects of different travel behaviours on personal wellbeing. Ben's research is motivated by an interest in how transport systems and their use can support the creation of urban environments that are: (i) healthy; (ii) low carbon / low emissions; (iii) equitable; and (iv) culturally / economically vibrant. He teaches all aspects of transport planning and engineering on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes.
Selected research projects
On travel behaviours and wellbeing:
- Access to transport and life opportunities (DfT)
- Commuting and wellbeing (ESRC)
- Young people's travel behaviour: What's changed and why (DfT)
- The right to park and undergraduate travel behaviour (UWE)
- Life transitions and travel behaviour (ESRC)
- Understanding how household car ownership changes over time (EPSRC PhD)
On autonomous vehicles:
- MultiCAV (Innovate UK)
- VENTURER: Introducing driverless cars to UK roads (Innovate UK)
On transport policies:
- New technology and automation in freight transport and handling systems (Government Office for Science)
- EVIDENCE on the economic benefits of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (EU)
Teaching
Area of expertise
- Travel behaviour and behaviour change
- Transport planning
- Traffic engineering and design for movement
- Transport modelling
- Transport policy
- Transport management and operations
- Social science research methods, with specialisms in longitudinal methods:
- panel data analysis
- mobility biography interviews
- application of the life course perspective
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