Dr Eda Beyazit

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Research Fellow in Active Travel and Micromobility

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School of Architecture and Environment

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Transport and Society

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Qualifications:DPhil, MSc, BSc
Position:Research Fellow in Active Travel and Micromobility
Department:School of Architecture and Environment
Telephone:+441173282585
Email:Eda.Beyazit@uwe.ac.uk

About me

Eda is a research fellow in Active Travel and Micromobility at the University of the West of England, Centre for Transport & Society (CTS). Prior to joining the CTS, she was an associate professor of urban planning at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), where she also founded IstanbulON Urban Mobility Lab, a platform bringing universities together with businesses, local authorities and communities to coproduce inclusive, sustainable and innovative mobility solutions.

Eda holds degrees in urban planning (BSc and MSc, ITU & MSGSU) and transport geography (DPhil, University of Oxford). Her research focuses on socio-spatial inequalities created by transport infrastructures, mobility-driven inequalities, gendered and classed mobilities, and low-carbon cities. Eda was the stakeholder participation and engagement expert in Istanbul's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP), the first SUMP conducted in a megacity. She also worked as a consultant for the Istanbul Pedestrian Master Plan and various projects and plans focusing on sustainable mobility with international and national partners. In 2022-2023, Eda was an Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow based at the University of Manchester, investigating the daily mobility experiences of female domestic workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Current research projects

British Council, International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), Reimagining digital mobility platforms: co-designing gender-responsive and care-aware mobility solutions, 2026-2027

Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Systems Approach to Shared Mobility, Accessibility, and Proximity for 15 Minute Cities, 2025-2028

Bristol Council, Mobility Needs of Night Time Economy, 2025-2026

UKRI Creating Opportunities Evaluation Development Fund (EDF), The Role Of Demand Responsive Transport in Strengthening Rural Communities, 2025-2027

Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Foundation, Hybrid working and the post-Covid commute : Experiences of organisations and individuals, 2025-2026

Monitoring and evaluation of The Active Way project for Bath and North East Somerset Council

Previous research projects

The role of demand responsive transport in connecting people to opportunities in less densely populated areas (DRT-CPO)

Governance And Trust in Emerging Systems (GATES): An in-depth analysis of current challenges and future prospects for UK drone delivery

Rural Mobility Fund Monitoring and Evaluation project, funded by DfT, delivered as part of a four-year national contract, 2021-2025 (RMF)

Area of expertise

socio-spatial justice; transport-related inequalities; sustainable urban mobility; stakeholder participation and engagement; gendered mobilities

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