TSU Seminar Series - Oxford Talks

TSU Seminar Series

The Transport Studies Unit (TSU) takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of transport futures, drawing on relevant, state-of-the art developments in geography, environmental and transport studies, economics, sociology, psychology and the engineering sciences. We also draw on the full spectrum of available methods and underpinning philosophies for our research projects.

Type: Seminar Series
Timing: Every second Tuesday at 4pm
Web Address: http://www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/events/

Tuesday 19 January 2016 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

16:00 - Technical Efficiency, Social Deficiency?
Geoff Vigar (Professor of Urban Planning and Director of Research, Newcastle University), Michael Batty (Bartlett Professor of Planning at University College London)

Tuesday 2 February 2016 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

16:00 - What about the 'User'?
Stephen Potter (Emeritus Professor of Transport Strategy, The Open University), Gillian Rose (Professor of Cultural Geography, Fellow of the British Academy, The Open University)

Tuesday 16 February 2016 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

16:00 - Autonomous Vehicles - Beyond the Hype
Graham Parkhurst (Director, Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England), Paul Newman (Professor, Department of Engineering Science)

Tuesday 1 March 2016 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

16:00 - Smart Technologies and Public Participation in Transport Planning
Bryan Marshall (Research Fellow at Nominet UK), Richard Kingston (Head of Planning and Environmental Management, University of Manchester)

Tuesday 23 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

16:00 - Mobilities, livelihoods and the 'right to the city' in the lives of older people in Ghana and Uganda
Dr Ross Wignall (Oxford Brookes University), Dr Katie McQuaid (University of Leeds)

Tuesday 6 February 2018 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

16:00 - Mobility and social justice: implications from the future sharing economy
Professor Geoff Vigar (Newcastle University), Amanda Rowlatt (Department for Transport)

Tuesday 20 February 2018 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

16:00 - Pedestrian mobilities, everyday territories, and the ‘good enough city’
Dr Robin Smith (Cardiff University), Dennis Donovan (Cardiff Council HANR Outreach)

Tuesday 6 March 2018 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

16:00 - POSTPONED - Mobility justice: gender and generation
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Dr Lesley Murray (University of Brighton), Holly Wier (Greater London Authority and University of Westminster)

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Editors: Anne Bowtell, Chris White, Helen Morley, Deborah Strickland, Kirsty Ray

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