Events
Future Research in Transport
TSU Seminar Series - Hilary Term 2011
The following seminars on the theme of Future Research in Transport were delivered during Hilary Term 2011 in the Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, School of Geography and the Environment.
Convener
Dr Moshe Givoni (moshe.givoni@ouce.ox.ac.uk) For more information on this seminar series, please contact Sally Pepperall (sally.pepperall@ouce.ox.ac.uk)
Week 1: 5pm, 19 January 2011, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE
Distance, speed and time: the fundamentals of transport geography.
Professor David Banister, University of Oxford.
- Listen to podcast [MP3: 40.3MB / 57:21 mins]
- View presentation slides [PDF: 3.4MB]
- Watch screencast [M4V: 122.4MB / 57:23 mins]
- Read seminar review (Eda Beyazit, DPhil Candidate, TSU)
Week 2: 5pm, 26 January 2011, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE
Does mobility have a future?
Professor John Urry, University of Lancaster.
- Listen to podcast [MP3: 52.5MB / 56:02 mins]
- View presentation slides [PDF: 4.4MB]
- Watch screencast [MP4: 327.6MB / 56:02 mins]
- Read seminar review (Malek Al-Chalabi, DPhil Candidate, TSU)
Week 3: 5pm, 2 February 2011, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE *
Understanding the paths to post-carbon mobility: research needs for anticipating transport revolutions.
Professor Anthony Perl, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.
- Listen to podcast [MP3: 66.8MB / 71:14 mins]
- View presentation slides [PDF: 15.3MB]
- Watch screencast [MP4: 327.6MB / 71:14 mins]
- Read seminar review (Lucy Mahoney, DPhil Candidate, TSU)
Week 4: 5pm, 9 February 2011, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE *
Translating daily life into simulation: MATSim and its possibilities.
Professor Kay Axhausen, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich.
- Listen to podcast [MP3: 52.9MB / 56:38 mins]
- View presentation slides [PDF: 9.4MB]
- Watch screencast [MP4: 397.5MB / 56:38 mins]
- Read seminar review (Martino Tran, James Martin Research Fellow, TSU)
Week 5: 5pm, 16 February 2011, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE *
More than A to B - transport and mobility research as cultural explorations.
Professor Ole B. Jensen, Aalborg University, Denmark.
- Listen to podcast [MP3: 41.4MB / 45:11 mins]
- View presentation slides [PDF: 18.1MB]
- Watch screencast [MP4: 315.2MB / 45:11 mins]
- Read seminar review (James Macmillen, Research Fellow, TSU)
Week 6: 5pm, 23 February 2011, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE
Myth and reality in the search for the wider benefits of transport.
Professor Roger Vickerman, University of Kent.
- Listen to podcast [MP3: 44.8MB / 47:48 mins]
- View presentation slides [PDF: 615KB]
- Watch screencast [MP4: 317.9MB / 47:48 mins]
- Read seminar review (Nihan Akyelken, Research Fellow, TSU)
Week 7: 5pm, 2 March 2011, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE *
Mobility, place-making, and economic competitiveness.
Professor Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley.
- Listen to podcast [MP3: 57.4MB / 61:10 mins]
- View presentation slides [PDF: 42.8MB]
- Watch screencast [MP4: 262.1MB / 61:10 mins]
- Read seminar review (Andre Neves, DPhil Candidate, TSU)
Week 8: 5pm, 9 March 2011, Halford Mackinder Lecture Theatre, SoGE *
Investment in transport infrastructure and economic development: recent debates in the United States.
Professor Andrew Goetz, University of Denver.
- Listen to podcast [MP3: 59.3MB / 63:17 mins]
- View presentation slides [PDF: 4.9MB]
- Watch screencast [MP4: 262.1MB / 63:17 mins]
- Read seminar review (Jian Liu, DPhil Candidate, TSU)
* These seminars are partially funded by the UKTRC.