Global Challenges in Transport: Health and wellbeing
Overview
The Global Challenges in Transport - Health and wellbeing online course gives transport professionals from around the world a unique opportunity to think about how current mobility systems may enable healthy urban environments. Through reflecting critically about the various links between urban mobilities and health and wellbeing, our course participants will have access to the latest thinking on, among other, air pollution exposure, road safety, and physical activity. Through lively online sessions with an international cohort of practitioners and experts, we will address topics such as how can active modes of travel make for better urban environments, what spatial data can tell us about road injuries, and why subjective wellbeing is important in transport discussions.
Global Challenges in Transport: Health and wellbeing | Status: OPEN |
| Course Director: Dr Juan Pablo Orjuela | |
| Dates: 12 September - 20 October 2023 | |
| Course Format: Online | |
| Course Length: 6 weeks | |
| Course Fee: Private sector £2,500; Public sector £1,500. Discounts and scholarships available. | |
| Key Dates: Last day for scholarship applications: 22 August 2023. Last day for general applications: 5 September 2023. | |
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Learning Objectives
- To broaden transport professionals' understanding of the various connections between urban mobilities and health and wellbeing.
- To reflect critically on how transport systems may or may not enable healthy urban environments.
- To develop an enhanced understanding of the links between transport and health and wellbeing.
Learning Outcomes
After attending this course, you will be able to:
- Apply to your own transport practice some of the lessons learnt from how transport systems create healthy environments around the world
- Utilise a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches for addressing questions of urban mobilities and their links to air quality, road safety, mental health, and subjective wellbeing
- Understand and critically evaluate the relationships between transport systems and health and wellbeing.
Course Content and Lecturers
The Health and wellbeing course will begin with an introductory week followed by a detailed exploration of the four main modules: traffic risk and safety, active travel, environmental exposure, and subjective wellbeing and mental health. In our urban traffic risk and safety module, we will take a look at some of the key issues around road safety and at what spatial data analysis on road incidents can contribute. We will then look at the importance of active travel from both a human geography and epidemiological perspective, critically evaluating the role cycling, walking and other active modes play in today’s urban environments. In the second half of the course, we will engage in a discussion on how the way we move affects both our exposure to different environmental threats and our contribution to air pollution and noise. In our final module we will investigate the importance of understanding subjective wellbeing when thinking about transport systems, and some of the relationships between modes of transport and mental health. We will end with presentations of the group work carried out by course participants.
The course is made up of four modules around the general topic of health and wellbeing in transport, namely:
- Traffic risk and safety
- Exposure and environment
- Active travel and physical activity
- Subjective wellbeing and mental health
Course Schedule
The course has an estimated time commitment of approximately 42 hours including individual study, small group work, and live sessions. Individual study includes going through pre-recorded lectures and any additional material suggested by lecturers. Participants will be divided into small groups and will be asked to present their work to their peers and TSU researchers at the end of the course. All participants must prepare a short presentation of their current work/research in week 1.
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual study | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours | - | 15 hours |
| Small group work | - | 1 hour 30 min | 1 hour 30 min | 1 hour 30 min | 1 hour 30 min | 30 min | 6.5 hours |
| Live sessions with all participants | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours | 18 hours |
| Progress sessions in small groups | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | - | 2.5 hours |
Combined total estimated time commitment: 42 hours over 6 weeks.
Live sessions will take place every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30pm BST. Additional live sessions will take place on the Friday of Week 1 and Week 6, and the Course Director will meet with participants in small groups on the remaining Fridays to resolve any doubts and advise on group work progress.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 - Introduction | ||||
11 Sep | 12 Sep
| 13 Sep | 14 Sep
| 15 Sep
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| Week 2 - Traffic risk and safety | ||||
18 Sep | 19 Sep
| 20 Sep | 21 Sep
| 22 Sep
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| Week 3 - Active travel and physical activity | ||||
25 Sep | 26 Sep
| 27 Sep | 28 Sep
| 29 Sep
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| Week 4 - Exposure and environment | ||||
2 Oct | 3 Oct
| 4 Oct | 5 Oct
| 6 Oct
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| Week 5 - Subjective wellbeing and mental health | ||||
9 Oct | 10 Oct
| 11 Oct | 12 Oct
| 13 Oct
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| Week 6 - Conclusions | ||||
16 Oct | 17 Oct
| 18 Oct | 19 Oct
| 20 Oct
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Please note that the programme is indicative and may be subject to change.
Who should attend?
The Health and Wellbeing course is designed for experienced transport professionals and researchers with a minimum of 3 years' experience in the sector and aims to bring together the world's leading experts from academia, policy and practice to address complex transport challenges. The course is intended for those who are looking to expand their knowledge horizons and gain a more in-depth and interdisciplinary understanding of the challenges and solutions in delivering sustainable transport.
We specifically invite applications from:
- Professionals in the transport and mobility consultancy sector in charge of implementing new solutions for transport systems, especially looking at health and wellbeing, active travel, air pollution, road safety and related fields.
- Individuals with experience in transportation consulting, planning, and related government agencies.
- Academics and researchers in transportation planning, civil engineering, economics, planning, and/or urban mobility.
Scholarship Opportunities
Various discount options as well as scholarship opportunities are available. Find out more about our scholarships or contact us: exed@tsu.ox.ac.uk
Or find out more about our Global Challenges in Transport Programme and our other courses
In brief
This 6-week online course introduces a range of approaches to thinking about health and wellbeing, with particular emphasis on scaling strategies across different communities, cultures, and geographies. It proposes a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches for developing transport systems able to foster healthy urban environments. The course adopts a strong interdisciplinary and interactive approach including insights from social science, environmental science, and both human and physical geography.
The estimated time commitment for this course is 42 hours including independent study, group work, and live sessions.