Professor Tim Schwanen
Director of the Transport Studies Unit
Professor of Transport Geography
Research Fellow at St Anne's College, Oxford
About
Tim is Director of the Transport Studies Unit, Professor of Transport Geography in the School of Geography and the Environment, and also a Supernumerary Fellow at St Anne's College. He joined the Transport Studies Unit (TSU) in March 2009 and became Director in September 2015.
Tim is one of the editors of Environment and Planning F: Philosophy, Theory, Models, Methods and Practice, the youngest addition to the E&P family, and he serves on the editorial advisory boards of five journals focused on transport and mobility. Since September 2021 he has been a Fellow of the Academy for Social Sciences, the UK's national academy for academics, learned societies and practitioners in the social sciences.
Tim obtained his PhD from the Department of Human Geography and Planning of Utrecht University, The Netherlands in 2003 (cum laude), after which he worked as a post-doctoral researcher and Lecturer in Urban Geography at the same university. Tim joined the University of Oxford in March 2009, first as a Research Fellow at the TSU and later as Departmental Lecturer in Transport Studies and Human Geography. He has fulfilled the TSU Director role since September 2015 and was the Fellow in Geography at St Anne's College in 2015-2021.
Tim was a Visiting Professor in Human Geography at the School of Business, Economics and Law of the University of Gothenburg in 2016-2019, and held a Francqui Chair at the Faculty of Sciences in Ghent University in 2022.
Tim is a member of the SoGE Technological Natures: Materialities, mobilities, politics research cluster.
Current Research
Tim's research concentrates on the geographies of the everyday mobilities of people, goods and information. It is international in outlook, interdisciplinary in scope, informed by the thinking in various sub-disciplines within Geography, and organised around five more general concerns:
- Rapid change and just low-carbon transformations in urban mobilities - technological innovation, digitisation, urbanisation, governance, behaviour change, different forms of justice;
- Social and spatial inequality - in relation to actual and potential mobilities, urban informalities, and the health implications of mobility;
- Governance of change in transport, including the changing roles and capabilities of different government actors, private businesses, NGOs and citizens;
- Well-being - conceptualisations, politics, and relationships with mobility and place;
- Philosophy of transport and mobility - history of thought and praxis, new concepts and modes of thinking.
Teaching
Tim’s position is focused on research and administration. He gives only a few lectures per year in the Final Honour School (FHS) in Geography, as well as the Nature, Society and Environmental Governance (NSEG) MSc programme.
He teaches on all the short courses of TSU's 'Global Challenges in Transport' professional education programme.
Current Graduate Research Students
Maryam Altaf | Gendered Mobilities and Platform-based Transport Services in Lahore, Pakistan |
Xiang Ao/敖翔 | Linking 'place thinking' and 'flow thinking' on the urban system: Evidence from China |
Ho-Yin (Tommy) Chan | Towards resilient cities, communities and individuals: Cutting across the top-down-bottom-up dichotomy through citizen initiatives in everyday transport practices and planning |
Michael Davis | From Transit Oriented Development to People Oriented Development: a Fresh Look at Medium Sized Cities in Latin America |
Gaurav Dubey | Political economy of low carbon mobility transitions - the case of electric mobility in India |
Wenbo Guo | Mobility, subjective well-being and health in transitional China: towards socially sustainable cities |
Yifan Han | A demand atlas for the planning, operations and upgrading of bicycle-sharing systems |
Luis Iturra | Exploring urban inequality through unveiling uneven atmospheres in everyday mobility practices |
Yi Fan Liu | Disaggregating the BlueSG assemblage: Examining the productions and negotiations of user (im)mobilities and agency in Singapore's electric vehicle sharing service |
Helen Morrissey | Data and governance in South Africa's paratransit industry |
Clive Parkinson | Automobility as 'Dispositif' in Contemporary China |
Camila Ramos | Transport-related social exclusion: A study on minimum standards and thresholds through the lens of accessibility |
Nina Teng | Examining Trust in Shared Mobility: The Case of On-Demand Peer-to-Peer Ridesharing in Southeast Asia |
Shiv Yucel | Improving Extreme Heat Resilience: Measuring Inequalities in Access to Relief |
Zhaoqi (Eric) Zhou | Understanding cycling infrastructure and practice in Shenzhen, China |
Recent Graduate Research Students
Ignacio Perez Completed DPhil in 2023 | Examining the role of data in smart city management: following the transport data dispositif in Santiago de Chile |
Paola Castaneda Completed DPhil in 2022 | How is the bike made mobile? Learning from bicycle advocacy in Latin America |
Eric (Tak Hin) Chan Completed DPhil in 2020 | The role of built environment and travel behaviour in influencing people's well-being - A case study of Shenzhen |
Heuishilja Chang Completed DPhil in 2018 | The resilience of shrinking communities in rural Japan: Can the Cittaslow approach be a possible development strategy? |
Anna Davidson Completed DPhil in 2018 | Moblizing bodies: unsettling sustainable mobility through cycling in Los Angeles |
Rafael Pereira Completed DPhil in 2018 | Distributive justice and transportation equity: inequality in accessibility in Rio de Janeiro |
Thomas Ashfold Completed DPhil in 2016 | Work, Time and Rhythm: Investigating contemporary ‘time squeeze’ |
Outreach
Tim regularly gives key notes and invited talks at conferences and departments, including the 27th International Conference of the Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies in December 2023 in Hong Kong.
He was the editor-in-chief of Journal of Transport Geography in 2013-2015 and currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of academic journals: Applied Mobilities, Journal of Transport Geography, Transportation, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, and Travel Behaviour and Society.
Tim is one of the Fellows of the KiM Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis.
Publications
Books
- Lange, S., Santarius, T., Dencik, L., Diez, T., Ferreboeuf, H., Hankey, S., Hilbeck, A., Hilty, L.M., Höjer, M., Kleine, D., Pohl, J., Reisch, L.A., Ryghaug, M., Schwanen, T. and Staab, P. (2023) Digital Reset: Redirecting Technologies of the Deep Sustainability Transformation. Munich: Oekom.
- Schwanen, T. and Van Kempen, R. (eds.) (2019) Handbook of Urban Geography. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. pp. 512. ISBN: 978 1 78536 459 4.
- Kwan, M.-P. and Schwanen, T. (eds.) (2017) Geographies of Mobility: Recent Advances in Theory and Method. Routledge. pp. 280. ISBN: 9781138290266.
- Manderscheid, K., Schwanen, T. and Tyfield, D. (eds.) (2015) Foucault and Mobilities. Routledge, Abingdon. pp. 154. ISBN: 9781138904842.
Journal Articles
- Motte-Baumvol, B. and Schwanen, T. (2024) Telework, travel times, and peak hour avoidance in England: an overview using travel times across five weekdays. Travel Behaviour and Society, 34, 100668.
- Hopkins, D. and Schwanen, T. (2023) Sociotechnical expectations of vehicle automation in the UK trucking sector. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 196, 122863.
- Hopkins, D. and Schwanen, T. (2023) The expected speed and impacts of vehicle automation in passenger and freight transport: A Dissensus Delphi study among UK professionals. Research in Transportation Business and Management [Preprint].
- Keith, M., Birch, E., Buchoud, N., Cardama, M., Cobbett, W., Cohen, M., Elmqvist, T., Espey, J., Hajer, M., Hartmann, G., Matsumoto, T., Parnell, S., Revi, A., Roberts, D., Saiz, E., Schwanen, T., Seto, K., Tuts, R. and van der Puetten, M. (2023) A new urban narrative for sustainable development. Nature Sustainability, 6(2): 115-117.
- O'Clery, N., Duque, J., Alvanides, S. and Schwanen, T. (2023) Data analytics and sustainable urban development in global cities. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 50(4): 857-862.
- Ryghaug, M., Suboticki, I., Smeds, E., von Wirth, T., Scherrer, A., Foulds, C., Robison, R., Bertolini, L., Ince, E., Brand, R., Cohen-Blankshtain, G., Dijk, M., Pedersen, M., Gossling, S., Guzik, R., Kivimaa, P., Klockner, C., Nikolova, H., Lis, A., Marquet, O., Milakis, D., Mladenovic, M., Mom, G., Mullen, C., Ortar, N., Paola, P., Oliveira, C., Schwanen, T., Tuvikene, T. and Wentland, A. (2023) A Social Sciences and Humanities research agenda for transport and mobility in Europe: key themes and 100 research questions. Transport Reviews, 43(4): 755-779.
- Santarius, T., Dencik, L., Diez, T., Ferreboeuf, H., Jankowski, P., Hankey, S., Hilbeck, A., Hilty, L.M., Höjer, M., Kleine, D., Lange, S., Pohl, J., Reisch, L., Ryghaug, M., Schwanen, T. and Staab, P. (2023) Digitalization and sustainability: a call for a digital green deal. Environmental Science and Policy, 147: 11-14.
- Schwanen, T. (2023) Towards a different mode of abstraction: the diorama in Hägerstrand's experimentation in thought. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie [Preprint].
- Straulino, D., Froy, F., Schwanen, T. and O'Clery, N. (2023) Connecting up embedded knowledge across Northern Powerhouse cities. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space [Preprint].
- Jin, T., Cheng, L., Wang, S., Cao, J., Schwanen, T. and Witlox, F. (2023) Do built environment factors have different effects on ridesourcing usage before and after the COVID-19 pandemic? Cities, 141, 104520.
- Yu, Z., Li, P., Schwanen, T., Zhao, P. and Zhao, Z. (2023) Role of rural built environment in travel mode choice: Evidence from China. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 117: 103649.
- Castree, N., Leszczynski, A., Stallins, J.A., Schwanen, T. and Patel, Z. (2022) Reconstituting Geography for the 21st century. Environment and Planning F: Theory, Philosophy, Models, Methods, and Practice, 1(1): 3-6.
- Chung, J., Buswala, B., Keith, M. and Schwanen, T. (2022) Climate mobilities into cities: a systematic review of literature from 2011 to 2020. Urban Climate, 45, 101252.
- Doody, B., Schwanen, T., Loorbach, D., Oxenaar, S., Arnfalk, P., Svennevik, E., Julsrud, T. and Farstad, E. (2022) Entering, enduring and exiting: the durability of shared mobility arrangements and habits. Mobilities, 17(4): 484-500.
- Dudley, G., Banister, D. and Schwanen, T. (2022) Low traffic neighbourhoods and the paradox of UK government control of the active travel agenda. Political Quarterly, 93(4): 585-593.
- Guo, W., Schwanen, T., Brand, C. and Chai, Y. (2022) Evaluating rules for aggregating satisfaction with activity-travel episodes to a day-level satisfaction measure. Transport Findings, 38543.
- Hopkins, D. and Schwanen, T. (2022) Recruiting research participants for transport research: reflections from studies on autonomous vehicles in the UK. Journal of Transport Geography, 102, 103377.
- Kiviluoto, K., Tapio, P., Tuominen, A., Lyytimäki, J., Ahokas, I., Silonsaari, J. and Schwanen, T. (2022) Towards sustainable mobility - Transformative scenarios for 2034. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 16: 100690.
- Lee, W., Schulte, K. and Schwanen, T. (2022) An Online Interactive Dashboard to Explore Personal Exposure to Air Pollution. Urban Findings, 49875.
- Plyushteva, A. and Schwanen, T. (2022) 'We usually have a bit of flood once a week': conceptualising the infrastructural rhythms of urban floods in Malate, Manila. Urban Geography [Preprint].
- Rekhviashvili, L., Kębłowski, W., Sopranzetti, C. and Schwanen, T. (2022) Informalities in urban transport: mobilities at the heart of contestations over (in)formalisation processes. Geoforum, 136: 225-231.
- Bhagavathy, S.M., Budnitz, H., Schwanen, T. and McCulloch, M. (2021) Impact of Charging Rates on Electric Vehicle Battery Life. Findings, March.
- Chan, E.T.H., Schwanen, T. and Banister, D. (2021) The role of perceived environment, neighbourhood characteristics, and attitudes in walking behaviour: evidence from a rapidly developing city in China. Transportation, 48: 431-454.
- Chan, E.T.H., Schwanen, T. and Banister, D. (2021) Towards a multiple-scenario approach for walkability assessment: An empirical application in Shenzhen, China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 71, 102949.
- Hopkins, D. and Schwanen, T. (2021) Talking about automated vehicles: What do levels of automation do? Technology in Society, 64. 101488.
- Lee, W.D., Qian, M. and Schwanen, T. (2021) The association between socioeconomic status and mobility reductions in the early stage of England's COVID-19 epidemic. Health and Place, 69. 102563.
- Loorbach, D.A., Schwanen, T., Doody, B., Arnfalk, P., Langeland, O. and Farstad, E. (2021) Transition governance for just, sustainable urban mobility: an experimental approach from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Journal of Urban Mobility, 1, 100009.
- Schwanen, T. (2021) Achieving just transitions to low-carbon urban mobility. Nature Energy, 6: 685-687.
- Abad, R.P.B., Schwanen, T. and Fillone, A.M. (2020) Commuting behavior adaptation to flooding: An analysis of transit users' choices in Metro Manila. Travel Behaviour and Society, 18: 46-57.
- Brand, C., Schwanen, T. and Anable, J. (2020) 'Online Omnivores' or 'Willing but struggling'? Identifying online grocery shopping behavior segments using attitude theory. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 57. 102195.
- Chan, E.T.H., Li, E.T.T., Schwanen, T. and Banister, D. (2020) Meanings, place, and timescapes: An exploration of how pedestrians respond to their walking environment. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.
- Chen, B.Y., Cheng, X-P., Kwan, M-P. and Schwanen, T. (2020) Evaluating spatial accessibility to healthcare services under travel time uncertainty: a reliability-based floating catchment area approach. Journal of Transport Geography, 87. 102794.
- Hopkins, D., Kester, J., Meelen, T. and Schwanen, T. (2020) Not more but different: A comment on the transitions research agenda. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 34: 4-6.
- Li, P., Zhao, P. and Schwanen, T. (2020) Effect of land use on shopping trips in station areas: Examining sensitivity to scale. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 132: 969-985.
- Schwanen, T. (2020) Low-carbon mobility in London: a just transition? One Earth, 2(2): 132-134.
- Schwanen, T. (2020) Towards decolonial human subjects in research on transport. Journal of Transport Geography, 88. 102849.
- Teixeira, I., Rodrigues da Silva, A.N., Schwanen, T., Manzato, G., Dörrzapf, L., Zeile, P., Dekoninck, L. and Botteldooren, D. (2020) Does cycling infrastructure reduce stress biomarkers in commuting cyclists? A comparison of five European cities. Journal of Transport Geography, 88. 102830.
- Thulin, E., Vilhelmson, B. and Schwanen, T. (2020) Absent Friends? Smartphones, Mediated Presence, and the Recoupling of Online Social Contact in Everyday Life. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 110(1): 166-183.
- Verlinghieri, E. and Schwanen, T. (2020) Transport and mobility justice: evolving discussions. Journal of Transport Geography, 87. 102798.
- De Vos, J., Schwanen, T., Van Acker, V. and Witlox, F. (2019) Do satisfying walking and cycling trips result in more future trips with active travel modes? An exploratory study. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 13(3): 180-196.
- Dudley, G., Banister, D. and Schwanen, T. (2019) The dynamics of public participation in new technology transitions: the case of dockless bicycle hire in Manchester. Built Environment, 45(1): 93-111.
- Meelen, T., Truffer, B. and Schwanen, T. (2019) Virtual user communities contributing to upscaling innovations in transitions: The case of electric vehicles. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 31: 96-109.
- Nixon, D.V. and Schwanen, T. (2019) Bike sharing beyond the norm. Journal of Transport Geography, 80(102492).
- Palmer, J. and Schwanen, T. (2019) Clearing the air after “dieselgate”: Time for European regulators to experiment with participatory governance. The Geographical Journal, 185(2): 237-242.
- Pereira, R.H.M., Banister, D., Schwanen, T. and Wessel, N. (2019) Distributional effects of transport policies on inequalities in access to opportunities in Rio de Janeiro. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 12(1).
- Schwanen, T. (2019) Transport geography, climate change and space: opportunity for new thinking. Journal of Transport Geography, 81(102530).
- Wang, D., Schwanen, T. and Mao, Z. (2019) Does exposure to richer and poorer neighborhoods influence wellbeing? Cities, 95(102408).
- Witlox, F. and Schwanen, T. (2019) Looking back, to move forward: Celebrating 25 years Journal of Transport Geography. Journal of Transport Geography, 81(102591).
- Geels, F.W., Schwanen, T., Sorrell, S., Sovacool, B.K. and Jenkins, K. (2018) Reducing energy demand through low carbon innovation: A sociotechnical transitions perspective and thirteen research debates. Energy Research and Social Science, 40: 23-35.
- Hopkins, D. and Schwanen, T. (2018) Automated Mobility Transitions: Governing Processes in the UK. Sustainability, 10(4): 956.
- Hubers, C.G.T.M., Dijst, J. and Schwanen, T. (2018) The fragmented worker? ICTs, coping strategies and gender differences in the temporal and spatial fragmentation of paid labour. Time and Society, 18(1): 92-130.
- Kwan, M.-P. and Schwanen, T. (2018) Context and Uncertainty in Geography and GIScience: Advances in Theory, Method, and Practice. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(6): 1473-1475.
- Ma, B.D., Ng, S.L., Schwanen, T., Zacharias, J., Zhou, M., Kawachi, I. and Sun, G. (2018) Pokémon GO and physical activity in Asia: Multilevel study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(6).
- Plyushteva, A. and Schwanen, T. (2018) Care-related journeys over the life course: Thinking mobility biographies with gender, care and the household. Geoforum, 97: 131-141.
- Schwanen, T. (2018) Geographies of transport III: New spatialities of knowledge production? Progress in Human Geography, 43(2): 463-472.
- Schwanen, T. (2018) Thinking complex interconnections: transition, nexus and Geography. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 43(2): 262-283.
- Schwanen, T. (2018) Towards decolonised knowledge about transport. Palgrave Communications, 4: 79.
- Schwanen, T. (2018) Uncertainty in contextual effects on mobility: An exploration of causality. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(6): 1506-1512.
- Bergman, N., Schwanen, T. and Sovacool, B.K. (2017) Imagined people, behaviour and future mobility: Insights from visions of electric vehicles and car clubs in the United Kingdom. Transport Policy, 59: 165-173.
- Dudley, G., Banister, D. and Schwanen, T. (2017) The Rise of Uber and Regulating the Disruptive Innovator. The Political Quarterly, 88(3): 492-499.
- Geels, F.W., Sovacool, B.K., Schwanen, T. and Sorrell, S. (2017) Sociotechnical transitions for deep decarbonisation. Science, 357(6357): 1242-1244.
- Geels, F.W., Sovacool, B.K., Schwanen, T. and Sorrell, S. (2017) The Socio-Technical Dynamics of Low-Carbon Transitions. Joule, 1(3): 463-479.
- Pereira, R.H.M., Schwanen, T. and Banister, D. (2017) Distributive justice and equity in transportation. Transport Reviews, 37(20): 170-191.
- Schwanen, T. (2017) Geographies of transport II: Reconciling the general and the particular. Progress in Human Geography, 41(3): 355-364.
- Stapleton, L., Sorrell, S., Schwanen, T. (2017) Peak car and increasing rebound: A closer look at car travel trends in Great Britain. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 53: 217-233.
- Temenos, C., Nikolaeva, A., Schwanen, T., Cresswell, T., Sengers, F., Watson M. and Sheller, M. (2017) Theorizing Mobility Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Conversation. Transfers, 7(3): 113-129.
- Brands, J., Schwanen, T. and van Aalst, I. (2016) What are you looking at? Visitors' perspectives on CCTV in the night-time economy. European Urban and Regional Studies, 23(1): 23-39.
- De Vos, J., Mokhtarian, P.L., Schwanen, T., Van Acker, V. and Witlox, F. (2016) Travel mode choice and travel satisfaction: bridging the gap between decision utility and experienced utility. Transportation, 43(5): 771-796.
- Kwan, M.P. and Schwanen, T. (2016) Geographies of Mobility. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 102(2): 243-256.
- Schwanen, T. (2016) Geographies of transport I: Reinventing a field? Progress in Human Geography, 40(1): 126-137.
- Schwanen, T. (2016) Rethinking resilience as capacity to endure: automobility and the city. City: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action, 20(1): 152-160.
- Stapleton, L., Sorrell, S. and Schwanen, T. (2016) Estimating direct rebound effects for personal automotive travel in Great Britain. Energy Economics, 54: 313-325.
- Wissink, B., Schwanen, T. and van Kempen, R. (2016) Beyond residential segregation: Introduction. Cities, 59: 126-130.
- Brands, J., Schwanen, T. and Van Aalst, I. (2015) Fear of crime and affective ambiguities in the night-time economy. Urban Studies, 52(3): 439-455.
- Brands, J., Van Aalst, I. and Schwanen, T. (2015) Safety, surveillance and policing in the night-time economy: (re)turning to numbers. Geoforum, 62: 24-37.
- De Vos, J., Schwanen, T., Van Acker, V. and Witlox, F. (2015) How satisfying is the Scale for Travel Satisfaction? Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 29: 121-130.
- Götschi, T., Tainio, M., Maizlish, N., Schwanen, T., Goodman, A. and Woodcock, J. (2015) Contrasts in active transport behaviour across four countries: How do they translate into public health benefits? Preventive Medicine, 74: 42-48.
- Nordbakke, S. and Schwanen, T. (2015) Transport, unmet activity needs and wellbeing in later life: exploring the links. Transportation, 42(6): 1129-1151.
- Schwanen, T. (2015) Beyond instrument: smartphone app and sustainable mobility. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 15(4): 675-690.
- Schwanen, T. (2015) The bumpy road toward low-energy urban mobility: case studies from two UK cities. Sustainability, 7(6): 7086-7111.
- Schwanen, T. and Atkinson, S.J. (2015) Geographies of wellbeing: an introduction. The Geographical Journal, 181(2): 98-101.
- Schwanen, T., Lucas, K., Akyelken, N., Solsona, D.C., Carrasco, J.A. and Neutens, T. (2015) Rethinking the links between social exclusion and transport disadvantage through the lens of social capital. Transportation Research: Policy and Practice, 74: 123-135.
- Van Liempt, I., Van Aalst, I. and Schwanen, T. (2015) Geographies of the urban night. Urban Studies, 52(3). Special Issue.
- Van Liempt, I., Van Aalst, I. and Schwanen, T. (2015) Introduction: Geographies of the urban night. Urban Studies, 52(3): 407-421.
- Brands, J. and Schwanen, T. (2014) Experiencing and governing safety in the night-time economy: nurturing the state of being carefree. Emotion, Space and Society, 11: 67-68.
- Brands, J., Schwanen, T. and Van Aalst, I. (2014) Spatiotemporal variations in nightlife consumption: A comparison of students in two Dutch cities. Applied Geography, 54: 96-109.
- Manderscheid, K., Schwanen, T. and Tyfield, D. (2014) Introduction to Special Issue on "Mobilities and Foucault". Mobilities, 9(4): 479-492.
- Nordbakke, S. and Schwanen, T. (2014) Wellbeing and mobility: a theoretical framework and literature review focusing on older people. Mobilities, 9(1): 104-129.
- Schwanen, T. and Wang, D. (2014) Well-being, context and everyday activities in space and time. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 104(4): 833-851.
- Schwanen, T., Kwan, M-P. and Ren, F. (2014) The Internet and the gender division of household labour. The Geographical Journal, 180(1): 52-64.
- De Vos, J., Schwanen, T., Van Acker, V. and Witlox, F. (2013) Travel and subjective well-being: A focus on findings, methods and future research needs. Transport Reviews, 33(4): 421-442.
- Ren, F., Kwan, M-P. and Schwanen, T. (2013) Investigating the temporal dynamics of Internet activities using survival analysis. Time and Society, 22(2): 186-215.
- Banister, D., Schwanen, T. and Anable, J. (2012) Introduction to the special section on theoretical perspectives on climate change mitigation in transport. Journal of Transport Geography, 24: 467-470.
- Ettema, D. and Schwanen, T. (2012) A relational approach to analysing leisure travel. Journal of Transport Geography, 24: 173-181.
- Neutens, T., Delafontaine, M., Schwanen, T. and Van de Weghe, N. (2012) The relationship between opening hours and accessibility of public service delivery. Journal of Transport Geography, 25: 128-140.
- Schwanen, T. (2012) Continuity and change in Dutch transport geography. Journal of Transport Geography, 25: 169-170.
- Schwanen, T. and Kwan, M-P. (2012) Guest editorial: Critical space–time geographies. Environment and Planning A, 44(9): 2043-2048.
- Schwanen, T., Banister, D. and Anable, J. (2012) Rethinking habits and their role in behaviour change: the case of low-carbon mobility. Journal of Transport Geography, 24: 522-533.
- Schwanen, T., Banister, D. and Bowling, A. (2012) Independence and mobility in later life. Geoforum, 43(6): 1313-1322.
- Schwanen, T., Hardill, I. and Lucas, S. (2012) Spatialities of ageing: the co-construction and co-evolution of old age and space. Geoforum, 43(6): 1291-1295.
- Schwanen, T., Van Aalst, I., Brands, J. and Timan, T. (2012) Rhythms of the night: spatiotemporal inequalities in the night-time economy. Environment and Planning A, 44(9): 2064-2085.
- Alexander, B., Hubers, C., Schwanen, T., Dijst, M. and Ettema, D. (2011) Anything, anywhere, anytime? Developing measurement instruments to assess the spatial and temporal fragmentation of activities. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 38(4): 678-705.
- Banister, D., Anderton, K., Bonilla, D., Givoni, M. and Schwanen, T. (2011) Transportation and the environment. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 36: 247-270.
- Delafontaine, M., Neutens, T., Schwanen, T. and Van de Weghe, N. (2011) The impact of opening hours on the equity of individual space-time accessibility. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 35(4): 276-288.
- Hubers, C., Schwanen, T. and Dijst, M. (2011) Coordinating everyday life in the Netherlands: A holistic quantitative approach to the analysis of ICT-related and other work-life balance strategies. Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography, 93(1): 57-80.
- McCormack, D.P. and Schwanen, T. (2011) The space - times of decision making. Environment and Planning A, 43(12): 2801-2818.
- Neutens, T., Schwanen, T. and Witlox, F. (2011) The prism of everyday life: towards a new research agenda for time geography. Transport Reviews, 31(1): 25-47.
- Schwanen, T. and Ziegler, F. (2011) Wellbeing, independence and mobility: an introduction. Ageing and Society, 31(5): 719-733.
- Schwanen, T., Banister, D. and Anable, J. (2011) Scientific research about climate change mitigation in transport: a critical review. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 45(10): 993-1006.
- Ziegler, F. and Schwanen, T. (2011) 'I like to go out to be energised by different people': an exploratory analysis of mobility and wellbeing in later life. Ageing and Society, 31(5): 758-781.
- Neutens, T., Schwanen, T. and Miller, H. (2010) Dealing with preferences, privileges and timing in opportunities for joint activity participation. Geographical Analysis, 42(3): 245-266.
- Neutens, T., Schwanen, T., Witlox, F. and de Maeyer, P. (2010) Equity of urban service delivery: a comparison of different accessibility measures. Environment and Planning, A, 42(7): 1613-1635.
- Neutens, T., Schwanen, T., Witlox, F. and de Maeyer, P. (2010) Evaluating the temporal organization of public service provision using space-time accessibility analysis. Urban Geography, 31(8): 1039-1064.
- Neutens, T., Versichele, M. and Schwanen, T. (2010) Arranging place and time: A GIS toolkit to assess individual and joint accessibility to urban opportunities. Applied Geography, 30(4): 561-575.
- Schwanen, T. and Páez, A. (2010) The mobility of older people - an introduction. Journal of Transport Geography, 18(5): 591-595.
- Tillema, T., Dijst, M. and Schwanen, T. (2010) Decisions concerning communication modes and the influence of travel time: a situational approach. Environment and Planning, A, 42(9): 2058-2077.
- Tillema, T., Dijst, M. and Schwanen, T. (2010) Face-to-face and electronic communications in maintaining social networks: the influence of geographical and relational distance and of information content. New Media and Society, 12(6): 965-983.
- Kwan, M-P. and Schwanen, T. (2009) Critical quantitative geographies. Environment and Planning, A, 41(2): 261-264.
- Kwan, M-P. and Schwanen, T. (2009) Quantitative Revolution 2: the critical (re)turn. The Professional Geographer, 61(3): 283-291.
- Limtanakool, N., Schwanen, T. and Dijst, M. (2009) Developments in the Dutch urban system on the basis of flows. Regional Studies, 43(2): 176-196.
- Schwanen, T. and Ettema, D. (2009) Coping with unreliable transportation when collecting children: examining parents' behavior with cumulative prospect theory. Transportation Research A, 43(5): 511-525.
- Schwanen, T. and Kwan, M-P. (2009) "Doing" critical geographies with numbers. The Professional Geographer, 61(4): 459-464.
- Tillema, T., Schwanen, T. and Dijst, M. (2009) Communicating something confidential while travelling by train: the use of a telephone conversation versus silent modes. Transportation, 36(5): 541-564.
Book Chapters
- Schwanen, T. (2021) Urban transport and wellbeing: a critical analysis. In Mladenović, M., Toivonen, T., Willberg, E. and Geurs, K. (eds.) Transport in Human Scale Cities. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 14-26.
- Nixon, D.V. and Schwanen, T. (2020) The conflicted pedestrian: walking and mobility conflict in the city. In, Jensen, O.B., Lassen, C., Kaufmann, V., Freudendal-Pedersen, M. and Gøtzsche Lange, I.S. (eds.) Handbook of Urban Mobilities. Routledge, Abingdon. pp. 254-264.
- Schwanen, T. and Nixon, D.V. (2020) Understanding the relationships between wellbeing and mobility in the unequal city: the case of community initiatives promoting cycling and walking in São Paulo and London. In, Keith, M. and De Souza Santos, A.A. (eds.) Urban Transformations and Public Health in the Emergent City. Manchester University Press, Manchester. pp. 79-101.
- Schwanen, T. (2019) Introduction to Handbook of Urban Geography. In, Schwanen, T. and Van Kempen, R. (eds.) Handbook of Urban Geography. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. ISBN: 9781785364594.
- Schwanen, T. and Nixon, D.V. (2019) Urban infrastructures: four tensions and their effects. In, Schwanen, T. and Van Kempen, R. (eds.) Handbook of Urban Geography. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. pp. 147-162. ISBN: 9781785364594.
- Hopkins, D. and Schwanen, T. (2018) Experimentation with vehicle automation. In, Jenkins, K.E.H. and Hopkins, D. (eds.) Transitions in Energy Efficiency and Demand: The Emergence, Diffusion and Impact of Low-Carbon Innovation. Routledge, Abingdon. pp. 72-93. ISBN: 9780815356783.
- Hopkins, D. and Schwanen, T. (2018) Governing the race to automation. In, Marsden, G. and Reardon, L. (eds.) Governance of Smart Mobility. Emerald, Bingley, UK.
- Nixon, D.V. and Schwanen, T. (2018) Emergent and integrated justice: Lessons from community initiatives to improve infrastructures for walking and cycling. In, Cook, N. and Butz, D. (eds.) Mobilities, Mobility Justice and Social Justice. Routledge, Abingdon. pp. 129-141. ISBN: 9780815377030.
- Schwanen, T. (2018) Mobilities. In, Ash, J., Kitchin, R. and Leszczynski, A. (eds.) Digital Geographies. Sage, London. pp. 60-70. ISBN: 9781526447296.
- Schwanen, T. (2018) Transportation systems. In, Castree, N., Hulme, M. and Proctor, J. (eds.) Companion to Environmental Studies. Routledge, London. pp. 558-563. ISBN: 9781138192195.
- Schwanen, T. (2017) Information Technology and Mobility. In, Richardson, D., Castree, N., Goodchild, M.F., Kobayashi, A., Liu, W. and Marston, R.A. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment and Technology. . 8464 pp. ISBN: 978-0-470-65963-2.
- Schwanen, T. (2015) Automobility. In, Wright, J.D. (ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 2, 2nd Edition. Elsevier, Oxford. pp. 303-308. ISBN: 978-0-08097-086-8.
- Schwanen, T. (2015) Understanding process: can transport research come to terms with temporality? In, Hickman, D., Bonilla, D., Givoni, M. and Banister, D. (eds.) Handbook on Transport and Development. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. pp. 660-674. ISBN: 978-0-85793-725-4.
- Van Aalst, I., Schwanen, T. and Van Liempt, I. (2014) Video-surveillance and the production of space in urban nightlife districts. In, Van den Hoven, J., Doorn, N., Swierstra, T., Koops, B.-J. and Romijn, H. (eds.) Responsible Innovation Volume 1: Innovative Solutions for Global Issues. Springer, Dordrecht. pp. 315-334. ISBN: 978-94-017-8956-1.
- Banister, D., Givoni, M., Macmillen, J. and Schwanen, T. (2013) Thinking change and changing thinking. Chapter 16 in, Givoni, M. and Banister, D. (eds.) Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility. Edward Elgar. pp. 267-284. ISBN: 978-1-78100-722-8.
- Banister, D., Givoni, M., Macmillen, J. and Schwanen, T. (2013) Thinking change and moving forward. Chapter 16 in, Givoni, M. and Banister, D. (eds.) Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. pp. 267-283. ISBN: 978-1-78100-722-8.
- Schwanen, T. (2013) Sociotechnical transition in the transport system. Chapter 14 in, Givoni, M. and Banister, D. (eds.) Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility. Edward Elgar. pp. 231-254. ISBN: 978-1-78100-722-8.
- Schwanen, T. (2011) Car use and gender: the case of dual-earner families in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In, Lucas, K., Blumenberg, E. and Weinberger, R. (eds.) Auto Motives: Understanding car use behaviours. Emerald, Bradford. 312 pp. ISBN: 9780857242334.
- Schwanen, T. and Lucas, K. (2011) Understanding auto motives. In, Lucas, K., Blumenberg, E. and Weinberger, R. (eds.) Auto Motives: Understanding car use behaviours. Emerald, Bradford. 312 pp. ISBN: 9780857242334.
- Schwanen, T. (2009) Spatial analysis, critical. In, Kitchin, R. and Thrift, N. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Vol 10. Elsevier, Oxford. pp. 302-307. ISBN: 978-0-08-044910-4.
- Schwanen, T. (2009) Time-space diaries. In, Kitchin, R. and Thrift, N. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Vol 11. Elsevier, Oxford. pp. 294-300. ISBN: 978-0-08-044910-4.
Reports
- Budnitz, H. and Schwanen, T. (2022) Preferences for public electric vehicle (EV) charging. Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford.
- Budnitz, H. and Schwanen, T. (2022) Charging when parking - a social change of routine. Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford.
- Hampton, S., Schwanen, T., Doody, B., (2019) Go Ultra Low Oxford Phase One: Monitoring and Evaluation Final Report. Transport Studies Unit, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Oxford.
- Nixon, D. and Schwanen, T. (2019) DePICT Policy Briefing 1, Working for Grassroots Walking and Cycling Projects in London: Why and How.
- Chatterjee, K., Goodwin, P., Schwanen, T., Clark, B., Jain, J., Melia, S., Middleton, J., Plyushteva, A., Ricci, M., Santos, G. and Stokes, G. (2018) Young People's Travel - What's Changed and Why? Review and Analysis. Report to Department for Transport. University of the West of England, Bristol.
- Schwanen, T., Hopkins, D. and Sovacool, B. (2016) Written evidence: House of Lords Science and Technology Committee: Autonomous Vehicles.
Co-edited Special Issues
- Wissink, B., Schwanen, T. and Van Kempen, R. (2017) Special Section on Residential Segregation. Cities, 59.
- Kwan, M.P. and Schwanen, T. (2016) Geographies of Mobility. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 102(2).
- Van Liempt, I., Van Aalst, I. and Schwanen, T. (2015) Geographies of the urban night. Urban Studies, 52(3).
- Schwanen, T. and Atkinson, S.J. (2015) Geographies of wellbeing: an introduction. The Geographical Journal, 181(2): 98-101.
- Manderscheid, K., Schwanen, T. and Tyfield, D. (2014) Introduction to Special Issue on "Mobilities and Foucault". Mobilities, 9(4): 479-492.
- Banister, D., Schwanen, T. and Anable, J. (eds.) (2012) Theoretical Perspectives on Climate Change Mitigation in Transport. Journal of Transport Geography, 24.
- Hardill, I., Schwanen, T. and Lucas, S. (eds.) (2012) Spatialities of Ageing: the Co-construction and Co-evolution of Old Age and Ageing. Geoforum, 43(6).
- Schwanen, T. and Kwan, M.-P. (eds.) (2012) Critical Space-Time Geographies. Environment and Planning A, 44(9).
- McCormack, D., Schwanen, T. (eds.) (2011) The Space-Times of Decision-Making. Environment and Planning A, 43(12).
- Schwanen, T. and Ziegler, F. (eds.) (2011) Wellbeing, Independence and Mobility. Ageing and Society, 31(5).
- Schwanen, T., Páez, A. (eds.) (2010) The Mobility of Older People. Journal of Transport Geography, 18(5).
- Dijst, M., Kwan, M.-P., and Schwanen, T. (eds.) (2009) E-shopping and travel-activity behavior. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 36(3).
- Kwan, M.-P., and Schwanen, T. (eds.) (2009) Critical quantitative geographies 1: beyond the critical / analytical binarism. The Professional Geographer, 61(3).
- Kwan, M.-P., and Schwanen, T. (eds.) (2009) Critical quantitative geographies. Environment and Planning, A, 41(2).
- Schwanen, T., and Kwan, M.-P. (eds.) (2009) Critical quantitative geographies 2: practical engagements. The Professional Geographer, 61(4).