Health &
Wellbeing
Current transport systems, with associated emissions and lifestyle choices, have widespread adverse impacts on public health and wellbeing. Inactivity, emissions and accidents all are a growing source of public concern. Research in this theme examines the complex causal relationships among different forms of mobility, health, and wellbeing.
Research objectives
- Examine how transport contributes to the wellbeing of individuals and communities;
- Develop and apply methods to evaluate the health impacts of transport use and transport-related policy;
- Understand how people whose abilities do not always conform to societal norms accomplish and experience movement around the city;
- Understand the processes of behaviour change in active travel and public health in order to refine theory and inform practice.
Current Research Projects
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Innovative Light ELEctric Vehicles for Active and Digital TravEl (ELEVATE): reducing mobility-related energy demand and carbon emissionsFunded by UKRI Energy Programme; 2021 - 2025; Dr Christian Brand |
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Toward Age-Friendly Communities: Planning for Mobilities of CareFunded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada; 2021 - 2024; Dr Léa Ravensbergen Prof Tim Schwanen |
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Access to healthy living for women in low-income households in peripheral neighbourhoods in the Medellin metropolitan area, ColombiaFunded by PEAK-programme funded by GCRF; 2019 - 2020; Local universities (EAFIT, Universidad Nacional); Local governmental officials (Itagüí Mayor's office, Environmental authorities in the metropolitan area and in Colombia); Dimú (group of 37 women in Itagüí); Dr Juan Pablo Orjuela Prof Tim Schwanen |
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Global and Local Health Impact Assessment of Transport (GLASST): methods for prioritising model developmentFunded by EU Horizon 2020; 2019 - 2024; Dr Christian Brand |
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PEAK UrbanFunded by the UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund; 2017-2022; University of Oxford with Peking University; The African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town; The Indian Institute for Human Settlements; Universidad EAFIT; Prof Tim Schwanen, Dr Lucy Baker, Dr Jacob Doherty and Dr Juan-Pablo Orjuela |
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Recent Research Projects
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Oxford COVID-19 Impact Monitor2020; Dr Won Do Lee and Prof Tim Schwanen |
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Gendered commuting in Accra, GhanaFunded by John Fell Fund; 2019 - 2020; Prof Tim Schwanen |
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DEsigning and Policy Implementation for encouraging Cycling and walking Trips (DEPICT)Funded by the ESRC; 2015-2018; University of Oxford with Utrecht University and University of São Paulo; Prof Tim Schwanen and Dr Denver Nixon |
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Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches (PASTA)Funded by the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme; 2013-2017; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) with multiple research partners; Dr Christian Brand |
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