Politics in the Pub on the 28th August is fast approaching! Please feel free to share the poster below with your networks. Here’s a link to the Facebook event page, if you’d like to engage with the online discussion prior to the event. A Live recording of the event is available on Facebook – please … Continue reading
Policy design for sustainable urban transport in the Global South. Authors: Dr Dorina Pojani (UQ) A/Prof Dominic Stead (TU Delft) Many urban areas, both in the Global North and South, are becoming increasingly automobile-dominated and less sustainable. The need to take action is well recognized but all too often governance arrangements and the symbolism attached … Continue reading
The established transportation policy paradigm in industrial and post-industrial nations embeds the goal of incremental, yet perpetual, growth into infrastructure development using policy instruments to “predict and provide” for successive increases in future mobility. This presentation explores the infrastructure assessment goals and planning principles that could support an alternative mobility paradigm. Such alternatives seek to … Continue reading
E4C presents Dr. Dorina Pojani in our latest webinar, How Cities Are Managing Their Transportation Growing Pains Web link to the recording of the presentation here. by engineers, for everyone | www.engineeringforchange.org E4C Webinars: How Cities Are Managing Their Transportation Growing Pains The Engineering for Change (E4C) Webinar Series promotes emerging ideas and connects you … Continue reading
This thesis will explore transport policy development and transfer processes among the Commonwealth nations. The Commonwealth of Nations is one of the largest groups of nations bound together to achieve common objective of an all-round development. Candidate: Sachin Goel Date: Friday 20 October, 2017 Time: 2:30 pm Location: Room 411, Chamberlain Building Advisory Team: Dorina … Continue reading
Confirmation seminar by Laurel Johnson: The relationship between transport disadvantage and social disadvantage has been the subject of much research activity in recent years. The relationship between them is clear, though it is complex. Social capital theory and particularly the role of social capital as a mediating factor in the relationship is an emergent theoretical … Continue reading
On 24 August, Dr Dorina Pojani presented key findings from her latest book on transport issues and policies in emerging economies. The presentation slides are available upon request. UQ students can download the digital version of the book through the UQ library. Continue reading