UK Transport Research Centre

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Not Energy Related

Basic and strategic applied research

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning)
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Politics and International Studies)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour)

Professor JW Polak
Civil and Environmental Eng
Imperial College London

Standard

ESRC

01 March 2009

30 April 2011

26 months

£5,119,725

Transport

London

Professor JW Polak, Civil and Environmental Eng, Imperial College London

Prof P Jones, Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London
Professor R MacKett, Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London
Prof P Mackie, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
Dr G Marsden, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds

Objectives not supplied

The UK Transport Research Centre (UKTRC) is a national collaborative research centre funded by ESRC, the Department for Transport and the Scottish Government. The primary aims of the Centre are to encourage a much greater involvement of social scientists in addressing major transport problems and in building the supporting evidence base; to broaden the skills base among postgraduate students and young researchers; and to stimulate dialogue between academics, practitioners, policy makers and other key stakeholders. The Centre's administrative functions are co-located at Imperial College, UCL and the University of Leeds; the research projects are open to all leading UK university departments. The first phase of the research programme comprises major studies on the impacts of transport investment on labour markets and on agglomeration economies; the consequences of IT developments across the economy on future demand for transport; and the effects of new governance structures on policy formulation and implementation. Five shorter scanning exercises cover areas such as health, social impacts and climate change; DfT is also funding short-term analyses through UKTRC from its consultancy budgets. The Centre has funds to support a further series of projects to commence around two years after launch, and will actively be seeking additional funding.

28/11/11