Projects (69)

EIT Urban Mobility - Driver Fatigue Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025
A collaborative EIT UM bid partnering with Edinburgh Trams, IHF Ltd and Tallinn Bus

Development of an innovative grid-scale energy storage to push UK and China renewables Sep 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2025
Wind and solar energy holds a lot of promise when it comes to replace the conventional energy sources such as fossil fuels and coal. However, there is one problem: How do we store solar and wind energy for times where wind doesn’t blow or sun doesn’t... Read More about Development of an innovative grid-scale energy storage to push UK and China renewables.

Attitudes and behaviours towards 20mph speed limit 3 years post intervention Oct 23, 2023 - Oct 18, 2024
1) Augment the previous research undertaken by the Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, to assess the impacts of the implementation of 20mph default speed limits across all Scottish Borders (SB) settlements
2) New fieldwork to... Read More about Attitudes and behaviours towards 20mph speed limit 3 years post intervention.

Ikerbs Phase 4 Trials for Inclusive Suitability of kerbs in a number of key city environments Apr 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
Phase 4 will build apon Phases 2 and 3 with trials and experimentation: User engagement and Trials. Phase 3 findings will be consolidated with Phase 2 and final report development under Phase 4. In addition, A series of experimental trials will see p... Read More about Ikerbs Phase 4 Trials for Inclusive Suitability of kerbs in a number of key city environments.

Future Flyer 3 a Day-in-the-life-of HEART Jul 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2025
In FFC Phase 3, the consortium will develop and mature a range of innovative capabilities to demonstrate a ‘Day-in-the-life-of’ a deployed HEART network, within a commercially relevant target area. This will include flight trials utilising a hydrogen... Read More about Future Flyer 3 a Day-in-the-life-of HEART.

Accelerating Transformative Technology for Sustainable Clean Energy Development Dec 1, 2024 - Nov 30, 2026
Supporting 3 ECRs from Malaysia/Indonesia/Egypt in the renewable technology to achieve net zero

Effects and mechanisms of school traffic schemes in Great Britain: a natural experimental study Aug 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2025
Promoting active travel, or walking and cycling, can have numerous health and environmental benefits. It can improve population levels of physical and mental health, result in health gains, and reduced healthcare cost while emitting less air pollutio... Read More about Effects and mechanisms of school traffic schemes in Great Britain: a natural experimental study.

Improving interoperability, interconnectivity and sustainability of logistics and supply chains through digital technology innovations Mar 31, 2025 - Jan 5, 2026
This project aims to develop a competitive Horizon Europe research proposal focusing on the implementation and evaluation of digital innovation demo pilots in logistics and supply chains to enable more sustainable, interoperable and interconnected op... Read More about Improving interoperability, interconnectivity and sustainability of logistics and supply chains through digital technology innovations.

Chair of Transport & Health Feb 12, 2024 - Feb 11, 2025
This will allow me to continue and extend some of the work that I do, to promote and support policy and practice which results in an increase in total physical activity time, mainly as a result in an increase in walking for transport, and overall an... Read More about Chair of Transport & Health.

Training on transport & public health for transport practitioners and Essential Evidence 4 Scotland Nov 1, 2022 - Jan 31, 2024
Part 1: The aim is to provide regular training sessions for both public authority transport /highways practitioners, and a similar but 'reverse' training for public health practitioners on the relationships between transport and health.
A key aim is... Read More about Training on transport & public health for transport practitioners and Essential Evidence 4 Scotland.

Increasing Physical Activity through Active Travel - Year 3 Dec 1, 2021 - Nov 30, 2022
A major element of the project is to help increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population. Research interests include:
- translational research to ensure the evidence–base on transport, the built environment and hea... Read More about Increasing Physical Activity through Active Travel - Year 3.

Accelerating the Electric Vehicle Revolution Apr 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2022
The proposed project includes two activities: a two-day event and a public opinion survey. The event, which will be hybrid, will target both secondary school students and adults through individual activities. For the first, engagement with secondary ... Read More about Accelerating the Electric Vehicle Revolution.

Increase total physical activity time through active travel - Year 2 Dec 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2021
A major element of the project is to help increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population. Research interests include:
- translational research to ensure the evidence–base on transport, the built environment and hea... Read More about Increase total physical activity time through active travel - Year 2.

Future Flight Challenge Phase 2 Project HEART: Hydrogen electric and automated regional transportation Dec 1, 2020 - May 31, 2022
Project HEART is a consortium of organisations in the UK that are responding to the ISFC Future Flight Challenge (FFC) by Innovate UK. The aim of the competition is to develop and demonstrate integrated aviation systems enabling the introduction of n... Read More about Future Flight Challenge Phase 2 Project HEART: Hydrogen electric and automated regional transportation.

Essential Evidence for Scotland Year 2 Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021
Translational research can be powerful in providing practitioners with targeted evidence summaries when they have neither time, knowledge of, nor access to much of the peer reviewed evidence base. The value of de-jargonised summaries of robust academ... Read More about Essential Evidence for Scotland Year 2.

Increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
A major element of the project is to help increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population. Research interests include:
- translational research to ensure the evidence–base on transport, the built environment and he... Read More about Increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population.

Impacts of School Street closures on the local highway network Jan 23, 2020 - May 31, 2022
This project is to extend understanding of wider impacts of temporary street closures. It will consider any re-distributional effects of street closures around schools and it is under consideration whether it can also assessment impacts on current in... Read More about Impacts of School Street closures on the local highway network.

Research informed teaching of sustainable development in South Africa: The case of 'Local' Building Materials and their Environmental impacts Apr 1, 2019 - Jun 14, 2023
The study examines the properties and benefits of selected local materials (such as clay and recycled elements) and whether their use as construction materials enhances environmental protection. The rationale for this examination stems from the views... Read More about Research informed teaching of sustainable development in South Africa: The case of 'Local' Building Materials and their Environmental impacts.

Continental Style Zebra Crossings Dec 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2022
This project is to assess the feasibility of making continental style zebra crossings legal on Scotland's roads and to test their impact on pedestrian safety, attitudes and experience. Scotland provides a good testing ground for new initiatives that... Read More about Continental Style Zebra Crossings.

Essential Evidence for Scotland Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019
Translational research can be powerful in providing practitioners with targeted evidence summaries when they have neither time, knowledge of, nor access to much of the peer reviewed evidence base. The value of de-jargonised summaries of robust academ... Read More about Essential Evidence for Scotland.