PhD

Postdoc with Focus on Port Development and the Blue Economy

A 2‑year postdoctoral research position, focusing on business, governance, and innovation aspects of sustainable port development and the blue economy within the BluePortLab project, including empirical research and some teaching duties.

PhD – Compliance and Public Attitudes to Lower Urban Speed Limits: Evidence from the Welsh 20 mph Policy

A fully funded PhD project, investigating how public attitudes and behavioural compliance evolve after implementing Wales’s nationwide 20 mph default speed limit, using detailed traffic and survey data to support sustainable transport policy design.

PhD – Acceptability and Behavioural Pathways in Road User Charging Reform

A fully funded PhD investigating equitable, revenue-neutral road user charging systems. The research combines behavioural studies, surveys, field trials, and policy analysis to understand driver and policymaker responses, evaluate feasibility, and inform future road pricing reform in Australia.

PhD – A Techno-Economic and Commercial Assessment of Liquid Hydrogen at Airports: London Stansted Case Study

A fully funded 4-year PhD focusing on the technical, economic, and commercial feasibility of introducing hydrogen infrastructure at airports, using London Stansted Airport as a case study.

PhD-student position: Optimizing Demand-Responsive Electric Mobility Systems Under Uncertainty

Fully funded doctoral research to develop optimization-based strategies for electric, demand-responsive mobility services and charging infrastructure, addressing real-time routing, fleet management, and sustainability challenges in suburban transport systems.

PhD in Propulsion System Aerodynamic Technologies for Reducing Fuel Burn

Fully funded PhD on improving aero-engine intake and fan system aerodynamics to reduce fuel burn and emissions, in collaboration with Rolls-Royce and EPSRC.

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