Hi All
Does anyone know of people based in the Netherlands doing research on
cycling? Or, if there aren't (m)any, transport researchers who would include
cycling in their interests? Names, institutional affiliations, and contact
details would be much appreciated.
I'm doing initial groundwork, testing out the possibilities of putting in a
bid to a British Council/Netherlands research fund (for details, see
http://www2.britishcouncil.org/netherlands-science-pps.htm) - something
along the lines of comparing and contrasting experiences of cycling/cycling
promotion between the two countries. But there needs to be Netherlands-based
cycling researchers for the bid to work!
Thanks very much
Dave Horton
PS - in case anyone's interested, our bid to the ESRC Research Seminars
competition, 'Cycling and Society: Past, Present and Future', was
unsuccessful. I quote the referees' comments (because they might be apposite
for anyone thinking of putting in other bids to the ESRC) - "Although the
Panel were quick to praise the convincing case made in respect of timeliness
and policy relevance, there was an overwhelming feeling amongst the Panel
that the general focus of investigation was a little too narrow". If
anyone's interested on hopping on board, I'm already planning to put a bid
into next year's round, but - taking on board the 'too narrow' criticism -
expanding it out to something along the lines of 'Sustainability and Being
in the City'.
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