IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

CENTRE FOR TRANSPORT STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

ESRC/ Department for Transport (DfT) Collaborative PhD studentship in 
Agglomeration, Productivity and Road User Charging

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship working in the area of the 
agglomeration, road pricing and transport appraisal, under the supervision of Dr 
Dan Graham. The aim of this research is to evaluate the costs and benefits of 
road user charging with specific reference to impacts arising from the 
relationship between urban densities and productivity. The research will 
develop a methodology to quantify the `constraints´ on agglomeration economies 
arising from current levels of congestion and investigate how changes to the 
cost of travel will impact upon these externalities. The results will be used in a 
model of road user charging to situate changes in agglomeration benefits within 
the wider context of travel time savings, environmental, health, and other 
conventional benefits. This studentship will run alongside a second study of 
agglomeration and transport investment in London funded by Transport for 
London and advertised separately.

The studentship, which is jointly funded by the UK Economic and Social 
Research Council (ESRC) and UK Department for Transport (DfT), comprises a 
bursary for three years, at £14,300 per year, together with College fees at 
the home/EU rate. Only candidates who are UK citizens or EU citizens who 
have been resident in the UK for at least the preceding three years are eligible 
to apply. 

The Centre for Transport Studies comprises a vibrant community of over 50 
doctoral students and post doctoral researchers undertaking research across a 
broad range of topics including transport demand modelling, transport 
economics, transport operations, transport and the environment, transport 
safety, intelligent transport systems, railway operations and management, air 
transport operations and control, and maritime logistics. Further information 
can be found on the Centre's website at http://www.imperial.ac.uk/cts.

Applicants for the studentship should have or expect to obtain a first or upper 
second class honours degree or equivalent in a quantitative discipline relevant 
to transport economics. A Master's degree in a related subject would be 
advantageous but is not essential.  

Potential applicants are invited to send a Curriculum Vitae and the names and 
contact details (including email addresses) of two academic referees to Dr Dan 
Graham ([log in to unmask]; Centre for Transport Studies, Skempton 
Building, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ).

Closing date: 30 September 2006 

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Prof. John Polak
Head of Centre for Transport Studies
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ
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