Centre for Transport Studies
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Imperial College London
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 an econometric 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.
The studentship comprise a bursary for three years, at £14,300 per year,
together with College fees at the home/EU rate. It will run alongside a second
study of agglomeration and transport investment in London funded by
Transport for London and advertised separately.
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 policy
and regulation, 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 relevant aspect of economics or
econometrics or a closely related discipline. A Master's degree in a relevant
subject would be advantageous but is not essential.
Closing date: 14 July 2006
Potential applicants are invited to send a curriculum vitae to
Dr Dan Graham
Centre for Transport Studies
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
W: www.imperial.ac.uk/cts
and to submit a postgraduate application form (which can be downloaded
from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/P1397.htm).
Closing date: 14 July 2006
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Prof. John Polak
Centre for Transport Studies
Imperial College London
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/transport-studies
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