Dear colleagues,
Can I please draw your attention to news of a new research post we are now
advertising.
Best wishes,
Glenn
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-year Research Post in Transport & Society, University of the West of
England, Bristol
*** Examining what happens when people and the power of the crowd come together
with technology to address the transport challenges faced by individuals
and society***
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An opportunity is available for a highly motivated and capable individual
to join the Centre for Transport & Society (CTS) at the University of the
West of England, Bristol.
CTS has a team of over 20 individuals with a shared aim to improve and
promote understanding of the inherent links between lifestyles and personal
travel in the context of continuing social and technological change. The
group combines expertise in travel behaviour, transport planning and policy
with expertise from the social sciences including geography, psychology and
sociology.
CTS is leading a major new 5-year study to investigate the creative ways in
which individuals and "the crowd" are devising (potential) solutions,
mediated through information and communication technologies, to the
challenges and problems they face in relation to everyday mobility. The
study in turn aims to better understand within the field of transport and
mobility how such user innovation can serve as the basis for commercial
exploitation and/or the realisation of economic and social benefits. This
is an exciting collaborative project involving academic and non-academic
partners and is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council, the Department for Transport and the Technology Strategy Board.
The project is titled "Understanding user innovation - unanticipated
applications of existing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)" -abbreviated
to "User Innovation".
A 3-year full-time post is now available for a research associate or fellow
to work within CTS on the project alongside Professor Glenn Lyons and Dr
Juliet Jain. Further details and an application form can be obtained via
http://info.uwe.ac.uk/vacancies/job_details.asp?ref=R/11651
The salary for the post will be in the range £20,723 - £32,535. The
closing date for applications is 6 December 2007.
For an informal discussion concerning this post please direct any enquiries
to Professor Glenn Lyons - [log in to unmask]
___________________________________
Professor Glenn Lyons
Centre for Transport & Society
Faculty of the Built Environment
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
BRISTOL BS16 1QY
Tel 0117 32 83219
Mobile 07748 768404
Fax 0117 32 83899
Email [log in to unmask]
Web www.transport.uwe.ac.uk
Office location - 4Q61
___________________________________
|