Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the availability of two new PhD studentships at
the Centre for Transport & Society (CTS).
The first PhD looks at how social practices and technologies intersect with
people's everyday mobility. This is part of a 5-year project called 'User
Innovation' which is 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. The PhD aims to support the goal of the
main project to uncover user innovation, defined in the project as "the
creation and application of an invention initiated by affected individuals
that stems from user need or curiosity to address a problem or challenge
within social practice". The starting premise is as follows. People,
increasingly are accompanied by ICTs when they travel. Many people face the
challenge of managing their time and activity schedules and thus the "times
out" taken for travel are important and constitute a motivation for them to
think of ways to use that time to good effect. The purpose of this PhD
studentship is to delve into people's time use associated with public
transport.
The second PhD concerns senior citizen's bus travel. The decision to offer
free travel to people over 60 years of age on local bus services throughout
England was one of the most important policy measures affecting the sector
for years. The PhD will examine the wider implications of the policy of
encouraging additional travel in terms of the benefits over-60s experience,
the overall mix of bus passengers, the resource and environmental costs,
and implications of the subsidy for bus regulation. In addition the success
with which additional demand for bus travel was predicted as a result of
the policy will be examined. The studentship is supported by Stagecoach
Devon, the principal provider of public bus services in the County of
Devon, and the South West Regional Development Agency, through the Great
Western Research initiative. Supervision of the PhD is shared between CTS
at UWE and the Centre for Sustainable Transport, Plymouth University.
CTS has a track record for attracting people from a broad range of
disciplinary backgrounds and individuals are encouraged to consider these
two opportunities accordingly.
Further details can be found by visiting
http://www.transport.uwe.ac.uk/opportunities/opportunities.asp
The closing date for applications in each case is 20 June 2008.
Best wishes,
Glenn
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Professor Glenn Lyons
Centre for Transport & Society
Faculty of Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
BRISTOL BS16 1QY
Tel 0117 32 83219
Mobile 07748 768404
Fax 0117 32 83899
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