Please see below a new opportunity available at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.

Lecturer/Associate Professor in Sustainable Freight and Logistics

This new post is available in one of the UK's leading transport research centres, and is part of an investment by the University to achieve an ambitious improvement in academic performance and enhanced student experience. The Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) has a long track record in the fields of freight and logistics and this post will help grow our experience and move towards placing the group at the global forefront in the field.

The movement of goods underpins economic performance. In the EU alone, 2,200 billion-tonne kilometres of freight are moved every year. Faced with increasingly stringent climate change and air quality legislation and more crowded networks however, the nature and organisation of the freight industry and the associated supply chains is facing continued demands for change and innovation. The solutions can vary in scale from city logistics to international supply chain management with new choices over multi-modal freight paths.

This post seeks a dynamic established or future research leader who will complement the Institute for Transport Studies' existing skills in this area, further developing opportunities for research funded by the UK government and research councils, by the European Commission and by industry.

A relevant PhD is essential for this role however the nature of the challenges that could be addressed means that you could come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including, but not limited to, economics, operational research, transport modelling, and supply chain management. You will be expected to have a major role in either the Economics and Discrete Choice or the Spatial Dynamics and Modelling research group within ITS and to develop links with cognate experts in the Leeds University Business School.

The Institute for Transport Studies is also a global leader in the provision of postgraduate education. You will be expected to help deliver a dynamic vision to ensure our graduates have cutting edge skills in freight and logistics to meet the challenges outlined above.

Lecturer: University Grade 8 (£37,382 - £44,607 p.a.)
Associate Professor: University Grade 9 (£45,941 - £53,233 p.a.)

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Greg Marsden (Director), tel +44 (0)113 343 5358, email [log in to unmask], or Dr Richard Batley (Director of Research and Innovation), tel +44 (0)113 343 1789, email [log in to unmask]

Further details and the application process can be accessed via http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/ using the Reference Number ENVTR0023.

Closing Date: 4 March 2013

Professor Greg Marsden
Director of Institute
Professor of Transport Governance
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT

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Web: http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/staffProfile/?personId=83172
Tel: +44 113 3435358
Fax: +44 113 3435334

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As part of a £23m investment in academic leadership, the University of Leeds is seeking exceptional individuals who combine internationally leading research and innovation with outstanding student education.
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Recent Publications

Marsden, G., Bache, I. And Kelly, C.E. (2012) A policy perspective on transport and climate change issues, in Transport and Climate Change Issues, Eds. Chapman, L. And Ryley, T., Chapter 8, pp197-224, Emerald, ISBN 978-1-78052-440-5

Marsden, G, Frick, KT, May, AD and Deakin, E (2012) Bounded rationality in policy learning amongst cities: lessons
from the transport sector, Environment and Planning A, 44 (4), 905-920

Marsden, G. and Docherty, I. (2012) 'Disruption': a useful metaphor for transport policy change? Paper presented at WCTRS Urban Transport Policy Special Interest Group Meeting, Vienna, March