Dave,
I have a link with a guy in Germany who is keen to do a PhD with me. He
is a linguist and fluent in English (he is a friend of mine from
school), Danish, Dutch, French and German. He now teaches English and
Business studies at a university in Germany. I have for some time been
wanting to research issues such as the different legal bases for traffic
law and how they affect culture and perception. This guy, partly because
of his languages, would be good to have on board.
A guy called Piet Rietveld (I do not know him personally) does a lot
that is "right up my street" as it were:). See Rietveld, P. and Daniel,
V. (2004) Determinants of bicycle use: do municipal policies matter?
Transportation research Part A Vol. 38 pp531-550.
Dr John Parkin
Department of the Built Environment
The University of Bolton
Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5AB
Dir Tel 01204 903027 Mob Tel 07903 523017
Fax 01204 399074 www.bolton.ac.uk/staff/jp10
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Horton
> Sent: 28 September 2005 16:37
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> Subject: Dutch cycling researchers?
>
> Hi All
>
> Does anyone know of people based in the Netherlands doing
> research on cycling? Or, if there aren't (m)any, transport
> researchers who would include cycling in their interests?
> Names, institutional affiliations, and contact details would
> be much appreciated.
>
> I'm doing initial groundwork, testing out the possibilities
> of putting in a bid to a British Council/Netherlands research
> fund (for details, see
> http://www2.britishcouncil.org/netherlands-science-pps.htm) -
> something along the lines of comparing and contrasting
> experiences of cycling/cycling promotion between the two
> countries. But there needs to be Netherlands-based cycling
> researchers for the bid to work!
>
> Thanks very much
>
> Dave Horton
>
>
> PS - in case anyone's interested, our bid to the ESRC
> Research Seminars competition, 'Cycling and Society: Past,
> Present and Future', was unsuccessful. I quote the referees'
> comments (because they might be apposite for anyone thinking
> of putting in other bids to the ESRC) - "Although the Panel
> were quick to praise the convincing case made in respect of
> timeliness and policy relevance, there was an overwhelming
> feeling amongst the Panel that the general focus of
> investigation was a little too narrow". If anyone's
> interested on hopping on board, I'm already planning to put a
> bid into next year's round, but - taking on board the 'too
> narrow' criticism - expanding it out to something along the
> lines of 'Sustainability and Being in the City'.
>
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