Research: Technological Natures
Research Projects
Current Projects
- Low-carbon mobility futures
Prof. David Banister, Dr Moshe Givoni and James Macmillen. Financial support from Smith School for Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford; 2011.
- Transport scenarios - drivers and limits
Prof. David Banister in collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark, KTH, Nordforsk, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Financial support from the Danish Technical University; 2010-2013.
- UNITE: Uncertainties in transport project evaluation
Prof. David Banister in collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark, Aalborg University, Denmark Institute of Transport Economics, and Princeton University. Financial support from the Danish Technical University; 2010-2013.
- Climate change, energy and transport
Prof. David Banister and Dr Tim Schwanen in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen. Financial support from the UK Transport Research Centre; 2010-2011
- Knowledges, resources and legal regimes: the new geopolitics of the polar regions
Dr Richard Powell in collaboration with Royal Holloway, University of London. Financial support from the ESRC; 2010-2011.
- Human creativity: ecologies and practices of invention
Professor Sarah Whatmore, Dr Charlotte Bates in conjunction with the Dept. of Archaeology, Oxford. Financial support from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation; 2010-2011.
- Visioning and backcasting for transport futures in Chinese cities
Dr Jimin Zhao, Prof. David Banister and Dr Robin Hickman in collaboration with the Shandong University of Finance, Shandong Academy of Sciences, and Jinan Municipal Government, China. Financial support from the Centre for Studies in Property Valuation and Management Trust and the Oxford Martin School; 2010-2011.
- BioFresh: Biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems: status, trends, pressures and conversation priorities
Dr Paul Jepson in collaboration with multiple partners. Financial support from the European Commission; 2009-2014.
- Blue-sky thinking for Oxfordshire County Council's Local Transport Plan III
Dr Karen Lucas, Prof. David Banister, Dr Robin Hickman and Lara Scott. Financial support from Oxfordshire County Council; 2009-2011.
- LogMan: Logistics and manufacturing CO2 footprint
Dr David Bonilla and Nihan Akyelken in collaboration with multiple research partners. Financial support from the European Commission; 2009-2011.
- Moving to a low carbon economy under different economic circumstances
Dr Jimin Zhao. Financial support from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Strategic Programme Fund; 2009-2011.
- OPTIC: Optimal policies for transport in combination
; Prof. David Banister, Dr Moshe Givoni and James Macmillen in collaboration with multiple research partners. Financial support from the European Commission; 2009-2011.
- iConnect: Impact of constructing non-motorised networks and evaluating changes in travel
Dr Christian Brand and Dr Tim Jones in collaboration with the multiple research partners. Financial support from the ESPRC; 2008-2013.
- Visions of the role of walking and cycling in 2030
Prof. David Banister, Dr Moshe Givoni and James Macmillen in collaboration with University of Leeds, University of East Anglia, University of Salford and University of Manchester. Financial support from the ESPRC; 2008-2011.
- Sustainable fuel partnership
Prof. David Banister in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank, International Energy Agency, ADB Institute. Financial support from the Asian Development Bank; 2007-2011.
- Expert assistance in the area of transport, emissions, environment and scenario building
Prof. David Banister, Dr Christian Brand and Dr Moshe Givoni in collaboration with European Environment Agency, Transport Research Laboratory and IFOK, Berlin. Financial support from the European Environment Agency and the Transport Research Laboratory; 2006-2011
Recent Projects
- INTRA-SIM: Oxfordshire and Swindon
Dr Robin Hickman and Prof. David Banister in collaboration with Halcrow. Financial support from Oxfordshire County Council, Swindon Borough Council and the UK Department for Transport; 2009-2010.
- Transport systems in a low carbon society
Prof. David Banister with multiple research partners. Financial support from the Japanese Institute for Transport Policy Studies; 2009-2010.
- CABE: Sustainable cities, transport chapter
Dr Robin Hickman and Prof. David Banister in collaboration with Halcrow. Financial support from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment; 2009.
- Freightvision: Freight transport foresight 2050
Dr David Bonilla and Nihan Akyelken with multiple reseearch partners. Financial support from the European Commission; 2008-2010
- OxTran: Oxford transport network
Dr Moshe Givoni, Lara Scott, Dr Karen Lucas and Prof. David Banister. Financial support from John Fell Fund; 2008-2010.
- Environmental knowledge controversies: science, democracy and expertise
Professor Sarah Whatmore and Dr Catharina Landström in collaboration with the University of Durham and University of Newcastle. Financial support from Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) Programme (ESRC, NERC, BBSRC), 2007-2010.
- Environmental legacy of the Beijing Olympics
Dr Jimin Zhao in collaboration with Oxford Martin School; 2008-2009.
- Planning for sustainable travel
Dr Robin Hickman and Prof. David Banister in collaboration with Halcrow and Oxford Brookes. Financial support from Commission for Integrated Transport; 2008-2009.
- Strategies of ignorance: mapping the political uses of uncertainty within medicine
Professor Andrew Barry and Dr Linsey McGoey. Financial support from ESRC; 2008-2009.
- Visioning and backcasting for transport in London
Dr Robin Hickman and Prof. David Banister in collaboration with Halcrow and Space Syntax. Financial support from UrbanBuzz and HEFCE; 2007-2009.
- Scientific ecotourism and post-colonial encounters with wildlife
Professor Sarah Whatmore and Dr Jamie Lorimer; Financial support from the ESRC; 2006-2008.
- 'Locating technoscience: geographies of science, technology and politics' ESRC Research Seminar Series
Professor Sarah Whatmore in collaboration with UCL, University of Cambridge and University of Sussex. Financial support from the ESRC; 2006-2007.
- Consumer action groups: social contestation and sustainable consumption
Professor Sarah Whatmore in collaboration with French and Belgian research teams. Financial support from ADD programme of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France; 2005-2008.
- Hope and oil: an ethnographic exploration of the emergent oil operation in São Tomé e Príncipe
Professor Andrew Barry and Dr Gisa Weszkalnys. Financial support from John Fell OUP Research Fund and British Academy; 2005-2007.
- Forests and chases of England and Wales c. 1500 - c. 1850: towards a multi-disciplinary history
Dr John Langton and Dr Graham Jones. Financial support from the Marc Fitch Fund and St John's College Oxford; 1998-2009.
