Global Challenges in Transport is a series of short residential courses designed to help decision-makers shape the future of sustainable transport. Whether you take one or several courses, this programme offers you an opportunity to extend your expertise and revolutionise the way you think about the global challenges facing the transport sector. We are currently accepting applications for the following courses: Smart Technologies and Changing Behaviours 13 16 March 2018 Governing Transitions in Urban Transport 26 29 June 2018 Infrastructure, Development and Finance 4 7 September 2018 Health, Wellbeing and Transport 4 7 December 2018 The Global Challenges in Transport courses are part of the Oxford Leadership Programme, and are delivered by the Transport Studies Unit and the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. Each of our courses offers a fantastic opportunity for professionals interested in transport to tap into the expertise of a world-class research centre. The programme incorporates lectures delivered by leading experts, interactive workshops, and handson demonstrations. Participants can expect to learn new approaches for thinking about the major challenges in transport and mobility today, build their professional networks, and develop new skills. Dr Tim Schwanen, Director of the Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford
Smart Technologies and Changing Behaviours Globally, transport is undergoing important changes in technology and user behaviour. This residential course offers the latest thinking on how such changes can be understood, and what their interactions mean for the future of transport demand. Governing Transitions in Urban Transport Cities are increasingly the places where technological, behavioural and institutional transitions in transport have the greatest impact. This course explores how such transformations can be facilitated and steered through policy and planning. Infrastructure, Development and Finance The planning, management and appraisal of transport infrastructure plays a key role in economic development. This course introduces a range of approaches to think critically about transport investments, from megaprojects to small-scale infrastructure developments. Health, Wellbeing and Transport Increasingly, concerns about health outcomes in a range of contexts are linked to transport and mobility issues. This course considers health, wellbeing and social equity across spatial scales, geographical contexts and transport modes.
Why Oxford? Attending the course on technologies and changing behaviours has been a very rewarding experience both from the professional and personal perspective. Transport consultancy is nowadays very engineering and technology driven, which sometimes leaves the human and behavioural component of any transport intervention aside. This course challenges established approaches and many of its lectures are great mind openers. The biggest asset I take with me is a new window to look through and an additional perspective to solve transport issues. This is something I can directly apply to my daily work as a transport consultant, which hopefully will enrich the solutions when working together with my clients. Gabriel Martinez, INECO Attended March and September 2017 courses
Who will be there? Our courses are attended by professionals with an interest in transport from a diverse range of backgrounds. Participants at recent courses have included: Transport and urban planners Consultants to private and public sector clients Investment fund managers Sustainability experts Risk analysts Local authority decision-makers Early career and experienced researchers Alumni network Everyone who completes a Global Challenges in Transport course will become part of our growing global network of alumni. From TSU events to online communications, we create spaces for participants to stay in touch with us and each other, and to continue exploring opportunities for collaboration. For more information and to apply: Website: www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/course Email: exed@tsu.ox.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0)1865 285066 Also find us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook
Transport Studies Unit University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QY United Kingdom Transport Studies Unit The Transport Studies Unit (TSU) was established in 1973, and has since acquired an international research reputation in the fields of transport policy analysis, the development of new methodologies, and behavioural studies. The TSU advances understandings of the systems, processes and practices that facilitate the mobility of people, goods, services and information and their interactions with the environment, economy, social inequalities and health across the globe. The TSU is based within the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. Saïd Business School Oxford Saïd blends the best of new and old. A vibrant and innovative business school, deeply embedded in an 800-year-old world-class university. It s a place where we study how successful businesses appreciate the rules of the game written and unwritten, and then we explore how they can create new games through entrepreneurship, innovation, and transformational infrastructure programmes. WWW.TSU.OX.AC.UK