DfT College of Experts
DfT鈥檚 College of Experts helps the department access external scientific expertise and guidance to make sure our work is of the highest standard.
The College of Experts at the Department for Transport (DfT) works to:听
- increase the department鈥檚 access to scientific networks
- develop and maintain relationships with experts听
- broaden DfT鈥檚 evidence base听
- identify important areas of research interest听听
- support the provision of scientific advice听
Members of the college were selected to provide expertise throughout all policy work across the department and give external expertise to transport sectors.
Specific activities of the college include:听听
- participating in working groups based on specific themes that feed into the department鈥檚 areas of research interest听
- providing ad hoc advice and support to policy and analytical colleagues听
- supporting DfT鈥檚 Chief Scientific Adviser team by offering expert/scientific networks that can help guide and shape policy
The college is made up of 45 external experts from across academia and industry and is managed by the DFT Chief Scientific Adviser team. This team is led by the Chief Scientific Adviser for DFT, Professor Sarah Sharples.
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The members of the College of Experts are:听听
- Dr Adrienn Tomor, Associate Professor at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London (UCL)听听
- Dr Alalea Kia, Advanced Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London
- Alison McGuffog, Principal Consultant, Human Performance, QinetiQ
- Dr Andrew Smallbone, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of Research, Department of Engineering, Durham University听
- Dr Aruna Sivakumar, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial
- Dr Ashley Fly, Senior Lecturer in Vehicle Electrification, Loughborough University
- Professor Ashleigh Filtness, Professor of Transport Human Factors and Sleep Science at Loughborough University听 rial
- Professor Chris Rogers, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham
- Professor David Fletcher, Professor of Railway Engineering University of Sheffield
- Ed Parham, Director (Innovation and Design), Space Syntax
- Dr Greg Davis, Associate Professor, Visual Cognition Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge
- Dr Henry Odbert, Science Manager, Defence, Met Office
- Professor Jillian Anable, Chair in Transport and Energy, Institute of Transport Studies, University of Leeds听听
- Professor John A McDermid OBE FREng, Director, Centre for Assuring Autonomy, Lloyd鈥檚 Register Foundation Chair of Safety Institute for Safe Autonomy, University of York
- Professor John Drury, social psychologist specialising in the study of collective behaviour, University of Sussex听
- Dr John Easton, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham听
- Dr Kevin Briggs, Associate Professor of Geometrics, University of Southampton听听
- Dr Kristen MacAskill, Associate Professor in Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Development, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
- Professor Lee Chapman, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
- Lucy Wickham CEng FCIHT, Senior Technical Director. Operations and Safety group. Intelligent Transport 天美影院, WSP
- Dr Mandana Kazem PhD MEng (Hons) ARAeS MIET, Technical Director Systems Integration Consultant, Technical Solutions Lead (Systems Engineering Integration and Assurance), WSP
- Professor Mark Levine, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Lancaster听听
- Professor Mark Young, Professor of Human Factors in Transport, University of Southampton听听
- Mike Burden, Director Burden Consulting Limited (Ltd.)
- Professor Mikela Chatzimichailidou, Design for Mobility, Health, People and Society, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London
- Miranda Sharp, Founder, Metis Digital
- Dr Nick Reed, Founder, Reed Mobility
- Professor Nicola Christie, Professor of Transport Safety, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences. University College London听
- Dr Olga Feldman, Senior Director at Arcadis听听
- Paul Wooderson, Chief Engineer, Cybersecurity at HORIBA MIRA Limited听
- Peter Davidson, Managing Director, Peter Davidson Consultancy Ltd听
- Professor Phill Wheat, Professor of Transport Econometrics, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds听听
- Professor Roy M. Harrison OBE, FRS, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
- Professor Richard Batley, Professor of Transport Demand and Valuation, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds听
- Professor Simon Blainey, Professor of Sustainable Transport, University of Southampton听
- Professor Simon Weeks, CEO Simon Weeks Consultancy Limited听听
- Professor Siraj Shaikh, Professor in Systems Security, Computer Science, Swansea University听听
- Professor Stephen Ingleton, Engineering and Technology Director, Unipart Rail Ltd听
- Dr Stephen Parkes, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University听
- Dr Tamsyn Edwards, Global Lead of Safety and Insurance User Researcher (UXR), Uber
- Professor Tao Cheng, Professor of Geoinformatics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London听
- Professor Toby Breckon, Department of Engineering and Department of Computer Science, Durham University听
- Professor Tony Roskilly, Department of Engineering, Durham University听
- Professor Washington Yotto Ochieng, Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chair Professor in Positioning and Navigation Systems, Imperial University
- Zeina Nazer, Co-Founder of Cities Forum and Chair of ITS UK Road User Charging Forum