Research Teams
Co-Design Team
This team finds creative ways to help researchers and members of the community share their skills and knowledge with each other and work together on design solutions for a greener, more sustainable city.
- Dr Elena Alyavina, Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University
- Dr Cyriel Diels, Deputy Director Intelligent Mobility Design Centre, Royal College of Art
- Tara Hanrahan, Visual Communications Designer
- Professor Dale Harrow, Chair & Director, Intelligent Mobility Design Centre, Royal College of Art
- Professor Carlos Lopez-Galviz, Professor of History and Social Futures, Lancaster University
- Dan Phillips, Senior Research Fellow, Royal College of Art
- Dr David Swann, Research Fellow, Royal College of Art
Understanding Change Team
This team is working to understand what motivates people to make lifestyle changes or to try new ways of doing things and what factors might make change more difficult.
- Professor Jillian Anable, Chair in Transport and Energy, University of Leeds
- Dr Chiara Calastri, Lecturer in Rail Economics, University of Leeds
- Professor Charisma Choudhury, Chair in Behaviour Modelling, University of Leeds
- Dr Milad Mehdizadeh, Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Design Solutions Team
This team is working to create a model of the city that can predict how people might behave if different transport options become available in their area.
- Dr Roger Beecham, Associate Professor in Visual Data Science, University of Leeds
- Professor Ed Manley, Professor of Urban Analytics, University of Leeds
- Dr Thomas O’Shea, Research Fellow, University of Leeds
- Dr Varun Raturi, Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Trials and Evaluation Team
This team plans and organises opportunities for people to try out different technologies or products that could help them get around and meet their families’ needs more easily and without needing to own a private car.
- Professor Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, University of Leeds (Principal Investigator and INFUZE Programme Director)
- Dr Luma Al-Saadi, Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Dr Christian Bretter formed an integral part of the project submission. He is now working at the University of Queensland.
Programme Management
- Professor Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, University of Leeds (Principal Investigator and INFUZE Programme Director)
- Dr Charlotte Elliott-Harvey, INFUZE Programme Manager
- Tina Shield, INFUZE Project Officer