Jack Thompson
- Email: tsjst@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Why have observed levels of UK Government support to the rail industry increased so significantly over the past twenty years?
- Supervisors: Professor Greg Marsden, Dr Ian Philips, Dr Paul Timms
Profile
I have been working in Transport Planning since 2014, with experience across both the public and private sectors at TfL, in consultancy and currently at the DfT. I am undertaking a PhD in Transport part-time, focusing my research into attempting to understand why the UK Government has chosen to so substantially increase subsidies into the railways since privatisation in the 1990's.
Research interests
- Transport governance structures and decision making
- Philosophy and history of transport planning
- Sustainability and resilience
- Evaluation of policy interventions
Qualifications
- MSc Transport and City Planning
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
- Incorporated Engineer
- Member, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
- Associate, Royal Town Planning Institute