Rosie Samuel

Email: ts17rss@leeds.ac.uk
Thesis title: Messaging for environmentally sustainable commuting post disruption
Supervisors: Professor Kate Pangbourne, Professor Susan Grant-Muller

Profile

My PhD research aims to examine the behavioural impacts of COVID-19 disruption on commuter travel, and to understand the role of large employers and messaging to promote sustainable commuting (including telecommuting) in the recovery from the disruption caused by significant disease control measures. The research is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) from 2019-2022.

Research interests

Persuasive technology
Sustainable travel behaviour
Behaviour change
Behaviourally orientated transport demand management
Disruption and travel behaviour
Urban transport policy

Qualifications

MSc Sustainability in Transport, University of Leeds
BA History (Hons), Cardiff University

Research groups and institutes

Social and Political Sciences