Professor Oliver Carsten
- Position: Professor of Transport Safety
- Areas of expertise: road safety; road user behaviour; speed management; vehicle design; in-vehicle HMI; road design
- Email: O.M.J.Carsten@its.leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 5348
- Location: Room 1.12, Institute for Transport Studies (34-40 University Road)
- Website: LinkedIn | Researchgate
Profile
Employment History
- 2003–present: Professor of Transport Safety, Institute for Transport Studies (ITS)
- 1993–2002: Principal Research Fellow, ITS
- 1989–1993: Senior Research Fellow, ITS
- 1987–1989: Research Fellow, ITS
- 1985–1987: Assistant Research Scientist, Statistical Research Group, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
- 1977–1985: Research Assistant/Associate, Senior Research Associate UMTRI
Management Experience
- 2004–2007 Director of ITS
- 2000–2004 Director of Research at ITS
Professional Engagements
- Editor in Chief, Cognition, Technology and Work
- Member of European Commission GEAR 2030 High Level Group on the future of the vehicle industry with a special focus on automation
- Member of the European Commission C-ITS Platform
- Chair of Road User Behaviour Working Party of Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. PACTS provides advice to Parliament and the Government on safety policy.
- Expert advisor to the European Transport Safety Council. ETSC provides advice to the European Commission and the European Parliament on safety policy.
- Trustee of the Road Safety Trust
Research interests
New technology and safety; driver assistance systems; speed management; driver distraction; the design and use of driving simulators for safety research; road traffic accident causation
Major research projects:
- An Intelligent Traffic System for Vulnerable Road Users (Commission of the European Communities, DRIVE I, 1989–1991)
- VRU-TOO: Vulnerable Road User Traffic Observation and Optimization (Commission of the European Communities, DRIVE II, 1991–1994)
- HOPES: Horizontal Project for the Evaluation of Safety (Commission of the European Communities, DRIVE II, 1991–1995)
- Speed on Rural Arterial Roads (SERC, 1993–1994)
- Response to Automatic Speed Control in Urban Areas (EPSRC, 1994–1996)
- HINT: Human Implications of New Technologies (European Union DG VII, Transport Research Programme, 1997–1998)
- New Technologies for Preventing Accidents at Junctions (EPSRC, 1997–1999)
- External Vehicle Speed Control (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997–1999)
- Intelligent Speed Adaptation (Department for Transport, 2000–2006)
- HASTE: HMI And the Safety of Traffic in Europe (EC Fifth Framework Growth Programme, 2002–2004)
- EASY: Effects of Automated Systems on Safety (EPSRC, 2007–2009)
- Speed Limit Adherence and its Effect on Road Safety and Climate Change (Commission for Integrated Transport, 2007–2008)
- ITERATE: IT for Error Remediation And Trapping Emergencies (EC 7th Framework Programme, 2009–2011)
- ecoDriver: Supporting the driver in conserving energy and reducing emissions (EC 7th Framework Programme, 2011–2017)
- UDRIVE: Large-scale European naturalistic driving studies (EC 7th Framework Programme, 2012–2017)
- XCYCLE: Advanced measures to reduce cyclists’ fatalities and increase comfort in the interaction with motorised vehicles (EC Horizon 2020, 2014–2018)
- ADAS User Attentiveness
- ecoDriver
- UDRIVE - European Naturalistic Driving Study
- XCYCLE - Fairer, safer cycling
Qualifications
- PhD, History, University of Michigan
- MA, History, University of Michigan
- BA, Modern History, Oxford University
Student education
Teaching on future emerging technologies in transport and on traffic management.
Research groups and institutes
- Human Factors and Safety
Current postgraduate researchers
<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>Projects
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<li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1869-enhancing-road-safety-by-addressing-the-risky-behaviour-of-commercial-riders-of-powered-two-wheelers-in-developing-countries">Enhancing Road Safety by Addressing the Risky Behaviour of Commercial Riders of Powered Two-Wheelers in Developing Countries</a></li>