Swedish transportation research conference 2021

The conference covers all traffic modes and all transport related questions. It welcomes contributions from all disciplines and areas covering analysis, understanding, planning and evaluation of the transportation system.

Due to the Covid 19 situation, the conference might need to be re-shaped and transformed to an online version.

Example topics

• New technologies and organizational forms impacting on logistics and transport systems
• Supply chain management
• Transport policy and societal planning processes
• Pricing, regulation, policy instruments
• Modeling and simulation of transport and logistics flows and demand
• Procurement, contracts and business models
• Transport and logistics from a service perspective
• Cost-benefit analysis and valuation
• Road user behavior
• Road safety and health
• Sustainability, environment and land use
• Social sustainability and equity
• Intelligent, connected and automated transport and logistics systems
• Impact of disruptive technologies on transport systems
• Planning of logistics and transport systems
• Terminal and storage management
• Mobility as a service

Objectives

• Create a meeting place for Swedish transportation researchers that provides an overview of Swedish transportation research
• Increase the professional and social interaction between Swedish transportation researchers
• Improve the collaboration and information exchange between the different disciplines and areas in transportation research
• Improve the conditions for increased mobility between different institutions in Sweden

Extended abstracts

The conference language is English, abstracts and presentations should be in English. Please write your extended abstract of two pages and comply with the following document structure: (1) research question and brief overview of the state of the art, including relevant references; (2) method; (3) analysis and results. Research contributions from universities, research institutes, consultancies and authorities are equally welcome.

Please submit your abstract at latest on June 15 to: NKT2021@mau.se

The abstracts are evaluated by the scientific committee by their scientific quality and relevance. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out no later than on August 31.

Read more at the conference website.

Scientific committee & planning group

Erik Jenelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Margareta Friman, Karlstad University
Maria Huge-Brodin, Linköping University
Kajsa Hulthén, Chalmers University of Technology
Axel Merkel, VTI
Jan Lundgren, Linköping University
Jan Persson, Malmö University
Lena Winslott Hiselius, Lund University
Johan Woxenius, University of Gothenburg

Contact

For more information, please contact
Jan Persson, jan.a.persson@mau.se 040-665 71 68 
Sandip Kaur, sandip.kaur@mau.se 040-665 76 81