Swedish transportation research conference 2020

Due to current circumstances and based on the recommendations of the Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) to prevent coronavirus spread, the ninth annual Swedish Transportation Research Conference will be organized as a half-day virtual conference where doctoral students can present their research. The virtual conference will be held on October 21, 2020. We welcome you to join us this year online!

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

Example topics

  • New technologies and organizational forms impactingon 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
  • 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

Scientific committee

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