The Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts is proud to host Professor Jon Shaw, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth
Professor Shaw will be delivering a public lecture 'Making transport accessible for all' on Tuesday 8 October 2019 at 17:30 in Biomedical Building, Room 402 (BM402), University of Malta Msida Campus.
Providing people easy access to jobs, services, leisure and other opportunities is one of the most important roles of transport policy. In order to achieve this, policy makers need to think about a range of issues, not just in relation to the availability of transport modes, but also in relation to the places people move through and ultimately want to get to. Using data from different studies undertaken at completely different spatial scales, I will look at accessibility issues faced by older people, joggers and people of restricted mobility. The lessons we take from these studies show the importance of a genuinely integrated approach to transport and land-use planning, recognising the extent to which transport and mobility concerns are at the heart of any proper considerations of quality of life for everyone.
Jon Shaw is Head of Geography and an Professor of Transport Geography at the University of Plymouth. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the American Association of Geographers and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was the Associate Editor of the Journal of Transport Geography (2004-2011), and was the Chair (2001-2005) and the Secretary (2005-2009) of the Transport Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society. He is now a member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of Transport Geography, and the Journal on Travel Behaviour & Society. He acted as the Specialist Adviser to the Transport Select Committee of the House of Commons for its inquiry into the major road network and is a member of the Great Western Railway Stakeholder Advisory Board. He is the Deputy Chair of the European Platform for Transport Sciences and chairs the Scientific Advisory Board of econex verkehrsconsult. He was the winner of the 2018 Alan Hay Award for Significant Contributions to Transport Geography, and the joint winner (with Iain Docherty) of the 2006 Scottish Transport Award in the category of Young Transport Professional / Researcher. His latest book, Transport Matters was published by Policy Press in October 2019.
Professor Shaw will also be delivering a series of lectures:
Wednesday 9 October, 11:00-12:00
Transport infrastructure and economic development
venue: Room 157 Gateway Building (GW157)
Transport infrastructure and economic development
venue: Room 157 Gateway Building (GW157)
Thursday 10 October, 10:00-11:00
Transport in London
venue: Room 157 Gateway Building (GW154)
Thursday 10 October, 12:00-13:00
Ecotourism, flying and carbon footprints time
venue: Room 157 Gateway Building (GW157)
Thursday 10 October, 12:00-13:00
Ecotourism, flying and carbon footprints time
venue: Room 157 Gateway Building (GW157)
More information about this series of lectures is available at um.edu.mt/arts/geography
Attendance is free. Registration is necessary. To register send an email with name, organisation and contact details to candida.gerada@um.edu.mt.