Håkan Frisinger Award 2024

GOTHENBURG 2024-08-29 Professor Johan Woxenius and Lund University awarded the Håkan Frisinger Prize The Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research has appointed Professor Johan Woxenius at the University of Gothenburg as this year’s scholarship recipient. The prize includes a guest research program at Lund University.– We look forward to welcoming Johan Woxenius and jointly addressing

New Discussion Paper: Minibus Electrification in Africa

A workshop on minibus electrification in Africa was hosted by GIZ and VREF in Kigali on 11-13 June 2024 and attended by researchers, private sector practitioners and decision-makers from multiple African countries. As a result we are happy to present this new Discussion Paper, which was developed alongside the workshop. Questions explored are: How can current fossil fuel-powered

Watch Research Forum on methodologies for researching and exploring walkability

This Recording is from the online Walking Research Forum, held 22 May 2024, where we focused on: Methodologies for researching and exploring walkability Studies on the relationship between the built environment and walking behaviour – often called walkability – have in recent years grown into a field of its own. Within this field, a group

Research Forum on e-mobility – catch up with recording

This Recording is from the online MAC NextGen Research Forum 17 April 2024, where we focused on: Towards a Decarbonised Mobility Future? Exploring the e-mobility landscape in African cities As the world moves toward cleaner and more eco-friendly fuel alternatives in transport, Africa too is playing its part in transitioning to a decarbonised future. Electric

Welcome to Cape Town!

This week we celebrate African transport research, during the first ever African Transport Research Conference, which we co-organise together with Centre for Transport Studies, University of Cape Town. For program, news and updates – visit the official conference website. This conference is a landmark event in several ways. It is the largest convening to date of

Join VREF Next Generation Scholars Initiative!

For many years VREF has provided support, opportunities, and activities for Next Generation Scholars in the FUT program, with the following aims:  In 2023, a pilot initiative was carried out within the NextGen community in the MAC program, where VREF – in addition to providing grants – also took various initiatives to encourage young researchers at