Associate Professor in Transportation within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton

Simon’s research interests are centred on understanding and modelling the interdependencies between transport and other human and natural systems. Transport plays a crucial role in enabling and creating the complex linkages which allow our society to function, but also poses a threat to the continued existence of that society through the demands it makes on natural and human resources and the damage it causes to the environment. Through Simon’s work at TRG he aims to make a contribution to the development of a transport network which is more sustainable, more efficient, and less costly to users, government and the environment. His research is focused on delivering outputs which can be of practical assistance to policy-makers in the transport and climate domains, and he has extensive experience of collaborating with non-academic partners to achieve research impact.

Simon is a geographer by background and has made extensive use of geographical information systems and spatial modelling techniques in his research. His work initially focused on rail transport, but he has subsequently carried out research relating to nearly all major transport modes. He also teaches undergraduate and masters students on a variety of transport-related topics, and is Programme Lead for the University of Southampton’s MSc programmes in Transport Planning and Engineering.