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Transportation Research Group. Activities. Academic and applied research Operates across Molde University College and Møreforsking Main areas: Transport modelling, Socio-economics, PSO tendering. Group Members. Odd I Larsen Jens Rekdal Arild Hervik Naima Saeed Harald M Hjelle
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Activities • Academic and applied research • Operates across Molde University College and Møreforsking • Main areas: Transport modelling, Socio-economics, PSO tendering
Group Members • Odd I Larsen • Jens Rekdal • Arild Hervik • Naima Saeed • Harald M Hjelle • Nigel Halpern • Jan Husdal • Olav Hauge • Arne Løkketangen • Ola Bø • Berit Grue • Wiljar Hansen • FeifeiQin • Halvor Schøyen • Svein Bråthen (head ofgroup)
Some projects and ”sponsors” (1) • Frameworkagreementswith : • The National Transport Planning Administration • Transport networkmodelling • Urban transport • Avinor (themainairport/ATM service provider in Norway) • Socio-economicsof air transport • The Norwegian Public Roads Administration • Socio-economics, modellingetc
Some projects and ”sponsors” (2) • The Norwegian Research Council • Fiesta (SMARTRANS) • CA-CHAINS (ERA-Net, SMARTRANS) • The Ministryof Transport and Communications • International benchmarkingof air transport infrastructureprovision (costefficiency, technicalefficiency) • Turnover: 4 mill+/year
International partnersInternational Publishing • Active partners at the moment: • Cranfield University • University of Westminster • Partners in NWU • … • Publishedpapers. Numerous: Book chapters, journal articles (At least Harald, Nigel, Svein, Odd, Jan, Jens, Naima and Arne are all onthe list for 2009/2010)
Challenges • The balance: Applied and academicresearch…and regional needs…and… • EU programs • ”Criticalmass”, stability • Collaboration withother RG should be given priority, complementarity is obvious, multi-/crossdisciplinarity is howeverchallenging