Transport and Children's Wellbeing

E. Owen D. Waygood graduated in 2009 with a PhD in Civil Engineering from Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan). After a position as a research associate and then research fellow at the Centre for Transport & Society at the University of the West of England (Bristol, U.K.), he held first a position of Assistant and then Associate Professor of Transport Planning at Laval University (Quebec, Canada). In 2018 he was recruited by Polytechnique Montréal as an Associate Professor of Transport Engineering. He has published research on children’s transport, physical activity, and social connections, sustainable transport, and transport behaviour change. He has been a co-guest editor for special issues on transport and child wellbeing, and transport and wellbeing published with the journal Travel Behaviour and Society. He conducts research on sustainable transport modes and how to increase their use.

Margareta Friman graduated in 2000 with a PhD from University of Gothenburg (Göteborg, Sweden). After having held positions as Assistant and Associate Professor at Karlstad University (Sweden), she was in 2010 appointed as Professor of Psychology at Karlstad University. For the last 10 years she has been director of an excellent center in service and market oriented public transport research (SAMOT) at Karlstad University. In 2014, she received the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research Award by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations. She is co-editor of the book “Quality of life and daily travel. Today, Margareta Friman is conducting research in consumer psychology, environmental psychology, and transportation psychology at the Service Research Center (CTF), Karlstad University.

Lars E. Olsson graduated from Göteborg University with a Ph.D. in Psychology of decision making. After a position as researcher at the Center for Consumer Research at the School of Business, Economics, and Law in Gothenburg, he was recruited in 2009 to the Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group (SAMOT). He is now Professor of Psychology at Karlstad University. Lars E. Olsson has published research in the areas of sustainability, environmental behavior, consumer experiences, travel behavior and well-being. His articles have been published in international journals in psychology, environmental studies, economics, and transportation. He is co-editor of the book “Quality of life and daily travel.

Raktim Mitra is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada), where his research focuses on the intersection between the neighbourhood built environment and transport behaviour, and the impact on health outcomes such as physical activity and the quality of life. Raktim is the co-director of TransForm research laboratory of transport and land use planning at Ryerson University, co-chair of a paper review subcommittee (Bicycle Transportation) at the Transportation Research Board, and a member of the editorial board for the international journal - Urban Planning. His previous contributions include co-editing a special issue on the topic of transport and land use in childhood for the Journal of Transport and Land Use.