Summary
PROFESSIONAL AND MEMBERSHIPS
Membership of Scientific Committees
Royal Society Covid-19 Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic (RAMP) Rapid Review Group (2020)
Scientific Committee of Society for Benefit Cost Analysis European Conference, Stockholm (2020)
Scientific Committee of European Association for Research in Transportation (2019)
Scientific Committee of Society for Benefit Cost Analysis European Conference, Toulouse (2019)
Scientific Committee of the Centre De Researches Mathematiques, Montreal, Canada (2017)
Transportation and Economic Development Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, USA, (2012-present)
Transport Statistics Interest Group, of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, USA, (2014-present)
Transportation Economics Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, USA, (2008-2017)
Steering Board of the Academic network of the International Union of Public Transport (UITP) (2010-present)
Scientific Expert Panel on the EU project Transport infrastructure: impact on international competitiveness of Europe (2015).
Membership of Professional Bodies
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
Member of the American Statistical Association
Member of the Royal Economic Society
Member of the International Transport Economics Association
Affiliate of the Spatial Economics Research Centre
Expert Advisory roles
I have served as Specialist Adviser to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Transport (2010) and as an Expert Witness to the Treasury Select Committee (2014) and the House of Lords Select Committee (2014).
I have been appointed to Expert Advisory Committees by: Department for Transport / Highways England Expert Analytical Advice and Challenge Panel (2019-2021), High Speed two Ltd (2016, 2017-2018), UK Road Investment Strategy (2017-2018), European Commission (2015), Prime Minister's Policy Advisory committee (2009), Department for Transport / Treasury (2008-2009), Transport for London (2007-2009), Department for Communities and Local Government (2007-2010), European Council of Transport Ministers (ECMT) (2002-2012), and the Greater London Economic Advisory Research Board (2006-2009).
I have been commissioned to provide scientific evidence by: Department for Transport; National Infrastructure Commission; OECD; International Transport Forum; High Speed Two Ltd.; Transport for London; Transport for Greater Manchester; Road Investment Strategy Analytical Advisory Committee; HM Treasury; Transport Infrastructure Ireland; Australian Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities; Highways England; Finnish Transport Agency; Land Transport New Zealand; Land Transport Authority Singapore; Airport Commission; Centre for Cities; City of London; Independent Transport Commissions; Royal Automobile Club Foundation; Automobile Association; National Health Service.
Awards
Prize for paper presented at the European Transport Conference (joint with Zishu Liu), Milan 2020.
RSPP Paper Award for best paper published in Regional Science Policy and Practice (joint With Patricia Melo), 2020.
Presidents Award for Excellence in Innovation, Imperial College London, 2015.
Prize for best paper presented at the Transport Practitioners Meeting (joint with Alina Tuerk), York 2010.
Epainos Prize for paper presented at the European Regional Science Association meeting (joint with Patricia Melo), Paris 2009.
First place in the BANAMEX (National Bank of Mexico) Economics Prize (joint with Amado Crotte), Mexico City 2008.
Academic editorial duties
Editor, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2008-present
Editorial board member, Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 2013-present
Editorial board member, Transportation, 2009-2013