The SustainTrans research team will hopefully from next fall (and three years ahead) conduct research on how to curb car reliant mobility and improve public transport to eventually become sustainable across (and between) south Baltic regions. The "INTERCONNECT" application to the South Baltic Programme is managed by Region Blekinge, and involves nine partners from six countries, along with numerous [...]
We'd like to welcome Varvara Nikulina to the SustainTrans team. Initially, Varvara will work with preparations for her PhD studies about comparative analysis of transitions towards sustainable future within the transportation sector. Read more about Varvara's PhD project and our team members.
On October 12th, Lisiana Nurhadi presented her licentiate thesis "An Approach to Business Modeling for Sustainable Personal Road Transport". In that, it was shown how to develop and test a new approach to examining the economic socio-ecological sustainability effects of various road vehicles for private travelling, and business model. Lisiana presenting her 4th paper She [...]
Check out Sven Boréns 4 minute presentation (in Swedish) about his research up to licentiate at the Researchers Grand Prix 2016 @ Kreativum. He came second out of four in the competition, where Hanna with her fabulous presentation will rock in the final in November!
A fast transition to fossil free transport is a prerequisite for a future-proof welfare society , but it is not enough? In Donnerska huset, Almedalen (Visby, Sweden) the 6 July 16.00-18.00 Henrik Ny will explain Sweden's carbon dioxide problems linked through research together with a holistic view of sustainability, for all sectors. Check out this [...]
Sweden needs to raise the level of ambition for the timely switch to fossil-free and sustainable passenger transport, and it also provides an economic advantage from day one. This the conclusion a research group at BTH, with Dr. Henrik Ny in the lead, has made in a new report that was published on Thursday. Read more about [...]
On April 15, Sven Borén presented his licentiate thesis that primarily found a methodological support for sustainable community planning and transport. The thesis also found a vision for sustainable transport, an initial development plan towards that, and sustainability effects and barriers/enablers for an increase of electric vehicles. The strategic sustainable development perspective of this thesis broadens [...]
At the Haga initiative blog, Henrik Ny says that the Swedish Environmental Objectives Committee has recently proposed a stricter target of a Sweden with zero net emissions of greenhouse gases to 2045. A clear improvement over 2050. But is this goal indeed, as alleged, in line with the Paris Agreement? And should we really look [...]
A study run by researchers at the SustainTrans group @ BTH show that we should not wait for electric roads. Opt instead for fast chargers to shift towards fossil-free vehicle fleet by 2030. In the debate, electric roads are highlighted as a promising alternative for large-scale rationalization of transport. The focus has often been on heavy [...]
Today, we had our new 2-year study about decision support for the introduction of electric buses granted by the Swedish Energy Agency! Previous studies and investigations in the bus industry have shown a need for customized procurement of electric buses that include charging infrastructure, minimize risk for the parties involved, and lead to a sustainable [...]