Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) is a collaboration between four independent foundations: the Volvo Research Foundation; the Volvo Education Foundation; the Pehr G. Gyllenhammar Foundation; and the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transport Research. The foundations finance research and educational projects. VREF has initiated the research programme Future Urban Transport (FUT).

The FUT research programme intends to create strategies for developing sustainable transportation systems in large urban areas around the world.

If you have further questions, please contact:

Henrik Nolmark
Administrative Director of VREF
secretariat@vref.se

2012-02-16
Håkan Frisinger Award 2011 (... and more about the seminar...)
News | The Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research awarded its 2011 scholarship to Professor Annika Stensson Trigell from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. 2012-02-07
10 Years with the FUT-Programme
News | The VREF, after ten years of contribution to the development of sustainable transportation, summarize their activities and close collaboration with their initiated CoEs through a book. 2011-06-30
VREF publishes new report
News | A new VREF publication sheds light on ongoing research under Future Urban Transport (FUT) programme. The report contains descriptions of all of the activities within the programme, encompassing research efforts under six different themes. 2010-07-12
Rapid-bus-service research solves traffic problems
Press release | The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) has established a new Centre of Excellence, in Santiago, Chile, performing research on Bus Rapid Transit Systems. The results will be applicable to efforts worldwide to transform urban mobility systems.