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2014-09-16
CoE-SUFS Regional Workshops
VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS) is organizing a series of regional workshops with the purpose of introducing the CoE, educating researchers and practitioners about City Logistics, urban freight issues, and potential research projects.
So far, six workshops have been held; in India (Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai), Brazil (Sao Paulo), Colombia (Bogotá and Barranquilla) and Canada (Toronto). These workshops have been extremely well received and have had an impact on the corresponding jurisdictions, e.g. in India the workshop resulted in the first Freight Trip Generation study in the country. In Brazil, inspired by the regional workshop, DHL decided to fund a small study of Off-hour delivery services in Sao Paulo.
Upcoming events include Mexico City, Mexico (10/2014), Santiago, Chile (10/2014) and Melbourne and Sidney, Australia (11/2014).
For further information, please contact Johanna Amaya-Leal, amayaj@rpi.edu
2nd CALL FOR PROJECTS WITHIN THE MAC-PROGRAM
The VREF invites Sub-Saharan based researchers with expertise on sustainable and equitable
mobility and access or related areas, and strong interest in carrying out interdisciplinary research. Open for application until 2020-09-29
MOBILITY GRANT 2020 - MAC-MG 2020
The VREF invites PhD students and advanced master students from Sub-Saharan African (SSA) universities to apply for a Mobility Grant (MG) to support a visit to another SSA university with up to SEK 25 000.
The VREF invites PhD students and researchers in early stages of their career to apply for a Study Visit Grant to be supported with up to SEK 30 000.
Each year the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research awards a scholarship to a prominent researcher.
Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarships for Sustainable Transport and Energy Efficiency targets supporting the momentum of Lee Schipper’s contribution to the international policy dialogue in these fields.
This yearly award is aimed at supporting young individual researchers and students in is pursuance.
Call extended to April 30, 2020 due to COVID19.
Blog! Blog! Blog!
This Meeting of the Minds' blog monthly releases interviews of global transportation researchers from the VREF's Future Urban Transport Program Network.
This CityFix series, produced by the WRI (World Ressources Institute) Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and supported by the VREF, discusses walking and cycling in cities with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries.
About VREF
The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) inspires, initiates and supports research and educational activities through the Future Urban Transport Programme - How to deal with the complexity of urban transport (FUT).
Our Vision: Sustainable transport for equitable access in urban areas
