Dr Ian Philips’ research interests focus on place-based approaches to equitable transport carbon reduction.
He has expertise in the use of spatial data analysis to inform sustainable transport planning and is currently engaged in an ESRC research fellowship funded under the National Productivity Innovation Fund. Recent work on this project includes building quick and easy to use tools to identify potential impacts of all-inclusive MaaS taxis in Mobility as a Service schemes on other modes and mapping the capability of e-bikes to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions.
He is also currently contributing to work on shared mobility and the use of car clubs. Ian has worked on projects mapping where people are most economically vulnerable to car dependence, the social impacts of transport schemes and estimating who could get to work by walking or cycling in a major crisis. He is a member of the Transport Social and Political Sciences and Energy and Climate Change research groups at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds.