Transport
Transport is a major focus for the University and for policy makers. These researchers are actively engaging with the policy process and would welcome further engagement from policy makers.

Emeritus Professor of European Law
Birmingham Law School
Anthony Arnull specialises in the law of the European Union. He worked at the European Court of Justice from 1989-92 and was Head of Birmingham Law School between 2006 and 2009. He was Acting Head of the College of Arts & Law at Birmingham from April to August 2015. Professor Arnull is the author of The General Principles of EEC Law and the Individual (Leicester University Press, 1990); The ...
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- a.m.arnull@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Atmospheric Science
Deputy Head, College of Life & Environmental Sciences
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Atmospheric processing affects the current and future composition of our air, with impacts upon human and environmental health, air quality and climate.
My group's work improves scientific understanding of the causes of poor air quality, and hence the development of effective policy measures for Clean Air. We focus upon the sources of atmospheric pollutants, and the chemical ...
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- +44 (0)121 414 4173 (Research Office)
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- w.j.bloss@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor in Responsible Business & Sustainability
Deputy Programme Director of the Undergraduate Business Management Suite (Singapore)
Business School
Nana's professional and research interests relate to sustainability policy and governance frameworks required to transition towards a responsible and sustainable future. This includes environmental sustainability issues, e.g. ambient air pollution and their impact on public health in Low-Medium Income Countries (LMICs).
His current problem-solving oriented research focuses on Circular Economy, ...
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- +44 (0)121 414 4698
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- n.obonsu@bham.ac.uk

Chair in Enterprise and Economic Geography
The Department of Strategy and International Business
Professor John Bryson is Chair in Enterprise and Economic Geography at Birmingham Business School. John's research is motivated by a desire to understand and explain the complex ways in which production is organized through space and in place and via a variety of forms of enterprise.
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- +44 (0)121 414 5549
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- j.r.bryson@bham.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor of Geotechnical Infrastructure Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Nigel Cassidy has over 30 years’ academic and industrial experience in near-surface geophysics, geotechnical engineering and numerical modelling. His research focuses on the development of remote monitoring, modelling and inversion techniques to solve practical environmental and geo-engineering problems.
Nigel has published 70+ peer-reviewed international journal papers, articles and book ...
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- +44 (0) 121 414 5146
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- n.j.cassidy@bham.ac.uk

Senior Expert Bioeconomy, Fraunhofer Umsicht
Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham
School of Chemical Engineering
In April 2021, Professor Andreas Hornung was appointed Emeritus Professor at the University of Birmingham.
Andreas Hornung holds 21 patents and has published more than 340 scientific publications to date.
The main strategic topic of Hornung’s work today is the development of decentralized power providing units combined with pyrolysis, gasification and digestion units – called the ...
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- +49 9661 8155-500
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- andreas.hornung@umsicht.fraunhofer.de

Associate Professor in Governance and Public Policy
Institute of Local Government Studies
Louise is Associate Professor of Governance and Public Policy at the Institute of Local Government Studies and Deputy Head of Research (Impact) for the School of Government.
Louise has written widely on agenda setting, multi-level governance, policy change, and wicked problems. She is particularly well known for her research on transport governance, and the wellbeing agenda.
Her work has been ...
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- +44 (0) 121 414 8393
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- l.h.reardon@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Railway Systems
Deputy Head of School of Engineering
Director of the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education Lead for the UK Railway Research and Innovation Network
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Clive is Professor of Railway Systems and Deputy Head of the School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham. He is Director of the University’s Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, which has over 180 researchers. He works extensively with the railway industry and academia in Britain and overseas.
Clive leads a broad portfolio of research aimed at ...
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- +44 (0) 121 414 4306
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- c.roberts.20@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Materials Chemistry
Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage
School of Chemistry
Professor Peter R. Slater is Professor in Materials Chemistry at the University of Birmingham and Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage. He has more than 30 years research experience in the area of solid state/materials chemistry, ranging from battery materials to solid oxide fuel cells. In these areas he has published more than 250 papers in scientific journals, and has written ...
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- +44 (0) 121 414 8906
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- p.r.slater@bham.ac.uk

Professor in Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Research
Director of the Centre of Doctoral Training (CDT) in Fuel Cells and their Fuels
School of Chemical Engineering
Robert Steinberger-Wilckens is Professor for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen research in Chemical Engineering. He is director of the research Fuel Cell and Hydrogen group and the Centre for Doctoral Training Fuel Cells and their Fuels, which is run by the universities of Birmingham, Nottingham, and Loughborough, Imperial College, and University College of London.
He works and has worked in many areas ...
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- +44 (0) 121 415 8169
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- r.steinbergerwilckens@bham.ac.uk

Chair in Interactive Multimedia Systems
Director, Human Interface Technologies Team
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Robert (Bob) Stone holds a Chair in Interactive Multimedia Systems within the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham, where he is also Director of the Human Interface Technologies (HIT) Team. He graduated from University College London in 1979 with a BSc in Psychology, and in 1981 with an MSc in Ergonomics. Bob also currently holds the position of Visiting ...
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- 07740858901/+44 (0)121 414 7395
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- r.j.stone@bham.ac.uk

Chair in Thermodynamics
School Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Athanasios Tsolakis is Professor of Thermodynamics and Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer for the School of Engineering. Thanos has published over 150 research papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings in the areas of fuels and fuel treatments, low carbon and carbon free energy carriers, combustion and vehicle emissions control technologies such as environmental ...
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- +44 (0) 121 414 4170
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- a.tsolakis@bham.ac.uk

Professor of Casting Technology
School of Metallurgy and Materials
Paul Withey is Professor of Casting Technology.
Paul joined academia in 2018 and in 2019 was awarded an EPSRC Manufacturing Fellowship. He is working with industry to deliver improved casting technology for a number of different applications.
Paul is also knowledgeable about the DeHavilland Comet investigation in the 1950s and has shared his enthusiasm both in talks and documentaries.
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- +44 (0) 121 414 5174
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- p.a.withey@bham.ac.uk

Chair in Electrical Power Systems
Director of Smart Grid, Birmingham Energy Institute
Co-Director, Birmingham Energy Storage Centre (sponsored by EPSRC)
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Xiao-Ping Zhang is a Professor of Electrical Power Systems, Director of Smart Grid, Birmingham Energy Institute, and Co-Director of Birmingham Energy Storage Centre sponsored by UK, and Head of the Electrical Power & Control Systems Group
Professor Zhang has been conducting active research in the fields of Energy Union, Global Power & Energy Internet, Super Power ...
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- +44 (0)121 414 4298
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- x.p.zhang@bham.ac.uk