Research

Research

My research focuses on active travel, cycling, urban planning and mobility inequalities. Using GIS, OpenStreetMap and other spatial datasets, I study how the built environment shapes travel behaviour and urban change.

Current research

Urban interventions

ATRAPA

Public acceptability, urban interventions and active-travel change.

Period: 2024–present
Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Role: Postdoctoral researcher

The ATRAPA project (The Active Travel Backlash Paradox) investigates the public acceptability of sustainable active-travel interventions and their social, political and spatial impacts. My work focuses on spatial data, cycling-infrastructure change, OpenStreetMap validation and the relationship between active-travel interventions and public response.

Mobility inequalities

PACO / CiudActiva

Neighbourhood environments, social inequalities and active commuting to school.

Period: 2024–present
Collaboration: University of Granada and collaborating institutions

The PACO and CiudActiva projects examine physical activity, neighbourhood environments and active commuting among Spanish adolescents. My contribution focuses on analysing social inequalities, environmental characteristics and active commuting to and from school.

Previous research

Open-source software

spanishoddata

Open-source tools for working with Spanish Origin-Destination mobility data.

Period: 2024–January 2026
Collaboration: rOpenSpain

spanishoddata is an open-source R package for accessing and analysing Spanish Origin–Destination mobility data. As a collaborator, I contributed a case study demonstrating the package’s application to transport planning and co-authored the accompanying methodological publication.

Urban environment

SATURN

Street lighting, night-time mobility and active travel.

Period: 2022–2024
Institution: University of Leeds

The SATURN project (Supporting Active Travel Using Road-lighting at Night) explored how street lighting can support safer and more attractive active travel after dark. My work contributed to research on active travel, urban environments and night-time mobility.

Transport modelling

CRUSE

Strategic modelling for cycling uptake and route planning.

Period: 2022–2024
Institution: University of Leeds

The CRUSE project (Cycle Route Uptake & Scenario Estimation) developed a decision-support tool to estimate cycling-route uptake for Transport Infrastructure Ireland. My work contributed to the development and application of spatial methods for cycling infrastructure planning.

PhD research

Mobility inequalities

Cycling and Socioeconomic Disadvantage

Cycling participation, infrastructure provision and safety inequalities.

Period: 2017–2021
Institution: University of Leeds

My PhD thesis, Cycling and Socioeconomic Disadvantage, examined socioeconomic inequalities in cycling participation, infrastructure provision and cycling safety. The research combined spatial analysis, transport data and quantitative methods to better understand how cycling opportunities and risks vary across social groups and places.