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2026

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Overview

Tim Schwanen is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Engineering, with a significant focus on Transportation, Sociology and Political Science, and Automotive Engineering as key subfields. Their work has also touched on Marketing and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research topics include:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
  • Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure

Tim Schwanen has published extensively in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • Cities
  • Transport Reviews

Recent papers by Tim Schwanen include:

  • 'Online Omnivores' or 'Willing but struggling'? Identifying online grocery shopping behavior segments using attitude theory, 2020, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
  • A new urban narrative for sustainable development, 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • Talking about automated vehicles: What do levels of automation do?, 2021, Technology in Society
  • The association between socioeconomic status and mobility reductions in the early stage of England's COVID-19 epidemic, 2021, Health & Place
  • Digitalization and Sustainability: A Call for a Digital Green Deal, 2023, Environmental Science & Policy

Among their book publications is Digital Reset, Redirecting Technologies for the Deep Sustainability Transformation published in 2023 by oekom verlag.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Debbie Hopkins
  • David Banister
  • Peilin Li
  • Pengjun Zhao
  • Eric T.H. Chan

Best Publications

  • Distributive justice and equity in transportation

    Rafael Henrique Moreas Pereira;Tim Schwanen;David Banister

  • Sociotechnical transitions for deep decarbonization.

    Frank W. Geels;Benjamin K. Sovacool;Benjamin K. Sovacool;Tim Schwanen;Steve Sorrell

  • What Affects Commute Mode Choice: Neighborhood Physical Structure or Preferences Toward Neighborhoods?

    Tim Schwanen;Patricia L. Mokhtarian

  • The Socio-Technical Dynamics of Low-Carbon Transitions

    Frank W Geels;Benjamin K Sovacool;Benjamin K Sovacool;Tim Schwanen;Steven Sorrell

  • Travel and Subjective Well-Being: A Focus on Findings, Methods and Future Research Needs

    Jonas De Vos;Tim Schwanen;Veronique Van Acker;Frank Witlox

  • Shopping online and/or in-store? A structural equation model of the relationships between e-shopping and in-store shopping

    Sendy Farag;Tim Schwanen;Martin Dijst;Jan Faber

  • The influence of socioeconomic characteristics, land use and travel time considerations on mode choice for medium- and longer-distance trips

    Narisra Limtanakool;Martin Dijst;Tim Schwanen

  • Well-being and Mobility: A Theoretical Framework and Literature Review Focusing on Older People

    Susanne Nordbakke;Tim Schwanen

  • Travel mode choice and travel satisfaction: bridging the gap between decision utility and experienced utility

    Jonas De Vos;Patricia L. Mokhtarian;Tim Schwanen;Veronique Van Acker;Veronique Van Acker

  • Rethinking habits and their role in behaviour change: the case of low-carbon mobility

    Tim Schwanen;David Banister;Jillian Anable

  • The Impact of Metropolitan Structure on Commute Behavior in the Netherlands: A Multilevel Approach

    Tim Schwanen;Frans M. Dieleman;Martin Dijst

  • Policies for urban form and their impact on travel: The Netherlands experience

    Tim Schwanen;Martin Dijst;Frans M. Dieleman

  • The Internet, mobile phone and space-time constraints

    Tim Schwanen;Mei Po Kwan

  • Scientific research about climate change mitigation in transport: a critical review

    Tim Schwanen;David Banister;Jillian Anable

  • What if you live in the wrong neighborhood? The impact of residential neighborhood type dissonance on distance traveled

    Tim Schwanen;Patricia L. Mokhtarian

  • Travel behaviour in Dutch monocentric and policentric urban systems

    Tim Schwanen;Frans M Dieleman;Martin Dijst

  • 'I like to go out to be energised by different people': an exploratory analysis of mobility and wellbeing in later life

    Friederike Ziegler;Tim Schwanen

  • How fixed is fixed? Gendered rigidity of space–time constraints and geographies of everyday activities

    Tim Schwanen;Mei Po Kwan;Fang Ren

  • Reducing energy demand through low carbon innovation: A sociotechnical transitions perspective and thirteen research debates

    Frank W. Geels;Tim Schwanen;Steve Sorrell;Kirsten Jenkins

  • Equity of urban service delivery: a comparison of different accessibility measures

    Tijs Neutens;Tim Schwanen;Frank Witlox;Philippe De Maeyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Dijst
Martin Dijst Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Tijs Neutens
Tijs Neutens Ghent University
Mei-Po Kwan
Mei-Po Kwan Chinese University of Hong Kong
David Banister
David Banister University of Oxford
Frank Witlox
Frank Witlox Ghent University
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Benjamin K. Sovacool University of Sussex
Frank W. Geels
Frank W. Geels University of Manchester
Karen Lucas
Karen Lucas University of Manchester
Ronald van Kempen
Ronald van Kempen Utrecht University
Anna Goodman
Anna Goodman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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