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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Psychology and Education
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Psychology and Education
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Psychology and Education

Overview

Trond Nordfjærn is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. The research focuses on interdisciplinary areas bridging psychology, engineering, and social sciences with an emphasis on transportation and safety.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their work extends to several subfields such as:

  • Transportation
  • General Health Professions
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Social Psychology
  • Automotive Engineering

The research topics addressed cover a range of issues primarily related to urban and transport systems, including:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety

Recent published papers illustrate these thematic areas clearly:

  • A systematic review of the agent-based modelling/simulation paradigm in mobility transition, 2022, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Active travel as a pro-environmental behaviour: An integrated framework, 2020, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • Structural equation modelling of potential risk factors for pedestrian accidents in rural and urban roads, 2020, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
  • Demand for mitigating the risk of COVID-19 infection in public transport: The role of social trust and fatalistic beliefs, 2021, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Estimating financial compensation and minimum guaranteed charge for vehicle-to-grid technology, 2023, Energy Policy

The venues where this research is frequently published also indicate a focus on traffic psychology, injury prevention, and transportation studies:

  • Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
  • Travel Behaviour and Society
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention

Collaborations are a significant aspect of this scientist's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Milad Mehdizadeh
  • Mohsen Fallah Zavareh
  • Christian A. Klöckner
  • Dagny Adriaenssen Johannessen
  • Amy Østertun Geirdal

Recognition includes membership in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, highlighting contributions in psychology and education.

Best Publications

  • The value-belief-norm theory, personal norms and sustainable travel mode choice in urban areas

    Hans Brende Lind;Trond Nordfjærn;Stig Halvard Jørgensen;Torbjørn Rundmo

  • The role of attitudes, transport priorities, and car use habit for travel mode use and intentions to use public transportation in an urban Norwegian public

    Özlem Şimşekoğlu;Trond Nordfjærn;Torbjørn Rundmo

  • Relapse after inpatient substance use treatment: A prospective cohort study among users of illicit substances

    Helle Wessel Andersson;Merethe Wenaas;Trond Nordfjærn

  • A cross‐cultural comparison of road traffic risk perceptions, attitudes towards traffic safety and driver behaviour

    Trond Nordfjærn;Stig Jørgensen;Torbjorn Rundmo

  • The role of risk perception and other risk-related judgements in transportation mode use

    Torbjørn Rundmo;Trond Nordfjærn;Hilde Hestad Iversen;Sigve Oltedal

  • Perceptions of traffic risk in an industrialised and a developing country

    Trond Nordfjærn;Torbjørn Rundmo

  • The role of deliberate planning, car habit and resistance to change in public transportation mode use

    Trond Nordfjærn;Özlem Şimşekoğlu;Torbjørn Rundmo

  • Risk perceptions, fatalism and driver behaviors in Turkey and Iran

    Özlem Şimşekoğlu;Trond Nordfjærn;Mohsen Fallah Zavareh;Amin Mohamadi Hezaveh

  • Co-occurrence between mental distress and poly-drug use: a ten year prospective study of patients from substance abuse treatment.

    Jasmina Burdzovic Andreas;Grethe Lauritzen;Trond Nordfjærn

  • An investigation of driver attitudes and behaviour in rural and urban areas in Norway.

    Trond Nordfjærn;Stig Halvard Jørgensen;Torbjørn Rundmo

  • Culture related to road traffic safety: a comparison of eight countries using two conceptualizations of culture.

    Trond Nordfjærn;Özlem Şimşekoğlu;Torbjorn Rundmo

  • Treatment and recovery as perceived by patients with substance addiction

    T Nordfjaern;T Rundmo;R Hole

  • The role of cultural factors and attitudes for pedestrian behaviour in an urban Turkish sample

    Trond Nordfjærn;Özlem Şimşekoğlu

  • Traffic risk perception, road safety attitudes, and behaviors among road users: a comparison of Turkey and Norway

    Özlem Şimşekoğlu;Trond Nordfjærn;Torbjørn Rundmo

  • Predictors of Dropout From Inpatient Substance Use Treatment: A Prospective Cohort Study.

    Helle Wessel Andersson;Aslak Steinsbekk;Espen Walderhaug;Eli Otterholt

  • Errors and violations in relation to bicyclists’ crash risks: Development of the Bicycle Rider Behavior Questionnaire (BRBQ)

    Amin Mohamadi Hezaveh;Mohsen Fallah Zavareh;Christopher R. Cherry;Trond Nordfjærn

  • Driver behaviour and crash involvement among professional taxi and truck drivers: Light passenger cars versus heavy goods vehicles

    Milad Mehdizadeh;Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany;Trond Nordfjaern

  • Accident involvement among Iranian lorry drivers: Direct and indirect effects of background variables and aberrant driving behaviour

    Milad Mehdizadeh;Afshin Shariat-Mohaymany;Trond Nordfjaern

  • Walking time to school, children's active school travel and their related factors

    Milad Mehdizadeh;Milad Mehdizadeh;AmirReza Mamdoohi;Trond Nordfjaern

  • The role of socio-economic, built environment and psychological factors in parental mode choice for their children in an Iranian setting

    Milad Mehdizadeh;Trond Nordfjaern;AmirReza Mamdoohi

  • Religiosity and Alcohol Use: Is Religiosity Important for Abstention and Consumption Levels in the Second Half of Life?

    Trond Nordfjærn

  • Transport priorities, risk perception and worry associated with mode use and preferences among Norwegian commuters.

    Trond Nordfjærn;Özlem Şimşekoğlu;Hans Brende Lind;Stig Halvard Jørgensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ottar Bjerkeset
Ottar Bjerkeset Nord University
Meaghan O'Donnell
Meaghan O'Donnell University of Melbourne

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