Hannah Budnitz

Hannah Budnitz joined Oxford University's Transport Studies Unit in October 2019. Her research at the TSU focuses on the transition to electric mobility in the UK from the social, behavioural and policy perspectives, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. She is now applying similar perspectives to lead a project on shared electric mobility in rural areas, as well as in her work with the Environmental Change Institute on household energy use.

Hannah completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham, where she researched the relationship between travel choices, internet accessibility and extreme weather, and the opportunities that trends in improving ICT and increasing space-time flexibility of work and travel offer for more resilient responses to transport disruption. Prior to starting her doctoral studies, Hannah worked as a transport planner in the UK for first Arup, then Reading Borough Council.

Hannah was one of the authors of the Pathways to Zero Carbon Oxfordshire report, and this work has led to ongoing discussions with local stakeholders, including to explore the potential delivery of further innovative transport schemes through public-private-academic partnerships such as that formed for her first post-doctoral Park and Charge project. This has led, for example, to providing support to Oxfordshire County Council in their pilot of electric car clubs based at the hubs.

Hannah was Chair of the Transport Planning Network (2016-2020), supported by the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Transport Planning Society, and regularly presents at professional conferences.