Marie Thynell

Biography

Associate Professor Marie Thynell has conducted research in global cities, urban infrastructure and transport development. She has extensive research experience in the area of equal access, transport policy and public transport in developing, as well as developed cities. She has carried out case studies in Tehran, Dhaka, Xì an, Ha Noi, New Delhi, Petrozavodsk, Skopje, Rome, Copenhagen, Brasília and Santiago de Chile. Thynell has published a number of articles and is a co-author of the Aichi statement (2005) regarding sustainable transport in Asia. This statement was adopted by 48 Asian Mayors. Thynell is also a co-author of the Bangkok Declaration for 2020 and an expert member to the Environmental Sustainable Transport (EST) in the Asian region promoted by United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) and, to the UN’s Commission for Sustainable Development UNCSD18/19 in New York. Forthcoming case studies include Hong Kong and Beijing.

Research Interest

My research interests are Sustainable Development, Global Development Research, Mass motorization, Global and Rapidly Changing Cities, Socio-Economic Relations and User Perspectives,  Gender, Transport Policy and Equal Access, Energy Efficiency in Multifamily Housings, Air quality in Asian and African Cities, Collaborative Learning. Many of the issues are analysed in a STS-approach.