Prof. Colin Divall

Biography

Colin Divall’s main research interests are in the history of transport and mobility, the history of technology (particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries), and the public histories of both of these fields. Colin is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology and was on the board of the Journal of Transport History from 1997 to 2015. He was until recently a contributing editor of Technology and Culture and until 2013 a Vice President of the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M).

Research Interest

Colin’s research focuses on the history of transport and mobility, with an emphasis on the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the social history of engineering and technology; and the ways in which the public engages with these aspects of the past through institutions such as museums and heritage sites.