Tom Rye

Professor Tom Rye is a faculty member at Edinburgh Napier University within the School of Engineering and The Built Environment. His work focuses on Transport Policy, Sustainable Transport, and Public Transport Governance, with specific expertise in institutional dynamics, policy implementation, and urban mobility.

• Research Themes
  • Transport economics and social equity
  • Smart cities and mobility innovation
  • Freight policy and collaborative governance
  • Institutional analysis in transport planning
• Notable Contributions
  • Hybrid policy implementation theory
  • EU-funded projects on sustainable mobility (PROSPERITY, DYNAMO, CIVITAS CAPITAL)
  • Analysis of formal/informal governance structures
• Supervision
  • Director for Clare McTigue's bus policy research
  • Second supervisor for Shelly-Ann Julien's port efficiency study
• Grants
  • £187,417 (EU Park4SUMP)
  • £254,160 (EU PROSPERITY)
  • £62,823 (EU CIVITAS CAPITAL)