Graham Parkhurst

Graham Parkhurst is Professor of Sustainable Mobility and Director of the Centre for Transport & Society at the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol within the School of Architecture and Environment. He has been a transport researcher since 1991 and currently leads the Transport Policy & Finance module for the MSc Transport Engineering and Planning program.

His educational qualifications include a DPhil in Transport Geography and MSc in Human Biology (Physical Anthropology) from the University of Oxford, a BA (Hons) in Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Warwick, and a PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Professor Parkhurst specializes in societal and policy implications of emerging transport technologies across ground and air domains. His research encompasses sustainable mobility strategy, electric vehicle transitions, decarbonisation levers, stakeholder engagement frameworks, and socioeconomic system integration. He investigates freight transport social dynamics, future flight ecosystems, intermodal transport systems, and public/shared mobility solutions while examining sector capability for sustainable policy delivery.

As Director of the Centre for Transport & Society, he leads interdisciplinary research addressing transport-society interdependencies with strong sustainability and equity focus, though specific grant details and student supervision records aren't provided in the current profile.