Joanna Żukowska

Dr. Joanna Żukowska serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Transportation Engineering at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology. Her interdisciplinary work bridges transportation systems engineering with public health policy development.

Her research focuses on Transportation Engineering and Public Health Policy, specifically examining

• Interventions for reducing car dependency
• Effectiveness of sport and dietary policies in promoting physical activity
• Health-enhancing policy evaluation frameworks
• Sustainable mobility solutions
• Rail transport infrastructure optimization

Her approach integrates engineering analysis with behavioral health outcomes.

Recent publications reveal a strong trend toward systematic evaluations of transport and health policies, with significant contributions to European policy networks like PEN. Her 2022-2024 work demonstrates increasing focus on quantitative meta-analyses of intervention effectiveness across both transportation and public health domains.

Dr. Żukowska has secured competitive research funding through multiple international projects:

• IMPAQT (Era4Health Partnership, 2024-present): Improving Physical Activity policies
• PEN (ERA-HDHL, 2019-2022): Policy Evaluation Network for lifestyle interventions
• CEI (Regional Operational Program, 2018-2020): Eco-innovation Center development
• INTRAS (ERASMUS+, 2017-2020): Intelligent Transport Systems curriculum development

These projects demonstrate sustained success in securing European and national research grants focused on transport-health intersections.