Wafaa Saleh

Professor Wafaa Saleh is affiliated with Edinburgh Napier University, where she contributes to the School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment. Her research spans Transport Policy, Pedestrian Safety, and Travel Demand Management, with a focus on sustainable mobility and behavioral impacts of technology on road safety.

• Research Interests: Transportation sustainability, pedestrian behavior at junctions, motorcycle emissions, congestion pricing, and AI applications in transportation.
• Advisees: Supervised students in studies involving road safety in Qatar, bus passenger discomfort analysis, and mode choice modeling using behavioral theories.

Grants & Projects include funding from the European Commission for gender inclusion in transport systems, the Qatar National Research Fund, and Tabuk University for Saudi Arabian transport behavior studies. Key publications address helmet compliance, pedestrian red-light violations, and congestion charging impacts.

Collaborations span institutions in Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and the UK, with work featured in journals like Transportation Research Part A and Accident Analysis and Prevention. Her Transport Research Innovation Centre involvement highlights interdisciplinary approaches to road safety and emissions reduction.