Windsor Station surveys inform strategic plan for future train travel
Overview
Led by Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos, findings from this project will inform the design of a bespoke Strategic Station Plan (SSP) tested at Windsor and Eton Riverside and Windsor Central Stations in collaboration with South Western Rail (SWR) and Great Western Rail (GWR) for wider application across the community and rail network. The project aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including SDG7 (affordable and clean energy) and SDG11 (sustainable cities and communities).
Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos
Associate Professor in Transport
Biography
Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos is an Associate Professor in Transport. Before joining Surrey, he was a researcher at LSE Cities and at the Institute for Transport Studies of the University of Leeds, where he was also a Marie Curie fellow. He studied economics at the University of Macedonia in Greece, then completed his MSc at the University of Oxford and subsequently acquired his PhD from the University of Leeds. Following his studies in Greece, Germany and the UK he has contributed in a range of FP-6, FP-7, H2020, Horizon Europe funded research projects and has advised start-ups as an independent business consultant. In the build-up to COP-21 he co-ordinated research within the New Climate Economy project which was funded by national governments, and collaborated with established academics and practitioners across the globe. In 2015 he was an advisor for the Best Conceptual Project of the London Planning Awards.
He has been an academic visitor at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the Chair of a RSA Research Network on 'smart' and 'green' regional growth, a contributor to the planning of the Surrey MaaS project and a member of UK academic missions to Brazil and China. In addition to being an evaluator of funding proposals, a member of Technical Programme Committees of large conferences, he has delivered keynote presentations at conferences, hosted international workshops, co-edited books and special issues about ICT for transport, urban mobility futures and Automated Vehicles. He was the Principal Investigator of the University of Surrey Living Lab leading a project focusing on Active Travel, a UK representative at the Global Digital Human Rights Network and the Chair of WISE-ACT (Wider Impacts and Scenario Evaluation of Autonomous and Connected Transport), a research network of 200 experts in 42 countries. In 2024 he was elected as a WG Leader of BOPALiM (2024-2028) and he currently co-leads the Sustainable Transport & Mobility Programme of the Institute for Sustainability at the University of Surrey.
Having more than 15 years teaching experience in the UK at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels has contributed in understanding the needs to enhance the learning experience of home and overseas students. He has supervised MSc and PhD dissertations, whilst he has delivered guest lectures at LSE, UCL, UPV and Westminster, including the delivery of executive education courses to British Government officials and to executives in Vietnam.
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