The DIAMOND project presented in a session held within the “Showcasing event – Interdisciplinary partnerships in Horizon 2020”, celebrated online on November 20th. Project team members Lucía Recio, DIAMOND’s coordinator from Eurecat, and Dr Yvonne Hail, Social Science Researcher at the University of Stirling, presented DIAMOND’s work during the session “Embedding Social Science, Arts and…
The DIAMOND project has been presented in an online session held within the 4th meeting of the European Network for Multi-locality Studies celebrated from 12th – 13th of November. During the session “Inclusion and Accessibility for Multilocal Populations”, Dr Andrea Gorrini, Transport Research Consultant from Systematica, has presented the work carried out within DIAMOND project…
DIAMOND project coordinator Lucía Recio from Eurecat has participated at the session “Tech Transfer Forum – Projects Presentations I”, held within the Unprecedented Virtual Forum celebrated last 17th of November. During the session, Recio has explained to the assistants DIAMOND’s main objectives, concepts and methodology, as well as the latest advances of the project, with…
Governments across Europe agree that action must be taken to change attitudes and introduce concrete measures to significantly reduce instances of sexual harassment on public transport. In France, 99% of women say that they were a victim of gender-based harassment or worse in 2019. The French government has taken steps to change this and it…
The DIAMOND project has been presented in two online sessions held within the 1st Multistakeholders’ Forum organised by TinnGO project and celebrated last 22nd of October. During the session “Creating a paradigm shift in employment in the Transport Business Ecosystem”, Dr Maria Chiara Leva, Lecturer at the Technological University of Dublin, has presented DIAMOND’s work…
DIAMOND partner Chris Blache, cofounder of Genre & Ville, has participated at the webinar “Transport safety: what are the challenges for more inclusive mobility?” organised by TInnGO project within the Autonomy Digital Conference, celebrated from 4th – 5th of November. During the webinar, Blache has presented DIAMOND project explaining the main work done, as well…
DIAMOND project promotes a new Call for Papers for the Special Issue: “Mobility for Sustainable Societies: Challenges and opportunities” of the Sustainability Journal. This Special issue seeks high-quality theoretical, policy and empirical papers that will progress the understanding of, and how to move towards a fairer sustainable transport system. The deadline for manuscript submissions is…
DIAMOND partners from Systematica and the Technological University of Dublin, have presented the project in two sessions held within the online European Transport Conference, celebrated from 9-11th September 2020. During the session “Women and Men – aren’t we all equal?”, Dr Andrea Gorrini, Transport Research Consultant at Systematica, has presented DIAMOND’s work under the title…
DIAMOND project promotes a Call for Papers for the Special Issue: Gender, Employment and Transport of the Work Journal with the aim to benchmark the current status of the sector regarding gender and diversity, as well as illustrate problems experienced by women and highlight good practices to build a more inclusive transport sector. Nowadays, it…
Railway stations, bus and tram stops, their surroundings and accesses, are places that generate anxiety, especially if it is dark, or if the place is deserted. If technological solutions are often offered: surveillance systems, cameras, nothing is equivalent to a human care of these sites. Of course, this is not a matter of relieving local…
