Karen Lucas (0000-0002-4009-7017)

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Karen is Professor of Human Geography in the School of Environment, Education and Development at The UNiversity of Manchester. Her research expertise is in developing better understanding of the relationship between transport and social outcomes with a particular emphasis on low-income and socially disadvantaged groups. She has more than twenty years of international experience as a social research in transport. She is currently working on a number of projects relating to this theme, including two social assessment projects: a road bypass in South Wales and the Lower Thames Crossing. She also leads the INTALInC Research Network (International Network for Transport and Accessibility in Low Income Communities). She is co-chair for the NECTAR Transport. Cluster 7 on Social and Health Issues.

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The University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

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The University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

University of Manchester: Manchester, GB

University of Leeds: Leeds, Leeds, GB

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

University of Westminster: London, London, GB

Goldsmiths University of London: London, London, GB

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University of Greenwich: London, London, GB

London South Bank University: London, London, GB

City of Westminster College: London, London, GB

Works (50 of 75)

Precarious mobilities on the axis of changing labour and mobility dynamics: the case of female domestic workers in Istanbul during the COVID-19 pandemic

The relationship between individual employment probabilities and accessibility to matching jobs:

Understanding the relationship between perceived accessibility, housing and transport equity of different types of residents

Hostile Environments: Housing and Asylum Policies as Drivers of Energy Deprivation Among UK Refugee Communities

Transport and energy justice

How are high-carbon lifestyles justified? Exploring the discursive strategies of excess energy consumers in the United Kingdom

Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Africa

A disaggregate analysis of ‘excess’ car travel and its role in decarbonisation

Freedom of choice? Social and spatial disparities on combined housing and transport affordability

A mixed methods approach to the social assessment of transport infrastructure projects

Curbing excess

Does better job accessibility help people gain employment? The role of public transport in Great Britain

Social division in energy justice in the transport sector

Greater Manchester plans to support more over 50s to participate in Active Travel

Queer mobilities: critical LGBTQ perspectives of public transport spaces

Questioning mobility ideals – the value of proximity for residents in socially deprived urban areas in Sweden

Public acceptability of congestion charging in Beijing, China: How transferrable are Western ideas of public acceptability?

Does transport help people to gain employment? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the empirical evidence

User diversity and mobility practices in Sub-Saharan African cities

O papel da equidade no planejamento de transporte coletivo urbano no Brasil

A new evolution for transport-related social exclusion research?

Understanding how low-income communities gain access to healthcare services

Millennials in cities: Comparing travel behaviour trends across six case study regions

Measuring the influence of social capital and personal networks on transport disadvantage

Measuring transport equity

Measuring Transport Equity

Social impact assessment

Conversations about conservation? Using social network analysis to understand energy practices

Future of mobility: Inequalities in Mobility and Access in the UK Transport System

Corrigendum to “Vulnerability to fuel price increases in the UK

Egalitarianism and public perception of social inequities: A case study of Beijing congestion charge

Is transport poverty socially or environmentally driven? Comparing the travel behaviours of two low-income populations living in central and peripheral locations in the same city

Reprint of Transport poverty and fuel poverty in the UK

Vulnerability to fuel price increases in the UK: A household level analysis

Perspectives on transport and social justice

Editorial for special issue of European transport research review

Urban mobilities in the global south

Income vs. travel time

Building capacity through action research

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution and risk of development of childhood asthma

Transport poverty and its adverse social consequences

The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas

Modelling the relationship between travel behaviours and social disadvantage

The transport geography research group at the 2015 RGS-IBG conference

A method to evaluate equitable accessibility: combining ethical theories and accessibility-based approaches

Rethinking the links between social exclusion and transport disadvantage through the lens of social capital

Transport Geography Research Group at the 2014 RGS-IBG conference

Policies for social inclusion in transportation: An introduction to the special issue

Public transport investment and local regeneration: A comparison of London's Jubilee Line Extension and the Madrid Metrosur

Workshop 6 Report: Delivering sustainable public transport

Peer review (18 reviews for 10 publications/grants)