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EQUIMOB presentation at SIG on ‘Ageing in Africa, Asia, and Latin America’
Prajwal Nagesh, from EQUIMOB, presented on gender differences in transport access for older adults in Bengaluru city, at the British Society of Gerontology’s SIG session on ‘Ageing in Africa, Asia, and Latin America’ on 10th March. Here were the line-up of papers: “The experiences of people with dementia and their care partners: Voices from an…
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Workshop on ‘social barriers to mobility for people with disabilities’
Hello everyone! Come join us for a virtual workshop on ‘social barriers to mobility for people with disabilities’, on 2nd February 2022 between 2:30 pm-4:00 pm IST over MS Teams. To join register here
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Guest lecture from Dr. Selim Jahangir at Utrecht University
Selim Jahangir, our postdoctoral researcher working in Manipal Academy of Higher Education, gave a lecture as part of the Geographies of Health in Global South module at the Department of Human Geography & Planning, Utrecht University. The lecture focused on (1) how inequality of access to transport influence the wellbeing of the older adults in…
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Presentation at IUSSP Conference
On 8th December 2021, Arun Balachandran (University of Maryland, College Park, USA) presented the paper co-authored with Prof. Ajay Bailey (EQUIMOB) at the 29th International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) International Population Conference. The paper titled Role of Transport in employment among vulnerable groups: Intersectional evidence from Indian cities was developed as…
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Prof. Ajay at a panel discussion convened by INTALInC
Prof. Ajay, the principal investigator of the EQUIMOB project, participated in a panel discussion convened by INTALInC on 09 December 2021. The panel comprised of speakers who had previously delivered webinars in the INTALInC series. This discussion was aimed to harness the varied experiences and identify pathways to solve complex issues of mobilities in cities…
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EQUIMOB-PUTSPACE methods workshop
On 06th Dec 2021, EQUIMOB and PUTSPACE co-organised the first methods workshop in a series aiming to explore methods in mobilities research. Louise Sträuli (PUTSPACE) and Saakshi Joshi (EQUIMOB) presented their experiences using Digital Ethnography and Story Completion during the pandemic for research focusing on public transport. Louise used digital ethnography to explore practices and meaning-making of fare-evading…
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Guest lecture from Dr. Saakshi Joshi at Utrecht University
Saakshi Joshi, our postdoctoral researcher working in Delhi, gave a lecture as part of the Diverse Cities & Urban Inequality module at the Department of Human Geography & Planning, Utrecht University. Through examples from the on-going research in Delhi, she discussed inclusive urban public transport in India, existing transport scenario, challenges, and the need to…
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EQUIMOB presentation at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Symposium on Aging and Care
Our team member Divya Patil presented findings from her research at the Symposium on Aging and Care, organized by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Ageing and Care, the University of Graz on 20th October 2021. She discussed the transportation barriers that limited older adults access to healthcare facilities and how they negotiated access to…
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Presentation at INTALInC’s webinar series
Prof. Ajay Bailey, the principal investigator of the EQUIMOB project, was invited to speak at the second annual interactive bi-weekly webinar series by INTALInC on 30 September 2021. The series covers talks focused on the theme ‘Solutions-led perspectives on inclusive and sustainable mobilities: New pathways, fresh horizons.’ Prof. Ajay presented a snapshot of equity issues…
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Bart van Gils wins award for his thesis
Bart van Gils, one of the former graduate students that conducted his MSc thesis under the EQUIMOB program, has won the 2nd place in the competition for the prestigious Marc de Schmidt Thesis Award. This thesis discusses the potential applicability of the smart city in Bengaluru’s peripheries. In particular, with a focus on how smart…
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