EQUIMOB presentations at the fifth edition of Urban ARC, the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Our team members Prajwal Nagesh and Saakshi Joshi presented papers in the panel ‘Navigating the City: Urban Mobilities’. Prajwal discussed the imagining of ageing and mobility in Bengaluru while Saakshi explored the imagining and experiencing…

Title of thesis: The Potential of the Smart City in the Peripheries of Bengaluru, India: on the inclusivity of infrastructures for marginalised groups. Author: Bart A.M. van Gils M.Sc: International Development Studies, cum laude Year: 2020 Abstract As smart city development steadily gains more and more traction among urban policy makers throughout the Global South,…

Title of thesis: Evaluating the Attempts to Improve the Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities in India Name: Euan Morrison M.Sc: International Development Studies Year: 2019-2020 Short abstract: This research attempts to answer How successful have attempts been to improve the accessibility of India’s urban public transport system infrastructures for persons with disabilities?…

Title of thesis: Road Safety: the Traffic Environment and its Social Impacts. A study about the experiences concerning road safety among young adults in Bengaluru, India. Name: Rose van der Laan M.Sc: International Development Studies Year: 2020 Short abstract: This study examines experiences young adults have concerning road safety in Bengaluru, India. As developing countries…

The urban transportation landscape is likely to undergo significant changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Increased risks associated with crowded places combined with social distancing measures in public and shared transport are likely to affect modal choices of commuters. To assess the likely nature of such a shift, EQUIMOB Project conducted an online survey…

Prajwal Nagesh, PhD scholar with the EQUIMOB project was invited to share experiences of designing the project’s online survey. The presentation was organised on 17 November 2020, as part of the Advanced Methods and Techniques for the Course International Development Studies at Utrecht University. The use of methods such as online survey has seen renewed…

On 19th October 2020, researchers from the EQUIMOB project and MM project met for a follow-up online meeting to update each other on their respective work progress. The MM project, funded by the European Research Council and based out of the University of Groningen, focuses on mobility practices in later life and their connection with…

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into a lockdown with an unprecedented impact on our daily lives and movements. The lockdown protocols and the pandemic itself have especially impacted the older adults. EQUIMOB launched an online survey with the aim to know how the COVID-19 lockdown has impacted the daily lives of the older adults…