Our Colleague, Ms. Seama Mowri, presented at the Sustainable and Inclusive Global Mobility Initiative (SIGMI) Conference on Nov 26th 2020. She spoke about how women in Dhaka (Bangladesh) have constrained and conditional access to public mobility infrastructures, and are constantly negotiating safety considerations. She discussed gendered mobility concepts, governance issues in Bangladesh’s public transport system…

Our members Prajwal Nagesh and Saakshi Joshi presented in INTALInC’s online seminar for Early Career Researchers on Thursday 8 April 2021. Their presentations were part of the ‘People and Experience’session. Prajwal outlined how mobility for older adults in Bengaluru is more than transport. Saakshi discussed what ‘taking a bus’ could mean for different women in…

On 16th December 2020, EQUIMOB project team conducted its first annual meeting; which included all the principal investigators, consortium members, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. The event was organised to provide an uptake on the research activities conducted in the preceding year. It was followed by constructive discussions on upcoming research plans and suggestions on how…

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?…