Member of the research unit: Mobility, Actors and Planning processes (MAP) at VTI, doing social science research about the transport system. Research Leader for the reseaarch group "Mobility, social inclusion and justice". Within the research area, research and investigative activities are being conducted with the aim of deepening the knowledge on social sustainability, social consequences and welfare consequences with regard to practices among different groups, their preconditions and requirements in relation to mobility and access to transportation. See: https://www.vti.se/en/research-areas/mobilitet-delaktighet-och-rattvisa/Lena Levin is also researcher and project manager at The K2 Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport. K2 is a consortium of Lund University, Malmö University and VTI, funded by the regions of Skåne, Stockholm and Västra Götaland together with Trafikverket, Formas, Vinnova and the three partner institutions. (See: http://www.k2centrum.se/) Lena Levin's current research projects are about: Driver Training in Practice; Public transport's Role and Place in Everyday Mobility - Today and in the future; Older people's safety, mobility and well-being; Gender equality in local and regional transport planning; Gender Impact Assessment, and Social Impact Assessment (SIA) in Swedish transport intrastructure planning.Expert field: Social Science; Communication Studies, Ethnomethodology, Interaction and Conversation Analysis.

Develope and organise research about travellers perspective in Public Transport.

Director of Studies and Teaching at the Department of Communication Studies (Tema K): Master courses in Communication Studies; and Technique – Design – Communication (Teknik – Design – Kommunikation, TDK).Under graduate courses in Media and Communication Studies.Research coordinator for the interdisciplinary research centre National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life (NISAL).Research:Communication and Public participation. An explorative study on the planning for fast trains in the East of Sweden, i.e. Ostlänken (Eng: the East Link). The research project accomplished studies of the public consultations in connection with a feasibility study and an investigation of the rail expansion. Publication (report in Swedish with summary in English): “Banverket, Allmänheten och Ostlänken. Studier av samrådskommunikation i samband med järnvägsutbyggnad.”Categorisation of age in media discourse and social planning. Publications: ”Massmedielogik och vardagsförståelse – kategorisering och identifikation i lokalpressen”, in Mäkitalo (Ed.). (2006). Att hantera arbetslöshet: Om social kategorisering och identitetsformering i det senmoderna; ”Massmedial kategorisering av äldre i arbetslivet: Den som blir arbetslös vid 50 års ålder får räkna med att gå arbetslös fram till pensionen”, in Jönson (Ed.). (2009). Åldrande, åldersordning, ålderism. See also: ”Äldre kvinnor – osynliga i statistiken men närvarande i trafiken”, in Brusman, Friberg & Summerton (Eds.). (2008). Resande, planering, makt.

News reporting.

Editing.

News reporting, editing.