I am an applied cognitive and social psychologist working in Transportation and Behavioural Science, with some foray into data sciences. This description implies a certain set of technical and personal skills, which are not difficult to imagine or look up. In my day to day professional life, I try to ask good questions, and obtain good answers, through the application of the scientific method, in the following ways:• Working with policy makers on the importance of human behaviour in transport safety and innovation, and the importance of basing policy on evidence•Working with other clients to understand how their particular transport challenges can be addressed through behavioural and organisational mechanisms• Working on research on a range of behavioural and psychological factors that go to make up transport risk and outcomes (especially when driving a car, riding a motorbike, cycling, or walking)A short BIO written in third person (which I try to keep up to date) is below:Shaun is TRL’s Chief Scientist for Behavioural Sciences. He is an applied cognitive and social psychologist with nearly two decades’ experience in road safety, road user behaviour, and human-technology integration. His research focuses on the safety of young and newly qualified drivers, vulnerable road user safety (especially visibility and conspicuity) and work-related road safety. More generally, his research and commentary focus on raising the standards of evaluation and evidence in the transport domain, including research into automated driving technologies, low-emission vehicles, and the emergence of new models of the movement of people and goods such as shared mobility. He has a track record of delivering projects which impact directly on government policy and advice to road users, including many of the changes in the last decade to driver testing and licensing in Great Britain. He has written over 120 journal articles and customer reports since 2002 and has presented at numerous national and international conferences on road safety and other transport issues. He represents TRL at the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, and acts as a reviewer for several scientific journals and grant bodies.
Listed skills include Human Factors, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Qualitative Research, and 19 others.
