Dr JILLIAN ANABLE
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Biography
- Senior Lecturer, The Centre for Transport Research, University of Aberdeen(2008 -)
- Research Fellow, The Centre for Transport Policy, The Robert Gordon University (2003-08)
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Surrey (2002-2003)
- PhD Imperial College, London, Department of Environmental Science and Technology (1997-02)
- MSc Urban Planning (Transport) Oxford Brookes University, School of Planning (1994-96)
- Research Assistant, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford (1996-97)
- BA Geography with German, University of Sussex, School of European Studies (1988-92)
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Research Interests
- Transport, energy and climate change
- Attitudes to travel and behaviour change
- Psychology of travel mode choice
- Consumer demand for low-carbon vehicles
- Policy effectiveness, pubic acceptability and political deliverability
- Smarter Choices
- Leisure travel
- Statistical segmentation
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Current Research
Externally Funded Research Projects
Current
- 'UK Energy Research Centre' (UKERC)
The UKERC is a cross-research council funded ‘virtual’ research centre
comprising a focal point for UK research on sustainable energy. It takes
an independent, whole systems approach, drawing on engineering,
economics and the physical, environmental and social sciences. Dr Anable
is transport and aviation co-topic coordinator within the Demand
Reduction theme of UKERC, sharing this position with Dr Christian Brand
of the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. The project
involves several outputs:
Low carbon transport futures: a scenario exercise using the 'UK Transport Carbon Model' to understand the potential impact of packages of transport policies on carbon reduction targets.
Interactive Manual of Policies to Abate Carbon from Transport (IMPACT): an interactive database of individual transport policies, carbon impact and cost-effectiveness.
'Energy 2050' - a project across all themes in the UKERC to develop alternative pathways to a low carbon future using lifestyle scenario planning.
The Great Aberdeen Transport Swap was a film produced after 13 participants swapped their mode of transport to work for a day and made video diaries of their experiences. Download the film here.
'Smarter Choices Smarter Places' (SCSP)
A three year study to monitor and evaluate the Scottish Government’s £15m investment in seven local authorities across Scotland to develop travel behaviour change programmes known as ‘smarter choices’. The investment in the towns of Barrhead, Kirkintilloch/Lenzie, Dumfries, Dundee, Glasgow East, Kirkwall, and Larbert/Stenhousemuir, will include new infrastructure, innovative marketing techniques, financial incentives, streetscape improvements and more sharing of vehicles to make better use of urban space and create healthier and cleaner places to live and work. Dr Jillian Anable and Professor John Nelson will work with Derek Halden Consultancy and Integrated Transport Planning (ITP) to undertake the evaluation and monitoring of the programme using quantitative and qualitative techniques. The stated aims of the SCSP evaluation are to provide a baseline profile of travel behaviour against which change can be measured, establish the impacts of the investment in the seven towns and offer feedback to local authorities delivering the improvements to assist with the effectiveness of delivery. The research project will run until June 2012, and interim findings in 2009 and 2010 will be used to refine the programme delivery to ensure better value.
- Energy Technologies Institute Plug-in Vehicles Economics and Infrastructure Project
This project aims to forecast and characterise in detail the future consumer market for electric vehicles in the UK. Led by Ricardo in partnership with the Transport Research Laboratory, University of Sussex, Element Energy and Shell, this initiative is one of three research projects being funded by the Energy Technologies Institute as part of its £11m low carbon vehicle plan to support the roll out of electric vehicles. Dr Anable will be responsible for leading the design of quantitative survey work to quantify the key factors that will influence consumer behaviours focusing in particular on attitudinal drivers for plug-in vehicles and feeding in to a detailed segmentation of the market.
- 'UK SEGmented Marketing for ENergy efficient Transport' (SEGMENT) SEGMENT is a 3 year project funded by Intelligent Energy Europe Steer programme which will test the use of market segmentation in persuading people to change their behaviour and adopt more energy efficient forms of transport. It will focus on the use of life change ‘trigger points’ which force consumers to question travel habits, alongside a detailed market segmentation approach to magnify the impact of mobility management campaigns. 7 Partner cities (Sofia, Almada, Athens, Utrecht, Munich, and Gydnia) will use the framework of the project to test the methodology, which will be developed by Dr Jillian Anable at the Centre for Transport Research; and in particular to establish whether the approach can be successful using limited market data. SEGMENT will build capacity to implement behaviour change campaigns across Europe. An extensive dissemination programme will be coordinated by the European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM).
- UK Transport Research Centre Scanning Exercise 2: Climate Change, Energy and Transport
This one-year scanning exercise, being undertaken with Professor David Banister and Tim Schwanen (Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford) investigates the issues of climate change, energy and transport at three levels - the macro, city and individual level. At the macro level, the exercise will examine aviation, freight and long distance travel, where most recent growth has taken place in travel and energy use. Investigations at the city level seek to identify good opportunities for reductions in carbon and energy use in transport, while at the individual level the study considers attitudes and behavioural decisions central to acceptability and changing lifestyles. The methods used to investigate these issues include a review of recent international literature, workshops to define the limits of the study, a series of interviews with key agencies and others to canvass views as well as seminars for social scientists. Lessons drawn from these exercises will identify innovative social science approaches to the analysis of climate change, energy and transport.
- Behaviour for Well-being, Environment & Life (BeWEL)
Network awarded under the cross-Research Council programme on Understanding Individual Behaviour (Exploratory Networks), Economic & Social Research Council/Medical Research Council/Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council. (Principle investigor: Colin Hunter, with J. Anable, T. Craig, P. Edwards, A. Fischer, A. Murray, L. Phillips, C. Prell, S. Redpath, M. Reed, L. Steg, P. Stollery, S. Thirgood, M. van Vugt, and R. van der Wal). The network involves 15 staff from 6 institutions (UoA, MI, Gröningen, Kent, Leeds, Sheffield) combining a diverse range of disciplines: geography, sociology, ecology, conservation biology, psychology, computing science, music, and clinical radiology. The overall aim of the network is to use an interdisciplinary approach to deepen our understanding of key drivers of, and barriers to, pro-environment behavioural change (‘sustainable behaviours’), particularly potential biological and psychological influences.
- 'Smarter Choices Follow-on study'
The Department for Transport has commissioned the same team which undertook the original seminal ‘Smarter Choices’ study in 2004 to evaluate the progress made over the past few years in the three English Sustainable Travel Demonstration Towns. The stated aims of the research were to evaluate the impact of each individual smart measure in each case study area; to assess the available evidence for the impact of the programme on traffic levels, carbon emissions and wider benefits (e.g. health); to draw conclusions on value-for-money; to look at any evidence for erosion of benefits due to induced traffic and also evidence for any synergistic effects; and to draw lessons for the delivery of large-scale smarter choices programmes elsewhere, including costs and staff resource needed.
- Walking and cycling and socio-economic status in Scotland: analysis of statistical data and rapid review of the literature
Study for NHS Health Scotland in conjunction with the National Physical Activity Research and Evaluation Group (NPARE) in order to examine the level of participation in walking and cycling for active travel and sport or recreation across different socio-economic groups in Scotland. This research utilises data from surveys already collected, together with published and grey literature in order to review what is known about levels of walking and cycling undertaken for travel or recreational activity across different socio-demographic groups and different locations in Scotland.
- 'Mitigating Transport’s Climate Change Impact in Scotland: Assessment of Policy Options' (MTCCI)
Working with Atkins for the Scottish Government, this project involves identifying the transport policy mix within the gift of the Scottish Government and assessing the carbon abatement potential and cost effectiveness under different combinations and scenarios. This involves stakeholder consultation, literature reviewing and modelling to culminate in the production of marginal abatement cost curve for supply and demand based transport policy options for Scotland in the short, medium and longer term to 2050.
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Teaching Responsibilities
Research Students
- Craig Morton: 'Accellerating the demand for low carbon vehicles: a consumer lead approach' (UK ERC funded, started October 2009)
- Alison Pridmore: What is a sustainable level of emissions for the transport sector in the European Union? How could this be achieved? (EU Joint Research Centre studentship. started January 2010)
- Angela Curl: ‘Comparing the ‘lived experience’ to objective measures of accessibility’ (part funded by DHC Limited, started October 2008)
- Alexander Van der Jagt: ‘Understanding Landscape Change and Environmental Sustainability’ ('ACES' studentship, started January 2010)
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External Responsibilities
- Associate editor ‘Energy Efficiency’ (Springer)
- Member EPSRC Energy Programme Strategic Advisory Committee
- Sustainable Development Commission: Panel Member
- Review work conducted for the ESRC and EPSRC UK Research Councils, several publishing houses, and for some 20 different academic journals covering transport, geography, environmental science and planning.
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Publications
Contributions to Journals
Articles
- Schuitema, G., Anable, J., Skippon, S. & Kinnear, N. (2013). 'The role of instrumental, hedonic and symbolic attributes in the intention to adopt electric vehicles'. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, vol 48, no. -, pp. 39-49.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.10.004
[Online] AURA: Review_Schuitema_et_al_final_corrected_draft_submitted.docx - Brand, C., Anable, J. & Tran, M. (2013). 'Accelerating the transformation to a low carbon passenger transport system: the role of car purchase taxes, feebates, road taxes and scrappage incentives in the UK'. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, vol 49, pp. 132-148.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.010
[Online] AURA: Brand_Anable_Tran_Manuscript_R1.docx - Brand, C., Tran, M. & Anable, J. (2012). 'The UK Transport Carbon Model: An integrated life cycle approach to explore low carbon futures'. Energy Policy, vol 41, pp. 107-124.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.08.019 - Anable, J., Brand, C., Tran, M. & Eyre, N. (2012). 'Modelling transport energy demand: a socio-technical approach'. Energy Policy, vol 41, no. -, pp. 125-138.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.08.020 - Schwanen, T., Banister, D. & Anable, J. (2012). 'Rethinking habits and their role in behaviour change: the case of low-carbon mobility'. Journal of Transport Geography, vol 24, no. -, pp. 522-532.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.06.003 - Banister, D., Schwanan, T. & Anable, J. (2012). 'Introduction to the Special Section on Theoretical Perspectives on Climate Change Mitigation in Transport'. Journal of Transport Geography, vol 24, pp. 467-470.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.06.004
[Online] AURA: Introduction_BanisterEtAl_2.2.doc - Wilson, RE., Cairns, S., Notley, S., Anable, J., Chatterton, T. & Mcleod, F. (2012). 'Techniques for the inference of mileage rates from MOT data'. Transportation Planning and Technology, vol 36, no. 1, pp. 130-143.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2012.745768 - Bertoldi, P., Rezessy, S., Anable, J., Jochem, P. & Oikonomou, V. (2011). 'Energy Saving Obligations and White Certificates: Ideas and Considerations for the Transport Sector'. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, vol 5, no. 6, pp. 345-374.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2010.545472
[Online] AURA: Bertoldi_et_al_Final_revised_manuscript.pdf - Schwanen, T., Banister, D. & Anable, J. (2011). 'Scientific Research about Climate Change Mitigation in Transport: A critical review'. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, vol 45, no. 10, pp. 993-1006.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.09.005 - Curl, A., Nelson, JD. & Anable, J. (2011). 'Does Accessibility Planning address what matters?: A review of current practice and practitioner perspectives'. Research in Transportation Business & Management, vol 2, pp. 3-11.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2011.07.001 - Maibach, E., Steg, L. & Anable, J. (2009). 'Promoting physical activity and reducing climate change: Opportunities to replace short car trips with active transportation'. Preventive Medicine, vol 49, no. 4, pp. 326-327.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.028 - Cairns, S., Sloman, L., Newson, C., Anable, J., Kirkbride, A. & Goodwin, P. (2008). 'Smarter Choices: Assessing the Potential to Achieve Traffic Reduction Using 'Soft Measures''. Transport Reviews, vol 28, no. 5, pp. 593-618.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/01441640801892504
[Online] AURA: Revised_Smarter_Choices_paper_final.pdf - Stradling, S., Anable, J. & Carreno, M. (2007). 'Performance, importance and user disgruntlement: A six-step method for measuring satisfaction with travel modes'. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, vol 41, no. 1, pp. 98-106.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2006.05.013 - Anable, J. & Shaw, J. (2007). 'Priorities, policies and (time)scales: the delivery of emissions reductions in the UK transport sector'. Area, vol 39, no. 4, pp. 443-457.
[Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00776.x - Anable, J. & Gatersleben, B. (2005). 'All Work and No Play'. Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, vol 39, no. 2-3, pp. 163-181.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2004.09.008 - Anable, J. (2005). 'Complacent Car Addicts or Aspiring Environmentalists?: Identifying Travel Behaviour Segments Using Attitude Theory'. Transport Policy, vol 12, no. 1, pp. 65-78.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2004.11.004
Editorials
- Pangbourne, K. & Anable, J. (2011). 'Alternative Travel Futures: Guest editorial and introduction to special issue'. Journal of Transport Geography, vol 19, no. 6, pp. 1535-1537.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.06.008
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings
Chapters
- Eyre, N., Anable, J., Brand, C., Layberry, R. & Strachan, N. (2010). 'The way we live from now on: lifestyle and energy consumption'. in J Skea, P Ekins & M Winskel (eds), Energy 2050: the transition to a secure and low carbon energy system for the UK. Earthscan, London, United Kingdom.
- Banister, D. & Anable, J. (2009). 'Transport Policies and Climate Change'. in S Davouidi, J Crawford & A Mehmood (eds), Planning for Climate Change: strategies for mitigation and adaptation for spatial planners. Earthscan, London, United Kingdom, pp. 55-69.
- Gross, R., Heptonstall, P., Anable, J. & Greenactre, P. (2009). 'What policies are effective at reducing carbon emissions from surface passenger transport? : A review of interventions to encourage behavioural and technological change'. in The Transport Report : Produced by the Technology and Policy Assessment Function of the UK Energy Research Centre. UKERC, pp. 1-192.
- Stradling, S., Anable, J., Anderson, T. & Cronberg, A. (2008). 'Car use and climate change: do we practise what we preach?'. in A Park, J Curtice, K Thompson, M Philips, MC Johnson & E Clery (eds), British Social Attitudes: the 24th Report. British Social Attitudes Survey series, Sage Publications, London, United Kingdom, pp. 139-157.
[Online] DOI: 10.4135/9781849208697 - Stradling, S. & Anable, J. (2007). 'Individual Travel Patterns'. in R Knowles, J Shaw & I Docherty (eds), Transport Geographies: Mobilities, Flows and Spaces. Blackwell, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 179-195.
- Anable, J. (2002). 'Picnics, Pets and Pleasant Places: the distinguishing characteristics of leisure travel demand'. in W Black & P Nijkamp (eds), Social Change and Sustainable Transport. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Contributions to Conferences
Papers
- Morton, C., Anable, J., Nelson, JD. & Schuitema, G. (2012). 'Diffusion Analysis of the Emerging Market for Low Emission Vehicles'. Paper presented at UTSG 44th Annual Conference, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 4/01/12 - 6/01/12,.
[Online] AURA: UTSG_Paper_2012_Morton_et_al..pdf - Morton, C. & Anable, J. (2012). 'Demand Drivers in the Emerging Market for Low Emission Vehicles in Scotland'. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications and Research STAR Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 21/04/10,.
[Online] AURA: STAR_Paper_Craig_Morton_Final_Version_.pdf - Morton, C., Anable, J. & Schuitema, G. (2011). 'Electric Vehicles: Will consumers get charged up?'. Paper presented at Universities Transport Study Group 43rd Annual Conference, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 3/02/10,.
- Anable, J., Skippon, S., Schuitema, G. & Kinnear, N. (2011). 'Who will adopt electric vehicles?: A segmentation approach of UK consumers'. Paper presented at European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, France, 6/06/11 - 11/06/11,.
- Brand, C., Tran, M. & Anable, J. (2011). 'Low carbon vehicle taxation and its potential to accelerate transitions to a low carbon transport sector in the UK'. Paper presented at European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, France, 6/06/11 - 11/06/11,.
- Marsden, G., Lyons, G., Anable, J., Ison, S., Cherret, T. & Lucas, K. (2010). 'Opportunities and Options for Transport Policy'. Paper presented at Universities Transport Study Group 42nd Annual Conference, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 5/01/10 - 7/01/10,.
- Anable, J., Lane, B. & Banks, N. (2009). 'The MPG Paradox: Why car purchasers say they care about fuel economy, but don't'. Paper presented at European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy 2009 Summer Study, France, 1/06/09 - 6/06/09, pp. 1387-1399.
- Anable, J. (2008). 'A Low Carbon Transport Future for the UK: pushing Government Policy to the Limit'. Paper presented at Transport in Transition: 32nd National Transport Conference, London, United Kingdom, 15/10/08 - 16/10/08,.
Books and Reports
Commissioned Reports
- Halden, D. & Anable, J. (2013). 'Going Smarter: Monitoring and Evaluation of the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme'. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh.
- Halden, D., Anable, J., Parker, J., Bradley, J., Ayland, N. & Nelson, JD. (2010). 'Monitoring and Evaluation of the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme: Baseline Report'. Scottish Executive.
- Sloman, L., Cairns, S., Newson, C., Anable, J., Pridmore, A. & Goodwin, P. (2010). 'The effects of smarter choice programmes in the Sustainable Travel Towns'. Department for Transport, London, United Kingdom.
- Halden, D., Anable, J., Parker, J., Ayland, N. & Nelson, JD. (2010). 'Monitoring and Evaluation of the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme: Baseline Report for the Scottish Government'. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- Anable, J. & Schuitema, G. 'Energy Technology Institute Plug-in Vehicles Infrastructure Project: Consumers and Vehicles Systematic Literature Review'. Unknown Publisher.
- Anable, J. (2009). 'Mitigating Transport’s Climate Change Impact in Scotland: Assessment of Policy Options'. Scottish Executive.
- Halden, D., Anable, J., Parker, J., Bradley, J., Ayland, N. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Monitoring and Evaluation of the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme: Evaluation Plan'. Scottish Government, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- Anable, J. (2009). 'Qualitative Research into Active Travel in Glasgow'. Glasgow Centre for Population Health.
- Eyre, N., Anable, J., Brand, C., Layberry, R. & Strachan, N. (2009). 'Making the Transition to a secure and low-carbon energy system: Energy 2050 Project Synthesis Report'. UKERC.
- Anable, J., Lane, B. & Banks, N. (2008). 'Car Buyer Survey: From ‘mpg paradox’ to ‘mpg mirage’'. Low Carbon Vehicles Partnership, London, London, United Kingdom.
- Lyons, G., Goodwin, P., Hanly, M., Dudley, G., Anable, J., Chaterjee, K., Wiltshire, P. & Susilo, Y. (2008). 'Public attitudes to transport: Knowledge review of existing evidence'. UK Department for Transport, London, United Kingdom.
- Taylor, I., Newson, C., Anable, J. & Sloman, L. (2008). 'Traffic Noise in Rural Areas'. The Noise Association.
- Anable, J. (2008). 'The cost-effectiveness of carbon abatement in the transport sector'. The Transport Activists Roundtable, London, United Kingdom.
- Anable, J. & Bristow, A. (2007). 'Transport and Climate Change: Supporting document to the CfIT report Report prepared for the Climate Change Working Group of the Commission for Integrated Transport (2007)'. The Commission for Integrated Transport, London, United Kingdom.
- Anable, J., Lane, B. & Kelay, T. (2006). 'An Evidence Base Review of Attitudes to Climate Change and Transport Behaviour'. Department for Transport.
Other Reports
- Anable, J., Schwanan, T. & Banister, D. (2012). 'Climate Change, Energy and Transport: The Interviews'. Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford.
[Online] AURA: briefing_note_ja_090212.pdf - Cairns, S., Newson, C., Boardman, B. & Anable, J. (2006). 'Predict and decide: Aviation, climate change and UK policy'. ECI Research Report, no. 33, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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