Supervisor:Dr Paul Timms
Whilst transport modelling has, for over 50 years, formed one of the key aspects of transport studies, remarkably little research has been carried out of the philosophical underpinnings of such modelling. Whilst it would appear that, de facto, transport modelling has abandoned its early positivist orientation, it is not at all clear what might have replaced it.
The student will have a high degree of freedom to devise a research project within the overall field of philosophy of transport modelling. However, the research should take into account the following points:
It is likely that the student has read about philosophy of science (though not necessarily as part of a formal course).