Current research
Discipline hop for high-fidelity models of human behaviour
Start date: 1 March 2025
End date: 30 September 2026
Funder: EPSRC
Value: £182,000
Partners and collaborators: King's College London, Leeds City Council
Primary investigator: Professor Gustav Markkula
External co-investigators: Matteo Leonetti and Yali Du, King's College London
End date: 30 September 2026
Funder: EPSRC
Value: £182,000
Partners and collaborators: King's College London, Leeds City Council
Primary investigator: Professor Gustav Markkula
External co-investigators: Matteo Leonetti and Yali Du, King's College London
Autistic Children Matter
Start date: 1 June 2025
End date: 31 August 2027
Funder: The Road Safety Trust
Value: £282,639.00
Partners and collaborators: The University of Nottingham, Leeds City Council
Primary investigator: Dr Yee Mun Lee
Co-investigators: Yue Yang
External co-investigators: Dr Elizabeth Sheppard (University of Nottingham)
End date: 31 August 2027
Funder: The Road Safety Trust
Value: £282,639.00
Partners and collaborators: The University of Nottingham, Leeds City Council
Primary investigator: Dr Yee Mun Lee
Co-investigators: Yue Yang
External co-investigators: Dr Elizabeth Sheppard (University of Nottingham)
Automated Vehicles Testing with Human-Like Traffic
Start date: 1 September 2024
End date: 1 August 2025
Funder: EPSRC
Value: £132,000
Primary investigator: Professor Gustav Markkula
End date: 1 August 2025
Funder: EPSRC
Value: £132,000
Primary investigator: Professor Gustav Markkula
NEXUS (FTM)
Start date: 15 October 2020
End date: 31 May 2026
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Value: £1.3 Million
Partners and collaborators: Alan Turing Institute; University of California Berkeley, Department for Transport, Asian Development Bank, Citi Logik, PTV
Primary investigator: Professor Charisma Choudhury
Co-investigators: He Wang, Faisal Mushtaq
End date: 31 May 2026
Funder: UK Research and Innovation
Value: £1.3 Million
Partners and collaborators: Alan Turing Institute; University of California Berkeley, Department for Transport, Asian Development Bank, Citi Logik, PTV
Primary investigator: Professor Charisma Choudhury
Co-investigators: He Wang, Faisal Mushtaq
Enhancing Novice Drivers' Safety (ENDS)
Start date: 1 June 2024
End date: 30 May 2027
Funder: The Road Safety Trust
Value: £480,819.26
Primary investigator: Dr Ruth Madigan
Co-investigators: Dr İbrahim Öztürk
End date: 30 May 2027
Funder: The Road Safety Trust
Value: £480,819.26
Primary investigator: Dr Ruth Madigan
Co-investigators: Dr İbrahim Öztürk
Gaps, risks, and unwritten rules of the road
Start date: 1 November 2024
End date: 31 October 2026
Funder: ESRC
Value: £294,656 (FEC)
Partners and collaborators: University of Nottingham, School of Psychology
Primary investigator: Dr Karl Miller (University of Nottingham)
Co-investigators: Dr Yee Mun Lee
External co-investigators: Dr Elizabeth Sheppard (The University of Nottingham)
End date: 31 October 2026
Funder: ESRC
Value: £294,656 (FEC)
Partners and collaborators: University of Nottingham, School of Psychology
Primary investigator: Dr Karl Miller (University of Nottingham)
Co-investigators: Dr Yee Mun Lee
External co-investigators: Dr Elizabeth Sheppard (The University of Nottingham)
e-SAFE
Start date: 1 July 2025
End date: 30 June 2026
Funder: The Road Safety Trust
Value: £133,182
Partners and collaborators: University of Sheffield, University of Greenwich, Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
Primary investigator: Dr Steve O'Hern
Co-investigators: Dr İbrahim Öztürk, Dr Ruth Madigan, Dr Caroline Mullen
External co-investigators: Richard Rowe, Damian Poulter
End date: 30 June 2026
Funder: The Road Safety Trust
Value: £133,182
Partners and collaborators: University of Sheffield, University of Greenwich, Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
Primary investigator: Dr Steve O'Hern
Co-investigators: Dr İbrahim Öztürk, Dr Ruth Madigan, Dr Caroline Mullen
External co-investigators: Richard Rowe, Damian Poulter
CERTAIN
Start date: 1 July 2025
End date: 30 June 2029
Funder: EU Horizon
Primary investigator: Prof Oliver Carsten
Co-investigators: Prof Natasha Merat, Prof Gustav Markkula, Dr Ibrahim Ozturk,
End date: 30 June 2029
Funder: EU Horizon
Primary investigator: Prof Oliver Carsten
Co-investigators: Prof Natasha Merat, Prof Gustav Markkula, Dr Ibrahim Ozturk,
Previous Research
A selection of our previous research projects categorised by theme