Professor Dimitris Potoglou
PhD (McMaster) FHEA

: Media commentator
: Available for postgraduate supervision

Teams and roles for Dimitris Potoglou

Professor in Transport and Applied Choice Analysis
School of Geography and Planning

Professor Dimitris Potoglou specialises in Transport and Applied Choice Analysis and is the Programme Director of the MSc Transport and Planning, a flagship RTPI and CIHT approved, specialist programme within the School of Geography and Planning.

Dimitris leads research in the areas of travel behaviour, demand for cleaner vehicles and related infrastructure, as well as innovative interdisciplinary research involving the study of individual choices.

His current research efforts relate to the behavioural aspects of ‘decarbonisation of road transport through electrification’, an increasingly critical area of transport and mobility decision making. The work primarily concentrates around four dimensions: (a) the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) (e.g., Potoglou et al., 2020; Potoglou and Song, 2020); (b) the demand for public EV charging infrastructure (e.g., Potoglou et al., 2023; Song and Potoglou, 2024); (c) the study of inequalities from the electrification of road transport (e.g., Hopkins et al., 2023); (d) the study of active travel uptake and the role of infrastructure (e.g., Albahlal et al. 2024; Betts and Potoglou, 2025).

Dimitris is the UK lead of the 'Clean and Equitable Transportation' thrust of the CLEETS (Clean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions) Global Centre, a £10M research initiative sponsored by the NSF and UKRI (2024-2028).

Parallel to this activity, Dimitris leads research work with the International Energy Agency’s Annex 79 on ‘occupants’ willingness to share information for improved comfort and energy efficiency’ (Haggar et al., 2022). This project involves a strong international group of researchers and links to Dimitris’ prior work on studying individuals’ privacy and security trade-offs in different contexts; for example, the value of personal information, privacy and security in real-life contexts such as healthcare data, internet use and rail-travel (e.g., Potoglou et al., 2015; Potoglou et al., 2017).

Dimitris currently serves as Member of the Welsh Government's Independent Review Panel for the 'Review and Implementation of Local Authority Air Quality Measures in Wales'. He also serves as an independent expert reviewer for the European Commission, and the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS).

Prior to joining Cardiff University, Dimitris worked as a research policy analyst at RAND Europe, a not-for-profit research institute, and a post-doctoral fellow at the Delft University of Technology.

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Editorial appointments
– Associate Editor, SAE International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Energy, Environment, & Policy, SAE International, 2024 –
– Associate Editor, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Elsevier, 2019 –
– Editor, Handbook of Travel Behaviour, Edward Elgar Publishing (with Prof. Justin Spinney), 2024
– Guest Editor, “Sustainable, Inclusive and Smart Transport Futures”, Travel Behaviour and Society, Elsevier, 2023 (with Prof. A. Nikitas)
– Guest Editor, “Advancing the State of the Art for Transport Research: 55th Annual Universities’ Transport Study Group Conference, Cardiff 2023”, Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor and Francis, 2024 (with Profs. A. Nikitas, S. Blainey and S. Ison)
– Guest Editor, “Advancing the Study of Intelligent Transport Systems: Selected Studies from UTSG2023”, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 2023 (with Prof. A. Nikitas and Dr. T. Zunder)
– Guest Editor, Concept, Theory and Practice of Road Pricing: Lessons Learned and Way Forward, Research in Transportation Economics (with Drs G. Santos and P. Sahu), Elsevier, 2022
– Guest Editor, “Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Transport, Environment and Sustainability” Sustainability, MDPI, 2023 (with Profs. Eran Ben-Elia and Eckard Helmers)
– Series Managing Editor in the 'Urban and Transportation Studies' Working Paper Series, Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow, Russia, 2018 –
– Guest Editor on the Special Issue 'Travel Behaviour and Sustainable Transport of the Future', Sustainability, MDPI, 2018

Editorial member in international journals
– Journal of Transport and Sustainability, Emerald, 2024 –
– Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, 2021 –
– Sustainability, Section: "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development", MDPI, 2018 –
– Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Elsevier, 2018 – 2019
– The Open Transportation Journal, Bentham Science Publishers, 2008 – 2015

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Recent activity

[Invited Presentation] “Social aspects of EV charging infrastructure”, SAE Sustainability Event: Power Up! European EV Charging Conference 2025, 25 February 2025 (Online). This presentation can be viewed here.
[Article] Betts, G., and Potoglou, D. 2025. Cycling infrastructure and deprivation: An empirical investigation. Journal of Transport and Health, 41. 101974 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101974)
[Article] Song, R. and Potoglou, D. 2024. Electric vehicle public charging choices: A qualitative investigation. Transportation Planning and Technology, 1-23. (https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2024.2367754)
[Keynote address] “The role of information systems to better understand, analyse and improve urban mobility”, SUMMITS’24 – Conference of the Turkish Intelligent Transportation Systems Association, 4 May 2024 (Keynote address, online). This talk can be viewed here.
[Enriching Student Life Awards, 2024] Nominated for: [1] Most Impactful and Outstanding Use of Assessment as Learning, [2] Doctoral Supervisor of the Year, [3] Personal Tutor of the Year, and [4] Most Outstanding Learning Experience
[Article] Albahlal, F., Haggar, P. and Potoglou, D. 2024. Eliciting citizens’ priorities for active travel infrastructure investments: A qualitative analysis of best-worst scaling experiments. Journal of Transport and Health 36, article number: 101795. (10.1016/j.jth.2024.101795)
[Invited Conference Panel Member] “Unlocking success: UK-Türkiye institutional partnerships” invited panel member by the British Council, EURIE – Eurasia Higher Education Summit, 28 February 2024, Istanbul, Türkiye
[Research Leadership] UK Thrust Lead for Clean and Equitable Transportation: Clean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions, CLEETS Global Centre (NSF-UKRI Global Centre)
[Book] Potoglou, D. and Spinney, J. eds. 2024. Handbook of travel behaviour. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
[Conference Report] 55th UTSG Conference @Cardiff University, 10-12 July, 2023

Date
Type

2025

Rodrigues, A. L., Cipcigan, L., Potoglou, D., Dattero, D., Wells, P. and Regina da Cal Seixas, S. 2025. Impacts of subsidy efficiency on bus electrification: A participatory system dynamic modeling. Transport Policy 167, pp. 210-221. (10.1016/j.tranpol.2025.03.031)
Betts, G. and Potoglou, D. 2025. Cycling infrastructure and deprivation: An empirical investigation. Journal of Transport & Health 41, article number: 101974. (10.1016/j.jth.2024.101974)

2024

Song, R. and Potoglou, D. 2024. Electric vehicle public charging choices: a qualitative investigation. Transportation Planning and Technology (10.1080/03081060.2024.2367754)
Albahlal, F., Haggar, P. and Potoglou, D. 2024. Eliciting citizens’ priorities for active travel infrastructure investments: A qualitative analysis of best-worst scaling experiments. Journal of Transport and Health 36, article number: 101795. (10.1016/j.jth.2024.101795)
Potoglou, D. and Spinney, J. 2024. Introduction to the handbook of travel behaviour. In: Potoglou, D. and Spinney, J. eds. Handbook of Travel Behaviour. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 1-15.
Spinney, J. and Potoglou, D. 2024. Concluding summary and future directions. In: Potoglou, D. and Spinney, J. eds. Handbook of Travel Behaviour. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 505-512.
Potoglou, D. and Spinney, J. eds. 2024. Handbook of travel behaviour. Research Handbooks in Transport Studies. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (10.4337/9781839105746)
Aydin, M., Genc, Z., Arslan, R. and Potoglou, D. 2024. User and Operator Friendly Outdoor Car Parking Lot Occupancy Detection (OCPLOD) system design: Ondokuz Mayıs University example. Presented at: TRANSBALTICA XIV: Transportation Science and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania, 14-15 September 2023 Presented at Prentkovskis, O. et al. eds.TRANSBALTICA XIV: Transportation Science and Technology. TRANSBALTICA 2023. Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure Cham, Switzerland: Springer pp. 22-36., (10.1007/978-3-031-52652-7_3)

2023

Aydin, M. M., Potoglou, D. and Cipcigan, L. 2023. Working principle and performance evolution of camera-based intelligent signalized intersections: Samsun City, Türkiye Example.. Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport 121, pp. 5-17. (10.20858/sjsutst.2023.121.1)
Goodland, F. and Potoglou, D. 2023. The resilience of public transport post-COVID: The case of Great Britain.. Case Studies on Transport Policy 14, article number: 101088. (10.1016/j.cstp.2023.101088)
Jones, N., Nazarenus, S., Stamatis, K., Potoglou, D., Zachariah, A. and Cipcigan, L. 2023. Optimisation of electric vehicle battery size. Presented at: 8th International Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC 2023), Edinburgh, UK, 21-23 June 2023 Presented at Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bani, N. A. and Tingas, E. (. A. eds., Vol. 70. Elsevier pp. 338-346., (10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.038)
Nazarenus, S., Jones, N., Stamatis, K., Potoglou, D. and Cipcigan, L. 2023. Impact of different charging methods on electric bus battery size and grid demand. Presented at: 8th International Electric Vehicle Conference (EVC 2023), Edinburgh, UK, 21-23 June 2023 Presented at Muhammad-Sukki, F., Bani, N. A. and Tingas, E. (. A. eds., Vol. 70. Elsevier pp. 204-212., (10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.020)
Liu, X., Chen, X., Potoglou, D., Tian, M. and Fu, Y. 2023. Travel impedance, the built environment, and customized-bus ridership: A stop-by-stop level analysis. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 122, article number: 103889. (10.1016/j.trd.2023.103889)
Hopkins, E., Potoglou, D., Orford, S. and Cipcigan, L. 2023. Can the equitable roll out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure be achieved?. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 182, article number: 113398. (10.1016/j.rser.2023.113398)
Potoglou, D., Song, R. and Santos, G. 2023. Public charging choices of electric vehicle users: a review and conceptual framework.. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 121, article number: 103824. (10.1016/j.trd.2023.103824)
Celik, Y., Aydin, M. M., Petri, I. and Potoglou, D. 2023. Intelligent transportation systems applications: Safety and transfer of big transport data. Presented at: TRANSBALTICA 2022: Transportation Science and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-16 September 2022 Presented at Prentkovskis, O. et al. eds.TRANSBALTICA XIII: Transportation Science and Technology. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference TRANSBALTICA, September 15-16, 2022, Vilnius, Lithuania. Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure (LNITI) Springer pp. 59-73., (10.1007/978-3-031-25863-3_6)
Potoglou, D., Song, S. and Hopkins, E. 2023. Studying the demand for cleaner vehicles and charging infrastructure: An overview of associated factors and arising issues. In: Ardali, Y. ed. Cooperation for Climate and Green Deal Book. Ondokuz Mayis University
Aydin, M., Potoglou, D., Cipcigan, L. and Celik, Y. 2023. Multidisciplinary engineering education: A comprehensive study on intelligent transportation systems.. In: Ardali, Y. ed. Cooperation for Climate and Green Deal Book.. Ondokuz Mayis University Press

2018

Potoglou, D., Maoh, H., Wang, Y. and Orford, S. 2018. The impact of public transport infrastructure on land values: using spatial analysis to uncover policy-relevant processes. In: Briasoulis, H., Soulakellis, N. and Kavroudakis, D. eds. The practice of spatial analysis: Essays in memory of Professor Pavlos Kanaroglou.. Springer, pp. 275-293.
Alotaibi, O. and Potoglou, D. 2018. Introducing public transport and relevant strategies in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia: a stakeholders? perspective. Urban, Planning and Transport Research 6(1), pp. 35. (10.1080/21650020.2018.1463867)
Potoglou, D., Cooper, C. and Arellano, . 2018. The role of the built environment on household car ownership in Santiago de Chile. Presented at: NECTAR Cluster 6, Lyon, 2018.
Potoglou, D., Husein, R. and Maoh, H. 2018. Factors influencing jouney-to-work by public transit in mega Canadian cities. In: Briasoulis, H., Soulakellis, N. and Kavroudakis, D. eds. The practice of spatial analysis: Essays in memory of Professor Pavlos Kanaroglou.. Springer, pp. 167-186.
Potoglou, D., Carluccio, F., Cira, A. and Restaino, M. 2018. Factors associated with urban non-fatal road-accident severity. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 25(3), pp. 303-310. (10.1080/17457300.2018.1431945)

2017

Potoglou, D., Dunkerley, F., Patil, S. and Robinson, N. 2017. Public preferences for internet surveillance, data retention and privacy enhancing services: evidence from a pan-European study. Computers in Human Behavior 75, pp. 811-825. (10.1016/j.chb.2017.06.007)
Potoglou, D. and Arslangulova, B. 2017. Factors influencing active travel to primary and secondary schools in Wales. Transportation Planning and Technology 40(1), pp. 80-99. (10.1080/03081060.2016.1238573)
Alotaibi, O. and Potoglou, D. 2017. Perspectives of travel strategies in light of the new metro and bus networks in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia. Transportation Planning and Technology 40(1), pp. 4-27. (10.1080/03081060.2016.1238572)

2016

Patil, S., Lu, H., Saunders, C., Potoglou, D. and Robinson, N. 2016. Public preferences for electronic health data storage, access and sharing - evidence from a pan-European survey. JAMIA Journal of the American Medical Informatics Assocation 23(6), pp. 1096-1106. (10.1093/jamia/ocw012)
Patil, S., Patruni, B., Potoglou, D. and Robinson, N. 2016. Public preference for data privacy - A pan-European study on metro/train surveillance. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 92, pp. 145-161. (10.1016/j.tra.2016.08.004)
Pollitt, A. et al. 2016. Understanding the relative valuation of research impact: a best-worst scaling experiment of the general public and biomedical and health researchers. BMJ Open 6(8), article number: e010916. (10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010916)

2015

Potoglou, D., Palacios, J. and Feijóo, C. 2015. An integrated latent variable and choice model to explore the role of privacy concern on stated behavioural intentions in e-commerce. Journal of Choice Modelling 17, pp. 10-27. (10.1016/j.jocm.2015.12.002)
Wang, Y., Potoglou, D., Orford, S. and Gong, Y. 2015. Bus stop, property price and land value tax: A multilevel hedonic analysis with quantile calibration. Land Use Policy 42, pp. 381-391. (10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.07.017)
Palacios, J., Potoglou, D. and Feijoo, C. 2015. Does privacy concern influence e-shoppers choices for online retailers? An application of the Integrated Latent Variable Choice Model. Presented at: International Choice Modelling Conference 2015, Austin, TX, 10 -13 May 2015.

2014

Patil, S., Patruni, B., Lu, H., Fox, J., Potoglou, D., Burge, P. and Robinson, N. 2014. Surveillance and privacy related preferences of European metro travellers. Presented at: 42nd European Transport Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 29 September – 1 October 2014.
Potoglou, D., Robinson, N., Patil, S., Dunkerley, F., Fox, J., Lu, H. and Patruni, B. 2014. Privacy, security and surveillance: New insights into preferences of European citizens. Presented at: 42nd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy (TPRC), Arlington, VA, USA, 12-14 September 2014.
Patil, S., Patruni, B., Potoglou, D. and Robinson, N. 2014. Public preferences for data privacy – A pan-European study on the metro/train surveillance. Presented at: Transportation Research Board (TRB) 94th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, 11-15 January 2014.
Patil, S., Potoglou, D., Lu, H., Robinson, N. and Burge, P. 2014. Trade-off across privacy, security and surveillance in the case of metro travel in Europe. Presented at: 41st European Transport Conference 2013, Frankfurt, Germany, 30 September – 2 October 2013, Vol. 1. Vol. 1. Elsevier pp. 121-132., (10.1016/j.trpro.2014.07.013)

2013

Santos, G., Maoh, H., Potoglou, D. and von Brunn, T. 2013. Factors influencing modal split of commuting journeys in medium-size European cities. Journal of Transport Geography 30, pp. 127-137. (10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.04.005)
Potoglou, D., Patil, S., Gijon, C., Palacios, J. and Feijoo, C. 2013. The value of personal information online: Results from three stated preference discrete choice experiments in the UK. Presented at: 21st European Conference for Information Systems, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 5-8 June 2013. , (10.13140/2.1.3066.7203)
Rohr, C., Trinkner, U., Lawrence, A., Kim, C. W., Potoglou, D. and Sheldon, R. 2013. Measuring consumer preferences for postal services. In: Krew, M. and Kleindorfer, P. R. eds. Reforming the postal sector in the face of electronic competition. Advances in Regulatory Economics series Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 241-260.
Mabit, S. L., Rich, J., Burge, P. and Potoglou, D. 2013. Valuation of travel time for international long-distance travel - results from the Fehmarn Belt stated choice experiment. Journal of Transport Geography 33, pp. 153-161. (10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.10.003)

2012

Netten, A. et al. 2012. Outcomes of social care for adults: developing a preference-weighted measure. Health Technology Assessment 16(16) (10.3310/hta16160)
Daly, A., Hess, S., Patruni, B., Potoglou, D. and Rohr, C. 2012. Using ordered attitudinal indicators in a latent variable choice model: a study of the impact of security on rail travel behaviour. Transportation 39(2), pp. 267-297. (10.1007/s11116-011-9351-z)
Potoglou, D., Kanaroglou, P. S. and Robinson, N. 2012. Evidence on the Comparison of Telephone and Internet Surveys for Respondent Recruitment. The Open Transportation Journal 6(1), pp. 11-22. (10.2174/1874447801206010011)

2011

Potoglou, D., Burge, P., Flynn, T., Netten, A., Malley, J., Forder, J. and Brazier, J. E. 2011. Best-worst scaling vs. discrete choice experiments: An empirical comparison using social care data. Social Science & Medicine 72(10), pp. 1717-1727. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.027)

2010

Potoglou, D., Robinson, N., Kim, C. W., Burge, P. and Warnes, R. 2010. Quantifying individuals' trade-offs between privacy, liberty and security: the case of rail travel in UK. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 44(3), pp. 169-181. (10.1016/j.tra.2009.12.006)
Robinson, N., Potoglou, D., Kim, C., Burge, P. and Warnes, R. 2010. Security at what cost?. In: Moore, T. and Shenoi, S. eds. Critical Infrastructure Protection IV: Fourth Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection, ICCIP 2010, Washington, DC, USA, March 15-17, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Vol. 342. Berlin: Springer, pp. 3-15., (10.1007/978-3-642-16806-2_1)

2009

Potoglou, D., Kim, C. . W. and Burge, P. 2009. Discrete choice modelling. In: Ling, T. and van Dijk, L. eds. Performance Audit Handbook: Routes to Effective Evaluation. Technical Report Vol. 788-RE. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, pp. 34-41.

2008

Potoglou, D. and Kanaroglou, P. S. 2008. Disaggregate Demand Analyses for Conventional and Alternative Fueled Automobiles: A Review. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 2(4), pp. 234-259. (10.1080/15568310701230398)
Potoglou, D. 2008. Vehicle-type choice and neighbourhood characteristics: An empirical study of Hamilton, Canada. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 13(3), pp. 177-186. (10.1016/j.trd.2008.02.002)
Potoglou, D. and Kanaroglou, P. S. 2008. Modelling car ownership in urban areas: a case study of Hamilton, Canada. Journal of Transport Geography 16(1), pp. 42-54. (10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2007.01.006)
Potoglou, D. and Susilo, Y. O. 2008. Comparison of Vehicle-Ownership Models. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board(2076), pp. 97-105. (10.3141/2076-11)

2007

Potoglou, D. and Kanaroglou, P. S. 2007. Household demand and willingness to pay for clean vehicles. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 12(4), pp. 264-274. (10.1016/j.trd.2007.03.001)
Paez, A., Scott, D., Potoglou, D., Kanaroglou, P. and Newbold, K. B. 2007. Elderly mobility: Demographic and spatial analysis of trip making in the Hamilton CMA, Canada. Urban Studies 44(1), pp. 123-146. (10.1080/00420980601023885)
Potoglou, D. and Kanaroglou, P. S. 2007. An internet-based stated choices household survey for alternative fuelled vehicles. Canadian Journal of Transportation 1(1), pp. 36-55.
Potoglou, D., Kanaroglou, P. S. and Benoit, C. 2007. An integrated modelling framework for vehicular carbon monoxide concentrations in urban areas. In: Balduino, S. P. ed. Progress in Air Pollution Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers, pp. 185-200.

2005

Potoglou, D. and Kanaroglou, P. S. 2005. Carbon monoxide emissions from passenger vehicles: predictive mapping with an application to Hamilton, Canada. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 10(2), pp. 97-109. (10.1016/j.trd.2004.11.003)
Jerrett, M. et al. 2005. A review and evaluation of intraurban air pollution exposure models. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 15(2), pp. 185-204. (10.1038/sj.jea.7500388)
Potoglou, D. and Kanaroglou, P. S. 2005. Will alternative fuelled vehicles contribute to solving the sustainability problem? A framework for assessing future vehicle demand [Abstract]. Presented at: 9th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology - CEST2005, Rhodes Island, Greece, 1-3 September 2005Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology. pp. A1222-A1227.

2004

Potoglou, D., Kouzeli-Katsiri, A. and Haralambopoulos, D. 2004. Solar distillation of olive mill wastewater. Renewable Energy 29(4), pp. 569-579. (10.1016/j.renene.2003.09.002)

Dimitris is a member of the Spatial Planning and Analysis in City Environments (SPACE) and the Festivals Research Groups, the Electric Vehicle Centre for Excellence, the Data Transformation Innovation Institute and the Management Board of the Sustainable Transport Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hub.

Interests / Areas of Expertise

Travel behaviour
Dicarbonisation of transport through electrification
Car ownership, type choice and demand for cleaner cars
Privacy and security trade-offs
Design of discrete choice and best-worst scaling experiments to inform public policy and decision making
Quantitative methods

Projects

2025: Cycling in pedestrianised areas in Bridgend town centre
Link Transport Planning (Service)
PI
Total: £4,113
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2024: Wales Active Travel and Equitable Transportation Transdisciplinary Research Hub
Wales Innovation Network: Small Grant Funding
Co-I (PI: Dr Catherine Purcell)
Total: £6,048
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2024 – 2028: Clean Energy and Equitable Transportation Solutions (CLEETS)
NSF (US) and UKRI
Co-lead ‘Clean and Equitable Transportation’ (PI: Dr A. Sharma, University of Illinois)
Total: £10m
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2023 - 2024: Understanding preferences and attitudes for public charging:
The case of Great Britain
EPSRC: DTE Network+
PI
Total: £6,400
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2023 – 2024: An Information rights ethics framework for National Highways
National Highways
Co-I (PI: Dr Y. Cherdantseva)
Total: £105,501
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2022 – 2023: One size fits all? Inferring electric vehicle battery size requirements via driving patterns and associated travel behaviours – A proof of concept analysis
Digital Transformation Innovation Institute, Cardiff University
PI
Total: £3,810
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2022 – 2023: Advanced Charging and Battery Technologies for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles Living Lab (ACB-EAV) / Advanced Charging Technologies and Batteries set up
Cardiff University Research Infrastructure Fund 2022-23
Co-I, PI: Prof. M. Haddad,School of Engineering, Cardiff University
Total: £295,000
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2022: Accelerating the ICE-to-EV transition
Department for Transport / TRIG led by Travel AI Ltd.
PI for Cardiff University (with Profs. Liana Cipcigan and Omer Rana)
Total: £29,000
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2021 – 2023: i-gCar4ITS: Innovative and Green Career Development for Intelligent Transportation System Applications
British Council, Connect4Innovation: UK-Turkey Higher Education Institutional Partnership Fund
PI for Cardiff University (with Dr Metin Aydin, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey)
Total: £29,933
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2020 – 2025: Sustainable Transport Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Hub
EPSRC / Cardiff University
Co-I (PI: Prof. Carol Featherstone)
Total: £365,485
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2019 – 2020: Transport policy interventions to curb particulate matter emissions in Chandigarh, India
Global Challenges Research Fund
Co-PI (with Dr Georgina Santos)
Total: £37,027.34
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2018 – 2021: Decarbonising Transport through Electrification, a Whole System Approach EPSRC: Decarbonising Transport Networks
Co-I (PI: Prof. Liana Cipcigan)
Total: £1.1m
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2019 – 2021 : Congestion Pricing: Planning for optimal strategies and commuters’ behavioural implications under different pricing schemes
Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC): A Government of India Initiative
Co-PI (with Dr Prasanta Sahu, BITS Pilani University, India)
Total: £45,500
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2018 – 2019: Adoption of Electric Buses in India
Global Challenges Research Fund
PI (in collaboration with BITS Pilani University, India)
Total: £13,970
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2018 – 2019: Creating demand for sustainable metals and minerals: The case of alternative fuelled vehicles and mobile phones
Funded by the Swedish Government
Co–PI (with Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh, School of Psychology, University of Bath)
Total: £28,077
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2017 - 2018: Cardiff University Research Leave Fellowship Scheme
Total: £15,000
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2013 - 2015: Understanding the relative valuations of research impact: Applying best-worst scaling experiments to survey the public & biomedical/health researchers
Funded by the Medical Research Council (Ref: MR/L010569/1).
Co-I (PI: Prof. Jonathan Grant, King's College London)
Total: £154,934.75
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2013 - 2015: Financing Local Public Transport using Land Value Capture Tax : The Case of Cardiff Bus
Funded by British Academy/Leverlulme Small Research Grant (Ref: SG122122).
PI (with Dr Yiming Wang, University of Bristol)
Total: £6,947
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2012 - 2014: Public Perception of security and privacy: Assessing Knowledge, Collecting Evidence, Translating Research into Action.
Funded by Project PACT, FP7 and DG Enterprise, Grant Agreement No. 285635.
PI for RAND Europe
Total: €2.5m

MSc Transport and Planning

Module leader for:

CPT896 - Transport Analysis, 2012 -
CPT876 - Researching Transport, 2012 -
CPT877 - Transport and the City, 2014 - 2023

BSc Human Geography and Planning & BSc Urban Planning and Development

Module leader for:

CP0338 - Sustainable Transport, 2014 - 2023

Education and Qualifications

Postgraduate Certificate for University Teaching and Learning, Cardiff University, UK, 2014
PhD Geography, McMaster University, Canada, 2006
MSc Environmental Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 2001
BSc Environmental Studies, University of the Aegean, Greece, 1999

Career overview

Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK, 2024 -
Reader, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK, 2020 - 2024
Senior Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK, 2017 - 2020
Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK, 2012 - 2017
Policy Analyst, RAND Europe, UK, 2008 - 2012 (part-time 9/2012 - 1/2015)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2006 - 2008
Teaching and Research Assistant, McMaster University, Canada, 2002 - 2006
Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Greece, 2001
Instructor, Occupational Training Centre "Integration", Greece, 2000
Research Assistant, University of the Aegean, Greece, 1997-1999

Visiting academic appointments

Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkiye, 11/2023 (1 week)
Visiting Researcher, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno, Italy, 11/2016 (2 weeks)
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Messina, Italy, 03/2016 (2 weeks)
Honorary Lecturer, The University of Sydney Business School, Institute of Transportation and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney, Australia, 05/2016 (3 weeks)
Guest Researcher, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2008 - 2012

Honours and awards

Nominated for Enriching Students' Life Award, Cardiff University, 2014, 2015, 2023 and 2024
Alice Farrands' Research Scholarship, RAND Europe, 2008
Alexander S. Onassis Benefit Foundation, Academic Scholarship, 2002 - 2006
McMaster University, Graduate Scholarship, 2002-2006
Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Jim Davey Award for Best Student Paper, 2004 and 2005
Hellenic-Canadian Federation of Ontario Academic Award, 2004
University of the Aegean, Graduation Award, 1999
Greek State Institute of Scholarships (IKY), 1997 and 1998

Awards to students

Kh. M. Rifat Foysal, Shortlisted for The RTPI Student Awards for Research Excellence, 2024
Botakoz Arslangulova (née Abdrazakova), Highly Commended for the RT Wynn Medallion for Best Student–Paper, CILT–Wales National Transport Awards, 2016
Matthew Barron, John Heasman Prize 2015-16, British Parking Association, 2016
Emma Thorpe, RTPI Research Awards First Prize in the Student Category, 2015
Matthew Barron, Sawtooth Software Academic Grant Recipient, 2015
Chao Qi, John Heasman Bursary 2014-15, British Parking Association, 2014
Lucy Baker, RT Wynn Medallion for Best Student-Paper, CILT-Wales National Transport Awards, 2014

Professional memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2014 -
Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, 2013 - 2018

Speaking engagements

“Social aspects of EV charging infrastructure”, SAE Sustainability Event: Power Up! European EV Charging Conference 2025, 25 February 2025 (Online). This talk can be viewed here.
“The role of information systems to better understand, analyse and improve urban mobility”, SUMMITS’24 – Conference of the Turkish Intelligent Transportation Systems Association, 4 May 2024 (Online). This talk can be viewed here.
“Studying individual choices towards urban travel decarbonisation”, UTSG Funders’ Meeting, 15 March 2024, Oxford
“Unlocking success: UK-Türkiye institutional partnerships” invited panel member by the British Council, EURIE – Eurasia Higher Education Summit, 28 February 2024, Istanbul, Türkiye
“Equitable roll out of electric-vehicle charging infrastructure: The challenges ahead and possible solutions”, Decarbonising Transport: Obstacles, Options and Opportunities, Section: Electrification and Place, Cut Carbon Network, 16 May 2023 (Online)
“Indentifying priorities for walking and cycling infrastructure: A citizen-oriented approach", Conviening the THINK members: Improving Walking Standards, Transport and Health Integrated research Network (THINK), 11 May 2023. This talk can be viewed here.
“Consumer intentions for alternative fuelled and autonomous vehicles: A segmentation analysis across six countries”, 18th Data Lab Knowledge Sharing Event, Volkswagen, 9 December 2022 (Online).
“Studying the demand for cleaner vehicles and charging infrastructure: An overview of associated factors and arising issues”, Cooperation for Climate and Green Deal Symposium, 24-26 October 2022, Samsun (Online Keynote Address). This talk can be viewed here.
“Can we influence travel behaviour?”, Dubai Expo Travel Workshop 2020: “How and where will we travel?”, 21 November, 2021. This talk can be viewed here.
"Behavioural issues in the adoption of electrical vehicles”, Online Workshop, Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, University of Surrey, 24 September 2021. This talk can be viewed here.
“The role of manufacturing materials and autonomous driving in preferences for cars: A cross-country comparison”, Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers – Windsor Chapter Webinar, 16 February, 2021. This talk can be viewed here.
“Congestion Pricing: Planning for optimal strategies and commuters’ behavioural implications under different pricing schemes”, 29 June 2020, SPARC Webinars.
'Understanding consumer preferences for cleaner and autonomous vehicles', Transport Futures Conference, 6 June, 2019, Cardiff.
What Policy measures Have Been Proposed Based on the Associated Factors with Traffic Crashes?', Traffic Safety Conference 2019, 11-13 March, Riyadh. This talk can be viewed here.
'Privacy of Health Records: Evidence from a pan–European Study', Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath: Evaluating Social Prescribing, 28 November, 2017, Bath.
'Privacy of Health Records: Evidence from a pan–European Study', ADRC-Wales: Public Engagement and Social Science Research Challenges and Emerging Solutions, 22 June, 2017, Cardiff.
'Privacy of Health Records: Evidence from a pan-European Study', Digital Enlightenment Forum: Trusted Data Management in Health Care, 7 June, 2016, Amsterdam.
'Bus Stop, Property Price and Land Value Tax A Quantile Hedonic Exploration', Transport Statistics User Group Wales, 25 April, 2016, Cardiff.
'How did we get here? Andrea Collins and Dimitris Potoglou talk to Andy Fryers, Hay Festival Winter Weekend, 27 November, 2015, Hay-on-Wye.
'Short-stay Car Parking Choice Behaviour: A Case Study of Cardiff City Centre', ParkEx, 21 April, 2015, The NEC, Birmingham.
'Public Preferences for Security and Privacy: Evidence from a Pan-European Study' School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University; Event hosted by the Innovation and Engagement Unit, 11 March, 2015, Cardiff. This talk can be viewed here.
'Preferences for Privacy, Surveillance and Security: A Pan-European Study on the Metro/Train Travel' School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University; Event hosted by the Spatial Analysis Research Group, 19 March, 2015, Cardiff.
'Design of stated preference discrete choice experiments and surveys', School of Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, 13 November 2013, Newcastle. This talk can be viewed here.
'Economic value of personal information online: Preliminary findings from three stated preference discrete choice experiments', Institute for Transport Studies, 17 May 2013, Leeds.
'How about an electric car? Review of barriers, policy interventions and an exploratory study in the East of England', 22 February 2012, Research Centre on Economics of Institutions, University of Rome III, Rome.
Keynote Speaker, XIII Scientific Meeting of the Italian Society of Transport Economics (SIET), 16 -17 June 2011, Messina (declined).
'Security, at what cost? Quantifying people's trade-offs across privacy, liberty and security', Modelling World, Transport Modelling Seminars, 17 June 2010, London.
'Security, at what cost? Quantifying people's trade-offs across privacy, liberty and security', US House of Representatives, Washington, DC: Briefed professional staffers of the Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee, 12 March 2010, Washington, DC.
'Environmental valuation of goods and services using discrete choice modelling', Dept. of Environmental Studies, University of the Aegean, 19 January 2010, Mytilene.
'Security, at what cost? Quantifying people's trade-offs across privacy, liberty and security', RAND Europe Board of Trustees, 14 January 2009, London.

Committees and reviewing

Programme Director, MSc Transport and Planning, 2014 –
Member of the Postgraduate Taught Management Committee, 2014 –
Member of the Postgraduate Taught Programmes Student-Staff Panel, 2013 –

External activity

Editorial and advisory board member in international journals
– Journal of Transport and Sustainability, Emerald, 2024 –
– Editorial Board Member, Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, 2021 –
– Editorial Board Member, Sustainability, Section: "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development", MDPI, 2018 –
– Advisory Board Member, Sci, MDPI, 2018 –
– Editorial Board Member, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Elsevier, 2018 – 2019
– Editorial Board Member, The Open Transportation Journal, Bentham Science Publishers, 2008 – 2015

Scientific committees
– Wales Independent Review Panel, Review and Implementation of Local Authority Air Quality Measures in Wales, Welsh Government, 2020 –
– US Transportation Research Board's Task Force Member on Data Privacy, Security and Protection Policy, 2015 –
– US Transportation Research Board Committees (Friend): (1) Social and Economic Factors of Transportation (ADD20), (2) Statistical Methods (ABJ80), (3) Travel Survey Methods (ABJ40), (4) Traveller Behaviour and Values (ADB10), 2015 –
– Universities’ Transport Study Group (UTSG), Cardiff University Correspondent, 2013 –
– Programme Committee Member, International Conference on Geographical Information Systems: Theory, Applications and Management (GISTAM), 2017 – 2019
– UK–Ireland Planning Research Conference, Transport Planning - Track Chair, 6–7 September 2016, Cardiff
– Universities Transport Study Group (UTSG), Executive Committee Member, 2013 – 2017
– Methodological Innovations Committee, European Transport Conference (ETC), 2011 – 2014

Expert reviewer (most recent)
– Horizon Europe Framework Programme, ‘Urban planning and design for just, sustainable, resilient and climate-neutral cities by 2030’. (HORIZON-MISS-2021-CIT-02-01), Independent Evaluator, 2022
– University of Surrey, Department of Tourism & Transport, Independent Assessor for Promotion Application to Reader, 2022
– Luxembourg National Research Fund, ‘Intermobility’ Programme, Research Proposal Expert Reviewer, 2022
– Arabian Gulf University, College of Graduate Studies, Research and Ethics Committee, Research Proposal Expert Reviewer, 2022
– Horizon Europe Climate, Framework Programme – ‘Climate Sciences and Responses’ (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01), Ethics Expert, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), European Commission, 2022
– Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), Expert Review Panel Member, 2021 Formas Annual Open Call ‘Urban and Rural Areas’, 2021-2024
– Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), External Reviewer, 2021 Formas Annual Open Call ‘Rural areas and Regional Development’, 2021
– European Science Foundation, Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (FNR), Expert Reviewer, 2021 (declined)
– Horizon 2020 – Environment and Resources: Ethics Evaluations for ‘Greendeal’ call, Executive Agency for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Ethics Expert, European Commission, 2021

I am interested in supervising students in the following areas:

Decarbonisation of the road transport system through electrification (e.g. charging preferences, preferences for business models of electric-vehicle use)
Demand for and market segmentation of alternative fuelled vehicles and car ownership studies, more generally
Novel applications of stated preference discrete choice experiments in areas critical to public policy and decision making
Commuting, travel satisfaction and well-being
Land-use and transport interactions; the role of the built environment and network design on travel behaviour decisions
Active travel
Governance and management of public transport systems

Current supervision

Isabella Malet Lambert

Emma Hopkins

Aminah Abdullah

Past projects

Dr Fahad Albahlal, "Assessing the Quality of Walking and Cycling Infrastructure: A Preference-based Study", 2018 - 2024 (Employer: King Fahad Security College, Saudi Arabia)

Dr Rongqiu Song, "Understanding Public Charging Preferences of Potential and Existing Electric Vehicle Users in Great Britain", 2019 - 2024

Dr Damilola Akosile, "Understanding the links across Commuting,Travel Satisfaction and Well-being", 2016 - 2021 (Employer: University of Chester, UK)

Dr Omar Alotaibi, "Potential Demand for Public Transport in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia", 2013 - 2017 (Employer: Mobily, Saudi Arabia)

Contact Details

PotoglouD@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 76088
Glamorgan Building, Room 2.79, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA

Research themes

Specialisms

Transport geography
Transport planning
Quantitative social science
Active travel
Choice modelling

Professor Dimitris Potoglou PhD (McMaster) FHEA

Teams and roles for Dimitris Potoglou

Professor in Transport and Applied Choice Analysis

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