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Dr Lisa Dorn

I graduated with a BSc in Applied Psychology in 1987 and a PhD in Driver Behaviour in 1992 . After post-doctoral positions and lecturerships at the universities of Leicester , Birmingham and DeMontfort , I joined Cranfield University in 2001 as Director of the Driving Research Group .
Lisa says …
“ I have a keen interest
in
seeing
my
research
having an impact on policy
and
practice
to
reduce
the
numbers
of
people
being killed and injured
on
the
roads .
For
this
reason , I am happy to help
practitioners
who
want
to make use of academic
research to ensure road
safety
interventions
are
evidence-based and fit for
purpose .”
I am now an Associate Professor of Driver Behaviour and Research Director for DriverMetrics , a Cranfield University spin-out company to exploit my research in the design of driver risk assessments and driver safety interventions .
I have been a Principal Investigator on a range of driver behaviour projects funded by the EU , EPSRC , ESRC , government agencies and industry . I am Past President of the International Association of Applied Psychology : Traffic and Transport Psychology Division , a member of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society . In 2004 and in 2016 I received the International Prince Michael Award for Road Safety .
I have edited 17 books and published over 50 research papers . Currently I am the academic lead on a four year research programme on making traffic safer through behaviour-changing nudging measures on a € 7.1m EUfinanced Horizon 2020 project . The project aims to reduce the number and severity of road accidents by directly changing habitual traffic behaviour and ends in 2022 .
Contact Lisa :
Email : Expertise : l . dorn @ cranfield . ac . uk
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