Accessible Academics:
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 EU-
financed 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:
l.dorn@cranfield.ac.uk
Expertise: •2 Driver Behaviour
•2 Driver Education
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