Urban freight platform

The Urban Freight Platform (UFP) is an initiative supported by Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) on urban freight research based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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The UFP works as a facilitator of academic research on urban freight within the context of the logistics competence center Northern LEAD at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Our vision is to continue to develop cutting-edge research combining skills from various disciplines, make the urban freight research cluster function more effectively and ensure that the relevance and importance of urban freight is made accessible to a wider public.

The Urban Freight Platform seeks to develop and facilitate research that leads to efficient urban freight distribution practices that are in line with urban livability and sustainability goals.

The UFP fosters networking opportunities and provides a platform for collaboration between researchers and experts from multiple disciplines; between stakeholders from the private sector and the public sector; as well as between national and international universities.

As part of this commitment The UFP is engaged in disseminating and facilitating the implementation of transformative ideas that will enhance the sustainability and competitiveness of urban freight systems.

For more information please contact info@urbanfreightplatform.se

Directors

Ivan Sanchez-Diaz

  • Associate Professor, Supply and Operations Management, Technology Management and Economics
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Michael Browne

Professor, University of Gothenburg

Dan Andersson

  • Associate Professor, Supply and Operations Management, Technology Management and Economics
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Michael Browne

Professor, University of Gothenburg

Ivan Dario Cardenas Barbosa

  • Assistant Professor, Supply and Operations Management, Technology Management and Economics
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Ivan Sanchez-Diaz

  • Associate Professor, Supply and Operations Management, Technology Management and Economics
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Johan Woxenius

Professor, University of Gothenburg

Jorge Gil

  • Associate Professor, Urban Design and Planning, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Konstantina Katsela

Senior lecturer, Gothenburg University

Jon Williamsson

Senior lecturer, Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg

Researchers with focus on a research field that is relevant for urban freight

Abhinayan Basu Bal

University of Gothenburg

Cecilia Bergstad

Senior lecturer, Gothenburg University

Sharon Cullinane

University of Gothenburg

Anna Dubois

  • Pro­jectleader Research, Supply and Operations Management, Technology Management and Economics
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Johan Hagberg

Professor, Gothenburg University

Árni Halldórsson

  • Styrkeom­rådesledare, Supply and Operations Management, Technology Management and Economics
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Mattias Hallqvist

University of Gothenburg

Kajsa Hulthén

  • Professor, Supply and Operations Management, Technology Management and Economics
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Elisabeth Karlsson

Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg

Balázs Adam Kulcsár

  • Full Professor, Systems and Control, Electrical Engineering
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Efthymia Kyriakopoulou

University of Gothenburg

Cathy Macharis

Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Anna Nagurney

University of Massachusetts

Violeta Roso

  • Associate Professor, Supply and Operations Management, Technology Management and Economics
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Research partners

Northern LEAD Logistics Centre

Volvo Research and Educational Foundations – VREF

Chalmers Area of Advance Transport

Aurora Urban Freight partnership