Have you ever wondered why some research papers are a pleasure to read, while others—far too many—feel like uninspired by-products of today's ‘publish or perish’ culture?
At Traffic Safety Research (TSR), our editorial team is committed to publishing the former: research that is engaging, meaningful, and impactful. As researchers and authors, we believe you share that goal. But what sets excellent research apart? And how can you plan for success from the very beginning?
To help answer these questions, the TSR is launching a new webinar series: ‘How to conduct and publish excellent research on traffic safety’. In this series, we invite leading experts in the field to share their insights, experiences, and advice on what makes research truly valuable—and how to turn it into outstanding publications.
Upcoming...
Oliver Carsten is Professor of Transport Safety at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, the United Kingdom. His major research focus is on driver interaction and safety with driver assistance and automation systems. He led a series of projects to develop and trial Intelligent Speed Assistance. Currently, he is heavily involved in international regulatory activities at UNECE on vehicle automation on behalf of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC). He attends UNECE working groups both on driver assistance systems (SAE Level 2) and on automated driving systems (SAE Levels 3 and 4). He also leads an informal group of human factors experts on automation under the auspices of the International Ergonomics Association, with the aim of providing human factors advice to international regulators in the area of vehicle automation. He is co-editor-in-chief of the academic journal Cognition, Technology and Work.
When and how:
Friday, 21 November 2025
15:00-16:00 CEST (time convertor)
Format: Zoom webinar/meeting
Attending the webinar is free, but registration in advance is required.
Registration
The webinar will be automatically recorded and later openly published on the TSR website and YouTube channel. By registering, you agree that both your voice and video image may appear in the recording.
17 October 2025
Henk Stipdonk is chair of the Delft Road Safety Courses, partner at RoadSafetyforAll, co-chair of the ETSC PIN-panel and Chief Science Officer at VIA software solutions. With RoadSafetyforAll, he co-initiated KARSIP, an organisation-in-formation aiming for sustainable road safety knowledge infrastructures in LMIC.
In 2024, Henk retired from the Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (KiM), the Netherlands, where he served as the Director since 2019. At KiM, he experienced the importance of zipping research to policy making.
Between 2004 and 2019, Henk was a research manager at the SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research. His department focused on quantitative analyses, data quality, in-depth crash research, and the development of models describing the annual numbers of road deaths trends.
Henk's international work includes visits to Cambodia, Kenya, Ghana, Cameroon, and many European countries, where he gave lectures and contributed to road safety courses. Between 2020 and 2024 he was chair of the ITF Working Group on Implementing the Safe System Approach.
5 September 2025
Rune Elvik has been a road safety researcher at the Institute of Transport Economics, Norway, since 1980. His main areas of research have been evaluation studies, meta-analysis and cost-benefit analysis.
Rune Elvik served as editor-in-chief (together with Karl Kim) of Accident Analysis & Prevention from 2005 to 2013. He has participated in many European projects and contributed to the Highway Safety Manual. He has published more than 190 papers in scientific journals.
The upcoming speaker is Oliver Carsten, Professor of Transport Safety at the University of Leeds, the United Kingdom.
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