Faculty Profiles

LIU Qiyang
Position:Assistant Professor; Doctoral Supervisor

Email:tsql@pku.edu.cn
Personal Homepage:https://qiyangliu.com/

Research Interests

  1. Transport Equity & Social Exclusion

  2. Transport Governance & Policy Development

  3. Transport Culture & Psychology

  4. Emerging Mobility Services & Informal Transport

Education & Professional Experience

  1. Nov 2020 – Jul 2023
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    School of Urban Planning and Design
    Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School

  2. Sep 2015 – Oct 2019
    PhD in Transport Policy
    Institute for Transport Studies
    University of Leeds, UK

  3. Aug 2014 – Aug 2015
    MSc in Sustainable Development & Leadership
    Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

  4. Sep 2008 – Jun 2012
    BEng in Road, Bridge & River-Crossing Engineering
    Southeast University, China

Research Projects

  1. China Postdoctoral International Exchange Program (2020–2022)
    Transport Equity in East Asian Countries (Principal Investigator, Completed)

  2. EU Horizon 2020 (2017–2019)
    AUTOmated Driving Progressed by Internet Of Things (AUTOPILOT) (Participant)

  3. UK Research Councils (2013–2018)
    Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand (Participant)

  4. Swedish Energy Agency/EU (2012–2015)
    GreenCharge Sydost – Electromobility in Small Urban Regions (Subproject Leader)

Selected Publications

  1. Liu, Qian (2022). Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging in China. Springer Nature.

  2. Liu, Qian et al. (2022). COVID-19 transport inequities through environmental racism lens. Transport Policy 122:26-38.

  3. Liu, Qian et al. (2022). Mental health impacts of mobility restrictions. Journal of Transport & Health 25:101354.

  4. Liu, Qian et al. (2021). Elderly mobility during COVID-19. Journal of Transport Geography 96:103176.

  5. Liu, Qian et al. (2020). Cross-cultural acceptability of congestion pricing. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 15(2):97-110.

Honors & Service
• ICTH 2021 Best Paper Award (Early Career Researcher)
• International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 2020 Highly Cited Paper Award
• 2 ESI Highly Cited Papers
• Research cited in:

  • UN Secretary-General's Report on Extreme Poverty (2020)

  • EU Sustainable Growth Strategy 2020
    • Committee Member:

  • WCTRS Committees on Governance (G1) & Socio-Cultural Issues (G4)

  • TRB Committees on Transport Equity (AME10) & Developing Countries (AME40)