Research Interests
Transport Equity & Social Exclusion
Transport Governance & Policy Development
Transport Culture & Psychology
Emerging Mobility Services & Informal Transport
Education & Professional Experience
Nov 2020 – Jul 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Urban Planning and Design
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
Sep 2015 – Oct 2019
PhD in Transport Policy
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds, UK
Aug 2014 – Aug 2015
MSc in Sustainable Development & Leadership
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Sep 2008 – Jun 2012
BEng in Road, Bridge & River-Crossing Engineering
Southeast University, China
Research Projects
China Postdoctoral International Exchange Program (2020–2022)
Transport Equity in East Asian Countries (Principal Investigator, Completed)
EU Horizon 2020 (2017–2019)
AUTOmated Driving Progressed by Internet Of Things (AUTOPILOT) (Participant)
UK Research Councils (2013–2018)
Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand (Participant)
Swedish Energy Agency/EU (2012–2015)
GreenCharge Sydost – Electromobility in Small Urban Regions (Subproject Leader)
Selected Publications
Liu, Qian (2022). Public Acceptability of Congestion Charging in China. Springer Nature.
Liu, Qian et al. (2022). COVID-19 transport inequities through environmental racism lens. Transport Policy 122:26-38.
Liu, Qian et al. (2022). Mental health impacts of mobility restrictions. Journal of Transport & Health 25:101354.
Liu, Qian et al. (2021). Elderly mobility during COVID-19. Journal of Transport Geography 96:103176.
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)
