Dr Emine Zehra Akgün

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Emine is Assistant Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Business School. She studies how public authorities plan for urban freight and mobility, and how they manage the challenges of digital transformation. Her doctoral research at Edinburgh Napier University drew on work with transport organisations and local authorities in Scotland, England and Sweden.

Through the TransiT and DARe research hubs, she studies the transition to lower-carbon transport, including how dependencies across rail networks and other systems affect infrastructure planning.