TT26 Energy Seminar – Week 6: The Future of Energy for Transport: Less about source and more about distribution
Dr Hannah Budnitz, Transport Studies Unit
- Start Tuesday 02 Jun 2026 5:00pm
- Finish Tuesday 02 Jun 2026 6:15pm
- Venue Diversity Room - ECI, OUCE
- Postcode OX1 3PY
- Register for event
Summary: Transport is electrifying, and the transition is accelerating. The question is not so much whether electricity is the future of energy for (most) transport, but rather what modes of electrically powered transport are available in which geographies and for whose use? How are the energy and transport systems integrated – and how does that shape or reflect the built and natural environments around them? What about the influence of automation and AI? This talk will consider how the transition to electrification of transport has taken off and research into and hopes for a fair, inclusive and just future for electric transport.
Speaker: Dr Hannah Budnitz is a post-doctoral researcher whose work at the Transport Studies Unit focuses on the transition to electric mobility in the UK from the social, behavioural and policy perspectives using both qualitative and quantitative methods. She is currently leading the SEMiTaSS project investigating how Shared Electric Mobility services can emerge, evolve and become embedded in rural communities and works with the Environmental Change Institute researching household energy use on the EDOL project. Dr Budnitz completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham and prior to starting her doctoral studies, worked as a transport planner in the UK in consultancy and local government.