I am an MRes Urban Spatial Science student at The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London.

My research centres on sustainable transportation and urban spatial analysis, with a focus on how infrastructure quality, network connectivity, and critical engagement with transport data can support safer and more equitable mobility in cities. I apply spatial analysis, adapted planning frameworks, and machine learning to transport planning and road safety research.

Current Projects

Assessing Cycling Network Quality in the West Midlands

In collaboration with Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), my dissertation evaluates the regional cycling network using a Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) framework adapted to the UK context via DfT’s LTN 1/20 design guidance. The project identifies infrastructural gaps and connectivity barriers across the network and translates findings into targeted recommendations for TfWM on prioritising investment and improving cycling provision. A central methodological contribution is the adaptation of a North American– originated stress framework to UK planning and design standards.

Diagnosing Imbalance in Road Casualty Data (STATS19)

Rather than optimising crash severity prediction, this project uses machine learning as a diagnostic lens to interrogate the structural limitations of the STATS19 dataset itself. The analysis examines two compounding forms of imbalance: class imbalance, where fatal and serious casualties are systematically underrepresented, and spatial imbalance, where reporting quality and casualty distributions vary unevenly across UK regions. Together, these patterns reveal where STATS19 fails to capture the full picture of road danger — with implications for how the data is collected, interpreted, and used to inform Vision Zero policy.

Research Trajectory

I aim to pursue doctoral research in sustainable transport, transport safety, or computational urban studies — particularly in groups that combine quantitative spatial methods with policy-relevant research and a critical approach to urban and transport data.

Opportunities

I am open to research assistant positions and PhD opportunities in sustainable transportation, cycling infrastructure, road safety analysis, and spatial data science.