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Conversations with Leading Transport Researchers lifts the veil on how world-leading transport researchers navigate their profession, sharing advice for a successful academic career. Chris De Gruyter explores the unwritten rules of academia through in-depth interviews with 20 eminent researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds within transport studies.

Sharing tacit knowledge gained from extensive experience, each interviewee offers counsel across core themes ranging from generating research ideas and attracting funding to balancing personal and professional lives. This set of highly insightful perspectives from a diverse range of experts illustrates the complexity of a changing academic environment and the opportunities this affords. An integrated discussion brings together key reflections to highlight the similarities and differences in experiences and offers valuable guidance and insight. The book also includes a self-assessment exercise to help readers apply the unwritten rules to their own academic journey.

This book is a vital resource for research students and early-career researchers in transport studies looking to confidently navigate an academic career. Transport practitioners contemplating a move to academia will also benefit from the diverse range of perspectives offered.