Dr. Ajay Bailey, the principal investigator of EQUIMOB project, appointed by the Executive Board of Utrecht University as professor at the Faculty of Geosciences on January 1, 2020 to undertake activities in the field of ‘Social Urban Transitions’ intends to assume his appointment by giving an inaugural lecture entitled Inclusion and Equitable Access to the…

On 28th April 2022, over 50 attendees from different parts of the world attended the EQUIMOB webinar – Mobility Matters. The interactive webinar included presentations spread over two sessions. The speakers discussed critical themes around transport for different population groups including social justice, citizenship linked to transport, participation in the city, and different dimensions of women’s…

Prof. Ajay Bailey, the principal investigator of the EQUIMOB project, will deliver a keynote talk at the PUTSPACE conference on 21 April 2022. The talk will focus on the topic ‘Ageing, mobilities and access to public transport in India and Bangladesh’, followed by a discussion with the EQUIMOB team.  Session Chair: Louise Sträuli (Tallinn University…

On 25th March 2022, researchers from EQUIMOB presented findings from their on-going research at the WU Gender and Diversity Conference. The session titled ‘Intersectional inequalities to urban transport: Narratives from India and Bangladesh‘ took place online. The panel explored the impact of unequal transport access on the lives of older adults and women in South Asian…

A knowledge-sharing session from ‘Busina Kathegalu’ (Bengaluru’s Bus Stories) was organised on 7th March 2022. ‘Busina Kathegalu’ is a collaborative effort of EQUIMOB, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), SAMVADA, and Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike to catalog the perspectives of both Bengaluru’s bus users and the service providers (BMTC) on what the bus system means to…

Prajwal Nagesh, from EQUIMOB, presented on gender differences in transport access for older adults in Bengaluru city, at the British Society of Gerontology’s SIG session on ‘Ageing in Africa, Asia, and Latin America’ on 10th March. Here were the line-up of papers: “The experiences of people with dementia and their care partners: Voices from an…

Hello everyone!  Come join us for a virtual workshop on ‘social barriers to mobility for people with disabilities’, on 2nd February 2022 between 2:30 pm-4:00 pm IST over MS Teams. To join register here

Selim Jahangir, our postdoctoral researcher working in Manipal Academy of Higher Education, gave a lecture as part of the Geographies of Health in Global South module at the Department of Human Geography & Planning, Utrecht University. The lecture focused on (1) how inequality of access to transport influence the wellbeing of the older adults in…

On 8th December 2021, Arun Balachandran (University of Maryland, College Park, USA) presented the paper co-authored with Prof. Ajay Bailey (EQUIMOB) at the 29th International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) International Population Conference. The paper titled Role of Transport in employment among vulnerable groups: Intersectional evidence from Indian cities was developed as…

Prof. Ajay, the principal investigator of the EQUIMOB project, participated in a panel discussion convened by INTALInC on 09 December 2021. The panel comprised of speakers who had previously delivered webinars in the INTALInC series. This discussion was aimed to harness the varied experiences and identify pathways to solve complex issues of mobilities in cities…