Andrea Arévalo Támara

Andrea is a civil engineer with an MSc in Civil Engineering and more than ten years of experience as a university lecturer and researcher in traffic, transportation and road safety in Colombia.

 

At different Colombian universities, she led faculty research committees, coordinated master’s research projects and supervised undergraduate and graduate theses. Her research has addressed distracted driving, crash frequency on rural roads, women’s perceived risk of sexual harassment in Bus Rapid Transit systems, and bicycle choice for university trips, with publications in high-impact journals. She has also contributed to consultancy projects in mobility, transportation and road safety with regional and national impact in Colombia.

 

She is currently a PhD student at Instituto Superior Técnico, where her research focuses on women’s mobility, with particular attention to care-related travel and the ways gender roles shape everyday travel patterns. Her main areas of interest are gender and mobility, mobility of care, sustainable urban mobility and road safety.