- Researchers to explore how AI can help urban mobility planners
- They are to investigate AI-driven policy tools’ potential to create greener cities
- Project to benefit from expertise of five European universities.
A European group of researchers led by Aston University is taking the first steps to explore how AI can help urban mobility planners.
As city populations grow causing strain on resources, the experts are to investigate AI-driven policy tools’ potential to create greener cities.
The team have received £10,000 in funding from the British Academy which they hope will set them on the road to further research. Taking part in the project will be experts from University College London, Ruralis University in Norway, the University of Turin, Italy and Lisbon University Institute, Portugal.
Dr Dalila Ribaudo from the Centre for Business Prosperity at Aston Business School and Dr Alina Patelli from the Aston Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Application will co-lead a UK-EU consortium consolidation project.
The interdisciplinary project will benefit from expertise in applied business and specialist insight into global economics, policymaking and urban transport planning.
Dr Patelli said “Policymakers and society could all benefit from our research into innovative ways of managing the strain on urban infrastructures and resources.
"The AI-powered policy tools we are developing are meant to support decision managers at all levels of urban governance with reducing emissions, optimising transportation as well as predicting and preventing environmental hazards. Such changes would improve the quality of life for the millions of people living in towns and cities across the UK, Europe and, in the long term, the entire world.”
Following the successful bid for the British Academy pump priming grant the team will apply for Horizon Europe funding to continue developing impactful AI-driven policy tools for greener cities.