Past events

Disruptive technologies redraw the mobility landscape, driven by the ongoing rapid developments towards automated driving, connectivity, electrification, and ridesharing which offers endless possibilities, but it’s not without challenges. The mobility sector is changing faster than ever before and relationships across different sectors, industries, and countries are crucial to survive in this competitive environment. The future will require reflection, trust, and

At the upcoming annual Transportforum event in Linköping, January 8-9, 2020, which brings together the Swedish transport and mobility community, SAFER will host a session "Women and men in traffic - are men more protected than women?". Welcome! People moving around in the in the transport system are of varying length, weight, muscle mass, age and gender. Everyone needs protection

SAFER is hosting workshop on Transportforum 2020: Ensure safety in future mobility - prospects, trends, and technology In February 2020, Sweden will host the 3rd Ministerial Conference on Road Safety - Achieving Global Goals. Prior to the conference, an academic expert group has prepared nine recommendations to help us achieve the global road safety objectives together. This workshop is based

At the upcoming annual Transportforum event in Linköping, January 8-9, 2020, which brings together the Swedish transport and mobility community, SAFER will a session about Road Safety on the European Horizon. Transport research and innovation was one session topic at the Transportforum 2019. At the session, an overview was given, particularly focusing a number of key road transport topics. Entering

Welcome to the last SAFER seminar for 2019! Dr. Otto Lappi from Helsinki University is visiting SAFER in conjunction to Christian Åkerberg Boda's dissertation. He will give a seminar entitled Eye Tracking in the Wild - from Eye Movements to Gaze Behavior. Dr Lappi's research aims to understand the cognitive and neural basis of such human everyday and expert performance

Christian-Nils Åkerberg Boda will defend his thesis: "Driver interaction with vulnerable road users: Modelling driver behaviour in crossing scenarios". Christian-Nils is a doctoral student at Crash Analysis and Prevention/Vehicle Safety/Mechanics and Maritime Sciences. The opponent is Otto Lappi from University of Helsinki. The grading committee includes: Tania Duktic Willstrand, SWECO Michiel Van Ratingen, Euro NCAP Fredrik Bruzelius, VTI/Chalmers Monica Lundh

Welcome to meet Michiel van Ratingen, Secretary General Euro NCAP, on a SAFER seminar "Vehicle Safety in the Era of Automation"! Michiel van Ratingen is one of the members in Nils-Christian Boda's grading committee and in conjunction with the dissertation we arrange a seminar for our partners. Marco Dozza, Chalmers, is hosting the event. Welcome! ABSTRACT In September 2017 Euro

Welcome to Jordanka Kovaceva's licentiate seminar titled " Benefit estimation of active safety for cyclist-crash avoidance ". ​ Moderator: Haneen Farah (Delft University of Technology) Examinator: Marco Dozza Jordanka Kovaceva is a researcher in the Division of Vehicle Safety since 2015. She has over 9 years’ experience working on naturalistic driving data using the largest naturalistic datasets in EU and

Welcome to a SAFER seminar with Haneen Farah!

You are invited to a Christmas breakfast here at SAFER on Thursday December 12! We meet, eat, relax and share our best Christmas memories. Take the opportunity to meet our researchers and enjoy the delights of Christmas. Are you curious about SAFER and want to know more? This morning is an opportunity! Register below no later than 10.00 on Tuesday

We are pleased to announce that traffic safety experts from JARI is visiting SAFER in December. In conjunction to this visit we invite you to share information about their latest research and ongoing activities, with special focus on automated driving. AGENDA 10:00 Welcome by Prof. Rob Thomson, Chalmers 10:05 Introduction of present key traffic safety activities, including automated driving, in

The Lunch & Networking seminar week 49 will be hosted by Joakim Dahlman, VTI and Malin Lundgren NTF. This is the last lunch seminar for 2019, we will be back with a new lecture series in January. Motion sickness in self-driving cars Speaker: Joakim Dahlman, VTI Joakim will talk about motion sickness as a biological phenomenon, but also how it

The Act concerning the Ethical Review of Research Involving Humans (SFS 2003:460) applies to all scientific fields and ensures that research is conducted with respect for human dignity and safeguarding the human rights and fundamental freedoms. As such, the Act establishes the procedures to assess the physical and psychological impact on human participants, the handling of sensitive personal data and

The Lunch & Networking seminar week 48 will be hosted by Fredrik Sandblom, Research area director for Systems for accident prevention and AD / Competence network leader for Safety assertion. Fredrik Sandblom will provide an update on what the new competence network Safety Assertion has been up to. The network started in August this fall and has met five times

The Lunch & Networking seminar week 47 will be hosted by Fredrik Von Corswant and Christian Berger from SAFER’s connected research resource Revere! As part of our joint Vinnova project "AutoFreight", the team from Chalmers Revere designed and equipped a truck with data logging equipment including onboard CAN data, GPS/IMU, and several video camera systems for a logistics company. The

This workshop is listed as a pre-event of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, which will take place in Stockholm on 19-20 February 2020. Introduction After decades of great improvements, the EU has entered into a phase of stagnation in its efforts to make European roads safer. Since 2013, fatality and injury figures have remained nearly constant. A

The lunch & Networking seminar week 46 is hosted by Magnus Granström, SAFER’s director. The theme is about SAFER’s involvement with international partners in India and China; current activities and future possibilities. SAFER’s engagement in CTS – China Sweden Research Centre for Traffic Safety Speaker: Magnus Granström, SAFER The China-Sweden Research Centre for Traffic Safety started in 2012 with the

Welcome to the lunch and networking seminar! The Lunch & Networking seminar week 43 is hosted by Ines Heinig, SAFER’s Project Coordinator and responsible for the AstaZero Open research program. Open Research at AstaZero: Program status and practical tips for current call Speaker: Ines Heinig, SAFER Project Coordinator The Open Research at AstaZero Program is financed by RISE and Chalmers

Welcome to the fourth Research area day for 2019!

Welcome to the SAFER Thursday lunch and networking seminar October 17 at 11.30-12.30! The Lunch & Networking seminar week 42 is hosted by SAFER’s partner University of Skövde ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Anthropometrics and Driver Ergonomics Speaker: Erik Brolin, Associate Senior Lecturer in Product Design Engineering, University of Skövde The research group User Centred Product Design at the University of Skövde have