Dr Thérèse Bajada is a geographer with a specialisation in transport studies from University College London. She is a senior lecturer with the Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Her research interests revolve around transport policy and planning. Prior to joining academia in 2010, Thérèse was an assistant manager with the Integrated Transport Strategy Directorate at Transport Malta, where she worked on several national (e.g. Valletta Transport Strategy and Public Transport Reform) and regional projects (e.g. CIT-UM URBACT Project). Dr Bajada is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers and currently holds the role of Prize Awards Officer of the Transport Geography Research Group. She is also a member of the Transport Economists Group (UK), Bus Centre of Excellence (UK), WCTR and NECTAR. Thérèse has worked on projects related to applying the timed city concept in Malta, linking timed cities to coworking space and port city concepts. Dr Bajada is also the Chairperson of the Malta Road Safety Council.
