TRAIL Research School

The TRAIL Research Schoolis theNetherlands’ national (university) research school active in the fields ofTransport,Infrastructure,andLogistics.

TRAIL provides education atPh.D.-candidate level, initiates and conducts scientific and applied scientific research and organises activities for knowledge transfer and exchange.

Participants

Within TRAIL,Erasmus Universityof Rotterdam,Delft University of Technology,theUniversity of Groningen,University of TwenteandRadboud University Nijmegencollaborate.

Scientists and researchers of twelve faculties and institutes (spanning the fields ofeconomics,technology,policy and management, and the social and behavioural sciences) form a concentration of experts in the fields of traffic and transport. Over 150 researchers, of whom 80 are PhD candidates, are active in TRAIL (2006).

Research programs

TRAIL initiates and participates in research programs, collaborative research arrangements with public and private parties, and other collaborative initiatives that aim to conduct (applied) scientific research and to bring research findings to concrete use and applications.

Accreditation

TRAIL was initiated in 1994; since 1997, TRAIL has been officially accredited by theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciencesas a formal Research School.

External links

• TRAIL website
• Database of TRAIL research projects (and others)