About

About me

Starting from a BSc in Civil Engineering, I have dealt with issues related to vulnerability assessment and safe community planning in several Norwegian counties since 1989. In 2000 I obtained an MSc in Geograhic Information Systems from the University of Leicester, UK, focusing on least-cost paths and network analysis using GIS tools.

Since 2004 I have served as a member of the program committee on European Policy and Research with the Association for European Transport, AET. In 2005 I was appointed as member of the Transportation Economics Committee ABE20 with the Transportation Research Board, TRB.

In the autumn of 2005 I joined Molde Research Institute, Molde, Norway, as part of the Transport Economics Research Group, where my main scope of work is transport modelling, impact analysis, and cost-benefit evaluations.

In addition, I am also working on my PhD at Molde University College, Molde, Norway. My personal research interest are

• supply chain risk
• transportation network vulnerability

 

Key publications

Bråthen, S, Husdal J og Rekdal J (2008) Samfunnsøkonomisk verdi av rassikring – Noen beregninger knyttet til verdi av å unngå stengte veier. Rapport 0801, Møreforsking Molde AS.

Foss, B., Bråthen, S. og Husdal, J. (2007). Sjøtransport og utslipp til luft. Utviklingstrekk 1997-2007. Rapport 0708, Møreforsking Molde AS.

Bråthen, S., Husdal, J. og Rekdal, J. (2006). Gratis bruk av ferjer. Noen mulige varianter. Rapport 0614, Møreforsking Molde AS.

Husdal, J. (2004) Pålitelighet og sårbarhet – et ikke-tema I nyttekostnadsanalysene? Samferdsel 3/2004,TØI, pp. 28-30. Bråthen S., Lægran, S. og Husdal, J. (2004) Flaskehalser for langdistanse godstransport på veg. Rapport 245701, Sweco Grøner, Oslo. Reliability and vulnerability - a non-issue in cost-benefit analyses? Samferdsel (Journal of the Norwegian Institute for Transport Economics, TØI), 2/2004, pp. 28-30.

 

Key conference presentations

NECTAR 2006
Nectar Cluster 1 Seminar, Molde, Norway, 12-13 May 2006
Transport Network Vulnerability - which metrics should we use?

TRB 2005
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2005, Washington DC, USA, 9-13 January 2005
The vulnerability of road networks in a cost-benefit perspective

ETC 2004
European Transport Conference, Strasbourg, France, 4-6 October 2004
Reliability/vulnerability versus costs/benefits

INSTR 2004
2nd International Symposium on Transport Network Reliability, Christchurch, New Zealand, 22-24 August 2004
Reliability and vulnerability versus costs and benefits

 

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