David Hensher
BCom(Hons) PhD UNSW; FASSA; FCIT; FAITPM; CompIEAust; MAPA
Professor of Management;
Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
Room 1340
C13 - St James Campus
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
| Telephone | +61 2 9114 1824 |
| Fax | +61 2 9114 1722 |
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Bio
David Hensher is Professor of Management, and Founding Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS): The Australian Key Centre of Teaching and Research in Transport Management in The Business School at The University of Sydney. David is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA), Recipient of the 2009 IATBR (International Association of Travel Behaviour Research) Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for his long-standing and exceptional contribution to IATBR as well as to the wider travel behaviour community, Recipient of the 2006 Engineers Australia Transport Medal for lifelong contribution to transportation, Recipient of the 2009 Bus NSW (Bus and Coach Association) Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award, and Recipient of the 2012 best paper released by the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME). Partner in the Volvo Educational and Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Bus Rapid Transit (2010 onwards), Honorary Fellow Singapore Land Transport Authority Academy and Past Member of Singapore Land Transport Authority International Advisory Panel (Chaired by Minister of Transport), Past President of the International Association of Travel Behaviour Research and a Vice-Chair of the International Scientific Committee of the World Conference of Transport Research. David is the Executive Chair and Co-Founder of The International Conference in Competition and Ownership of Land Passenger Transport (the Thredbo Series), now in its 22nd year.
David is on the editorial boards of 11 of the leading transport journals and appointed in 2012 to the Editorial Board on Research in Transportation Economics Elsevier). David was appointed in 1999 by one of the worlds most prestigious academic publishing houses - Elsevier Science press - as series and volume editor of a handbook series Handbooks in Transport. In 2010 he was appointed by Routledge Publishers (UK) as Editor of a four-volume major works in Transport Economics as well as Edward Elgar Publishers as Series Editor for volumes on Transport and the Environment. He has published extensively (over 500 papers) in the leading international transport and economics journals (such as The Economic Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Applied Economics) as well as 12 books and is Australia's most cited transport academic and number three academic economist. His books include the Demand for Automobiles, published by North-Holland, the Bus and Coach Business (with Ann Brewer published - Allen and Unwin), Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective (With Ann Brewer, Oxford University Press), Stated Choice Methods (with Jordan Louviere and Joffre Swait, Cambridge University Press), Applied Choice Analysis - a Primer (with John Rose and Bill Greene, Cambridge University Press) and Ordered Choice Models (with Bill Greene, Cambridge University Press). His particular interests are transport economics, transport strategy, sustainable transport, productivity measurement, traveller behaviour analysis, choice analysis, stated choice experiments, and institutional reform (PPPs, privatisation tendering and contracting).
David has advised numerous government and private sector organisations on matters related to transportation, especially matters related to forecasting demand for existing and new transportation services; for example the Speedrail project, the Liverpool-Parramatta Transitway, the North-West Rail project, the Sydney Metro, and numerous tollroad projects throughout Australia and internationally. David is regarded as Australia's most eminent expert on matters relating to travel demand and valuation and transport reform. Appointments over recent years include: a member of the executive committee that reviewed bus transport bids for the Olympic Games, the NSW Government's Peer Review Committee for the Sydney Strategic Transport Plan, Peer reviewer for Transfund (NZ) of the New Zealand project evaluation program, Peer reviewer of the NZ Land Passenger Transport Procurement Strategy for Land Transport NZ, member of the executive committee of ATEC, a consortium promoting a freight rail system between Melbourne and Darwin; economic adviser to Gilbert+Tobin Lawyers on valuation methods in IP context; panel member of Transport NSW benchmarking program; specialist toll road project adviser to Thiess, and member of Infrastructure Australia's reference panel on public transport.
Newsroom articles
Motorway tolls trial proposed for WestConnex 14 May 2013
The Daily Telegraph
Professor David Hensher has been quoted in the Daily Telegraph on the topic of proposed trials of a new toll system in New South Wales.
Congestion charge would cut Sydney traffic 02 May 2013
The Australian
Professor David Hensher talks about the latest quarterly Transport Opinion Survey and the effectiveness of a congestion charge during peak times.
Interview with David Hensher 02 May 2013
Radio 2UE
Radio 2UE has interviewed Professor David Hensher about the latest quarterly Transport Opinion Survey conducted by the ITLS.
Interview with David Hensher 02 May 2013
Radio 2GB
Radio 2GB has interviewed Professor David Hensher about the latest quarterly Transport Opinion Survey conducted by the ITLS.
Motorway tolls trial proposed for WestConnex 02 May 2013
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph has interviewed Professor David Hensher about the effectiveness of "time of day tolling".
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Research Grants
2011-2013 |
The call to replace fixed charges with car use related charges, has placed congestion charging regimes at the centre of future variable user charging policy. This project investigates the impact and acceptability of alternative charging schemes in terms of the charge level, the regime (for example, distance versus cordon), and how revenue is disbursed. |
ARC Discovery Project |
2012-2014 |
The reliability of public transport services, and the amount of crowding at stations and also on trains and on buses, have come under strong criticism. This study identifies the role that improved reliability and reduced crowding play in influencing the switch from car to public transport for the commute. |
ARC Discovery Project |
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Research Expertise
- Economic evaluation
- Performance and productivity measurement
- Privatisation and deregulation
- Stated preference methods
- Sustainable transport
- Transport economics and choice modelling
- Transport policy
- Transport policy/transport strategy
Recent Units Taught
TPTM6130 Transport and Logistics Economics
2011: Semester 1,
TPTM6130 Transport and Logistics Strategy
2013: Semester 1, 2012: Semester 1,
Videos
Professor David Hensher is developing ideas to improve public transport and reduce traffic congestion on our roads. In addition to the obvious environmental benefits, these changes will improve people's lifestyles and productivity. (June 2012)
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ITLS Director, Professor David Hensher, discusses the work of ITLS in the Centre of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit development. (May 2011)
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Professor David Hensher, ITLS presents his latest research about the challenges facing the NSW transport system. (May 2011)
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Prof David Hensher believes that what makes the Business School outstanding is its ability to communicate with industry and government to influence real change. (April 2011)
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David Hensher on the critical NSW election issue of Transport. (March 2011)
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