Rate My Professor Miguel Loyola

Miguel Loyola, Dr., is a Lecturer in the Management and Organisations department of the UWA Business School at the University of Western Australia. His academic background includes a PhD in Sustainable Transportation from the University of Sydney Business School and an MSc in Civil Engineering specializing in Transportation and Highways Engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Before entering academia, he worked as a civil engineer in Ecuador and as a transportation consultant and planner in Israel. Loyola's career encompasses positions at the University of Sydney Business School and the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, alongside collaborations with industry and government. He holds an Honorary Associate position at the University of Sydney and serves as Lecturer in Business Analytics at UWA Business School.

Loyola specializes in research on sustainable policy, transport systems, behavioural insights, and public policy, with a focus on the interplay between behavioural science, sustainable systems, and disability research. His interests include attitudes shaping perceptions of accessibility and inclusion, sustainability, transport, behaviour change, narrative networks and storytelling, and interdisciplinary research. Key publications are: "Factors influencing the patronage of flexible transport in urban and rural areas: A case study in NSW, Australia" (2023, Research in Transportation Economics); "Narratives in transport research: A thematic and functional analysis" (2023, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives); "The influence of cycle lanes on road users’ perception of road space" (2023, Urban, Planning and Transport Research); "The relation of visual perception of speed limits and the implementation of cycle lanes - a cross-country comparison" (2022, Accident Analysis & Prevention); and "POLICIES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT" (2022, Transport and Pandemic Experiences). These works have received 5 to 9 citations each on Scopus. Major awards include Visiting Research Fellow for the Wheelchair Accessible Taxis Safety Program (approx. AUD $91,000), PhD Full Scholarship (approx. AUD $450,000), iMOVE Top-up Scholarship (approx. AUD $13,000), and Technion Excellence Scholarship (approx. AUD $102,000). He accepts PhD and higher degree by research students.