Robert Hrelja
Associate Professor/Senior lecturer

Presentation

Research interests

My research is primarily concerned with the micro-level practices of transport and spatial planning, often with policy, governance, implementation and power as analytical themes. I am interested in how the actions of interested parties, their attitudes, expertise, and power relationships, influence land use and transport system development and the potential for change. Much of my research is concerned with the development and evolution of sustainable transport systems and cities.

My research has increasingly come to focus on public transport, and how public transport management and planning is carried out in fragmented institutional contexts, where public transport governance has turned into a key feature for the development of well-functioning public transport systems and cities.

Student education

I teach at all levels and in several programmes, but primarily I lecture and coordinate courses within the Bachelor’s programme in Urban Development and Planning at Malmö University, with a focus on sustainable mobility, transport planning, and the integration of land use and transport systems. My teaching draws on extensive research experience in planning practices, governance, and strategies for sustainable urban and regional development.