Associate Professor Ben Beck is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Head of Sustainable Mobility and Safety Research in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) at Monash University.

Ben works at the intersection of transport, public health and climate change. He is an internationally renowned leader in active transport research, especially in relation to bike riding. He established and leads an interdisciplinary program of research that brings together experts in public health, urban and transport planning, engineering, complex systems science, behaviour change and road safety to advance the safety, accessibility and equity of active mobility. Ben’s program of research is underpinned by developing world-leading data systems, cutting-edge methods and data-driven solutions, and partnering with government, industry, not-for-profit organisations and the community to untap the potential of active transport to transform population and planetary health.

Ben is an invited member on key national and international policy committees, including the United Nations ‘Green and Healthy Sustainable Transport Taskforce’. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and technical reports, secured more than $17 million of research funding and won international awards for his research. As an engineer working in a School of Public Health, Ben prides himself on his ability to bring together international leaders across a breadth of fields and disciplines to solve complex local and global problems in partnership with government and non-government organisations. His work has directly informed transport and safety policy in Australia and internationally.

Ben is driven by a passion to create safe, healthy, equitable and sustainable environments for all.

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