Funded Research Assistantship focused on transportation policy, finance, and economics.

Dr. Raktim Mitra and Dr. Matthias Sweet are looking for graduate students at the master's and Ph.D. level to join our dynamic research team focused on transport policy, finance, and economics. Through this unique academic-industry partnership, students will have the opportunity to directly inform transportation policy makers through their findings. If interested, students should contact Dr. Raktim Mitra (raktim.mitra@torontomu.ca) and Dr. Matthias Sweet (matthiassweet@torontomu.ca) directly.

Qualifications

Candidates should have: 

a) an interest in transportation policy, 

b) experience with quantitative research based on behavioral principles and 

c) a desire to further develop quantitative methods, such as inferential statistics, econometrics, discrete choice modeling, and forecasting.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience using statistical software packages and GIS.

Expectations

The successful candidate will be mentored by the faculty project supervisors and is anticipated to collaborate with fellow student researchers in the broader research team. The successful candidate is expected to contribute towards understanding how alternative transportation finance policies affect social and economic outcomes in Ontario. Those include urbanization patterns, infrastructure needs, and fiscal outcomes. At the PhD level, guaranteed funding is expected to be for three years.