Dr Nadia Naqvi

Lecturer

Nadia is a civil engineer and lecturer with a PhD in Transportation Planning and Engineering. Her work combines highway design, transport research and higher education, teaching civil engineering and construction, and research road safety, sustainable transport and the effects of road surface condition on electric vehicle energy use.

Faculty:
Faculty of Engineering, Agri-tech and the Environment
Location:
Peterborough
Research Supervision:
Yes
Background

Nadia's career began in highway design in Pakistan, working on road networks, underpasses, flyovers and tender documentation. later moving into higher education and transport research, including a Research Fellow role at the University of Leeds. At Anglia Ruskin University, Nadia teaches and leads undergraduate research projects, contribute to academic governance and collaborate with local authorities, education providers and industry. She is Principal Investigator on a CIHT-administered research grant investigating how urban road surface condition affects electric vehicle energy use.

Spoken Languages
  • English
  • Urdu
  • Punjabi
Research interests

Road safety and collision prevention; transport planning and policy; sustainable transport; transport economics and travel behaviour; pavement and road-surface condition; and electric vehicle energy use.

Areas of research supervision

Civil engineering and construction, including transport-related research.

Teaching

Construction and Civil Engineering at undergraduate levels, including Levels 4, 5 and 6.

Nadia's teaching includes course and assessment development, delivery, marking and supervision of student research projects.

Qualifications

PhD in Transportation Planning and Engineering; MSc and BSc in Civil Engineering; Post Certificate in Teaching and Learning.

Memberships, editorial boards

Member of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (MCIHT); Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Working towards Chartered Engineer (CEng) status. I am also reviewer of Institute of Civil engineers Journal.

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange
Selected recent publications
  • Naqvi, N. K., Quddus, M. A. and Enoch, M. P. (2020). ‘Do higher fuel prices help reduce road traffic accidents?’, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 135, 105353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2019.105353
  • Naqvi, N. K., Enoch, M. P. and Quddus, M. A. (2023). ‘Modelling the effects of fuel price changes on road traffic collisions in the European Union using panel data’, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 191, 107196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2023.107196

Selected conferences:

  • Poster presented at: Transportation for a smart, sustainable, and equitable Transportation Research Board .98th Annual Meeting; Jan 13 -17, 2019, Washington, DC., USA
  • Naqvi, N. K. (2021). ‘Modelling the effects of fuel price changes on road traffic collisions in the EU’. University Transport Study Group (UTSG) 53rd Annual Conference, hosted online by Loughborough University.
  • Extended abstract submitted to the 57th UTSG Conference (2025): Brown, L., Bretter, C., Anable, J., Naqvi, N., Reiffer, A. and Marsden, G., ‘Changes in Household Car Ownership and Impact of Covid-19: A Panel Case Study of Shifting Trends’.