 Widening professional literacies and conclusionsKate Pangbourne Chapter 8 in Transport Governance for a Future, 2026, pp 180-198 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to derive some principles for guiding action from the foregoing discussions and assert that responsible innovation applies as much to transport as it does to any other field and should be much more firmly applied than it is currently. To be environmentally and socially responsible in achieving the needed transition, transport academics and policymakers need to broaden their professional literacies. Accordingly, the chapter introduces some ideas that transport academics and practitioners might want to explore when considering how their roles and associated recommendations intersect with global challenges like climate change. These are not introduced to induce despair but to strengthen resolve. The case is made for transport and urban planning professionals to broaden the range of their professional knowledge in order to apply environmental literacy in planning decisions and policymaking. The chapter then concludes by setting out a suggested agenda for transport research and highlighting that transport governance is at a crossroads. Keywords: Role of Science; Professional Literacy; Responsible Innovation; Global Challenges; Transition Actions (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:20948_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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