Susan Amiri

Susan is an interdisciplinary PhD researcher at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, supervised by Prof. Jillian Anable, Prof. Charisma Choudhury, and Dr. Milad Mehdizadeh. She has a background in architecture, psychology, and smart cities. Susan holds an MSc in Smart Cities and Urban Analytics from the Bartlett School of Architecture, an MSc in Psychology from the University of East London, and a BA in Architecture from Kingston University. Her PhD contributes to the INFUZE project within the Understanding Change team, examining how values and norms are transmitted within households, and how negotiation dynamics shape travel-mode choices, particularly decisions around car ownership. Her broader research interests include travel socialisation, spatial cognition, travel habit formation, and the behavioural mechanisms underlying travel-mode decisions.