Rafael Rosales La Torraca presented his PhD project
On September 23, Rafael Rosales La Torraca, PhD candidate at the Center for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) and part of the CityFreight project, presented his PhD project to the research group.
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Rafael's PhD project is linked to the research project "CityFreight: Freight logistics in sustainable cities". The project is led by the Norwegian Schools of Economics (NHH), and the primary objective is to provide public authorities with a toolbox for how to work towards a more energy-efficient and sustainable urban freight transport, especially in topologically complex cities such as Bergen. More specifically, Rafael examines how and to what extent public authorities can and should take an active role in steering private freight transport of goods, services and waste in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable direction.
The research group for Natural Resource Law, Environmental Law and Development Law's role in the project is to help analyze the legal framework for public authorities' involvement in private freight transport. An important part of the project is to get an overview of the existing legal frameworks, identify possible tensions between these and proposed logistics solutions, and propose changes that may help mitigate the tensions.
About the CityFreight-project
Project Leader
Stein Wallace, professor NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Centre for Shipping and logistics
Partners:
University of Bergen – Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET), The Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Sparebanken Vest, City of Bergen, Vestland County, Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nordic Edge AS, Université Centrale Lille, Politecnico di Torino, Sichuan University, Chengdu.
Project period:
2020-2024
Funding type
Knowledge-building project for industry, Research Council of Norway (RCN).
NOK 10 million from NRC + 8.5 million from partners.
