Afshin Jafari

Dr. Afshin Jafari

Research Fellow

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Details

College: School of GUSS
Department: School of GUSS
Campus: City Campus Australia
afshin.jafari@rmit.edu.au

ORCID: 0000-0001-5153-2179

Open to

Masters Research or PhD student supervision
Collaborative projects
Industry Projects
Media enquiries

About

Dr Afshin Jafari is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Research. His work focuses on using computational methods to explore pathways to promote active and sustainable transport, including cycling, walking, public transport, and electric mobility.

Dr Jafari is one of the lead developers of the Activity-based and agent-based Transport model of Melbourne, known as AToM, a large-scale and open-source simulation model for Greater Melbourne. He is also leading the development of the Victoria Bicycle Simulation and Prioritisation Modelling tool.

Research fields

330409 Transport planning
330413 Urban planning and health
400512 Transport engineering

UN sustainable development goals

11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Supervisor projects

Modelling Heterogeneity of Electric Vehicles Charging Demand in Melbourne: An Agent-based Modelling Approach
9 Nov 2023

Application of machine learning in energy analytics
24 Feb 2023

The impact of high-density housing on public transport use
8 Aug 2022

Teaching interests

Prospective Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students, particularly those interested in pursuing a PhD, with backgrounds and interests aligned with my research areas are encouraged to reach out. Additionally, I regularly deliver guest lectures on topics related to transport and land use modelling.

Research interests

Active and sustainable transport; Activity-based modelling; Integrated Land-use and Transport modelling; Agent-based simulation