College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2022 92 Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) 4IR Research Chair Prof Noleen Pisa Chair: Transport Education Training Chair (TETA) 4IR Research Chair Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management, School of Management College of Business and Economics In 2022 Prof Noleen Pisa of ITLS (Africa) secured the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA, https://www.teta.org.za) 4IR Research Chair, valued at R5m per year. Prof Pisa holds a PhD (International Trade) and an MCom (International Trade) (with distinction) from NWU, with areas of research expertise cutting across economics, international trade, transport economics, tourism, and public health. She has published widely in local and international journals and conferences of stature. The Research Chair’s activities aim to enhance the TETA’s mandate, namely, to facilitate skills development and training in the transport sector. The Chair will conduct research activities that evaluate the effectiveness of programmes currently sponsored by the TETA and develop new programmes to support the needs of the transport industry. In addition, it is proposed that TETA will improve research and innovation capacity by conducting high-impact research in areas such as travel behaviour and skills requirements in the transport sector, among others. The research focus areas of the Chair are outlined below: • Urban Mobility in Emerging Markets - A research group has been established in the Department, based on the gap in the literature and practical work within the contexts of emerging markets and developing countries, on topics like urban transportation and travel behaviour and their connections to a wide range of disciplines like urban planning, environmental research, applied psychology, public health, etc. The research group addresses the need for scientific work on the above topic, as existing empirical evidence originates from high-income countries, while developing countries have a smaller share. This need becomes more apparent when the problems and challenges of the Global South in connection with rapid urbanisation, urban sprawl, lack of transport infrastructures, and the neglected preferences of end-users are depicted by a limited number of existing studies and projects on emerging markets. The suggested group focuses on urban mobility, mainly urban travel behaviour, strongly connected with socioeconomics, the built environment, passenger preferences and decisions, self-selections, lifestyles, and attitudes. • Skills - An ongoing project to determine the skills required by transport and logistics practitioners and the skills gap in the current market. The purpose is to identify the skills required by prospective market entrants. It provides an overview of the skills and competencies that could be the focus of future training and education interventions. • Green transport - Development of a course in green transport, together with UJ’s Process, Energy and Environmental Technology Station (UJ-PEETS) and UJ’s Department of Geography. The main aim of the course delivery is to develop green transport skills within the public sector. • State of Transport Opinion Poll - An assessment of the most crucial transport issues South African citizens face. Provides an overview of the critical focus issues for government intervention in the transformation of the transport system. • Mobility as a Service (MaaS) - In the early stages of development. Consideration of MaaS for the transformation of the public transport system through disruptive technologies • Car Ownership - An overview of car ownership intentions in South Africa. The aim is to identify issues within the transport system that influence travel intentions and areas for transformation.
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