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19th ECTRI TG Economics & Policy Webinar
On Friday 31st of October, ECTRI Taskforce Economics & Policy kicked off a new Autumn Webinar Series 2025, with a presentation from Dr. Ola Qasseer, from KTI.
The presentation “Monocentric or Polycentric? The Role of Public Transport Networks in Shaping Cities“, discussed the convergence between urban spatial structures and transport network expansions.
Bio of the speaker: Dr. Ola Qasseer has been working at the KTI Institute for Transport Sciences in Budapest as a junior researcher since July 2022 and as a senior researcher since August 2025. In June 2025, she received the Best Paper & Presentation Award at the Young Researchers Seminar 2025 at BASt (PhD student Tutor for the YRS 2025: Dr. Elisabete Arsenio). Ola Qasseer holds a master’s degree in urban planning and environment from the Faculty of Architectural Engineering at Latakia University, Syria. On October 13th, she successfully defended her PhD in the Department of Regional Science at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest. Her research focused on the mutual relationship between transport networks and urban spatial structure.
Seminars are open to the ECTRI Members.
Please contact the Secretariat if you are interested to join: www.ectri.org/contact/