Associate Professor Russell G. Thompson
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Melbourne School of Engineering
The University of Melbourne

Russell is an Associate Professor in Transport Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He has a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics (RMIT University), Masters in Transport Engineering (Monash University) and a PhD in Traffic Engineering (The University of Melbourne). For the last 15 years he has been involved in numerous local freight studies, including the Melbourne’s Freight Movement Model and the Victorian Freight and Logistics Plan. Russell is a Team Leader of the Volvo Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Urban Freight Systems and Vice-President of the Institute for City Logistics based in Kyoto. Currently, Russell is actively involved in several urban freight projects in Melbourne including High Productivity Freight Vehicles and Loading Dock Booking systems. He is currently conducting research studies investigating the benefits of the physical internet, parcel lockers, logistics sprawl, collaborative freight systems, road pricing, urban consolidation centres and multi-modal freight systems.

Russell has also contributed to a number of international studies relating to urban freight, including the European Union’s Best Urban Freight Solutions (BESTUFS) project and the OECD report on urban distribution. He was a founding Director and has been the Vice President of the Institute for City Logistics based in Kyoto since 1999.

Russell has co-authored over 10 books and 100 refereed publications in urban freight. He recently co-edited a book, “City Logistics: Mapping the Future” (CRC Press, 2015) that presents a range of innovative solutions to increase the efficiency and reduce the impacts of freight in cities.