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Akshay Vij

Associate professor, University of South Australia

Associate professor, University of South Australia Akshay Vij is an Associate Professor at UniSA Business. He has previously worked as lecturer and post-doctoral scholar at the University of California (UC) Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2013, also from UC Berkeley. Vij’s research has made significant contributions to the development of statistical methods for the study of human behaviour, and their application to different contexts, such as transport, urban and regional development, and labour markets. Since his move to Australia in 2015, Vij has collaborated extensively with industry and government partners on research grants totalling roughly $4.5 million to undertake research that has addressed major practical challenges facing these different sectors.