Profile
Laurie completed her BSc in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of York in 2012. She then joined the Transport Safety Research Centre at Loughborough University as a research assistant, later becoming a research associate.
In addition to her research role, Laurie is a member of the LURSA (Loughborough University Research Staff Association) committee, and represents SDCA researchers at a School and University level.
Research
Laurie has over 13 years’ experience working on small and large-scale research projects, collaborating with a wide range of partners from academia, industry, and government, both nationally and internationally. Her research focusses on human factors, road user behaviour, vulnerable road user (VRU) safety, and the safety of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).
Recent projects
UK Department for Transport: Regaining Situational Awareness as a User in Charge: Responding to transition demands in automated vehicles (2023-2025)
Driving simulator study exploring the transition from self-driving to human-operated driving, and the ability of the user in charge to regain situational awareness to enable a safe takeover, while they have been carrying out various non driving related activities.
UKRI (Research England): ICAROS (2019 to 2025)
An international collaboration between Loughborough University (UK), Queensland University of Technology (Australia) and Tongji University (China) to study the impacts of CAVs on VRU safety.
European Commission (Horizon 2020): i-DREAMS (2019 to 2023)
Define, develop, test and validate a ‘Safety Tolerance Zone’ concept, using in-vehicle technologies to monitor the driver / vehicle / environment, and prevent drivers from getting too close to the boundaries of unsafe operation through tailored real-time & post-trip interventions.