Investigadora Postdoctoral en el BRT + Center of Excellence del Departamento de Ingeniería en Transportes de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Arquitecta con Maestría en Desarrollo Urbano de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile y Doctora en Estudios de Planificación por Bartlett School of Planning de la University College de Londres.

ÁREAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

Sus temáticas de investigación se vinculan a la planificación urbana y de transporte, la movilidad y accesibilidad, vinculando estos factores con la equidad social y territorial, gentrificación, salud pública, bienestar, entre otros.

ÚLTIMAS 10 PUBLICACIONES

Mella Lira B. y Paez A. (2020). Do Drivers Dream of Walking? An Investigation of Travel Mode Dissonance from the Perspective of Subjective Wellbeing. Journal of Transport and Health. Paper submitted. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2021.101015

Cavoli C., Oviedo D., Yusuf Y., Mella Lira B., Koroma B., Macarthy J. (2020). Future Freetown, a Vision to Improve Mobility – a participatory workshop report. T-SUM, UCL. https://www.slurc.org/uploads/1/0/9/7/109761391/newsletter_april_2020.pdf

Mella Lira B. y Hickman R. (2020). Using a multi-actor culti-criteria (MAMCA) exercise in the context of Santiago de Chile. The case of the Nueva Providencia project. In Curtis, C. (Ed.) (2020) Handbook of Sustainable Transport. Edward Elgar. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347463334_A_multi-actor_multi-criteria_exercise_in_transport_planning_the_case_of_the_Nueva_Alameda_Providencia_project

Mella Lira B. (2020). Gendered exploration of instrumental, emotive and social wellbeing for cyclist woman in Latin America. In Oviedo, D., Villamizar Duarte, N., Ardila Pinto, A.M. (Eds.) (2020) Urban Mobility and Social Equity in Latin American Cities: Evidences, Concepts, and Methods for more Inclusive Cities. Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120200000012010

Hickman R, Mella Lira B, Givoni M y Geurs K (2019). Transport and Spatial Equity. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-companion-to-transport-space-and-equity-9781788119818.html

Nunes L y Mella Lira B. (2019) Mobility as Capability: Understanding the livelihoods of tea plantation workers using the Capabilities Approach. Transportation Research Procedia. Paper accepted. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333561613

Pineda C. y Mella Lira B. (2019) Travel Time Savings Perception and Well-Being through Public Transport Projects: The Case of Metro de Santiago. Urban Sci. 2019, 3 (1), 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci3010035

Mella Lira, B. (2019) Using the Capability Approach to assess the social impacts of transport. In Hickman, R., Mella Lira, B., Givoni, M. and Geurs, K. (Eds.) (2019) Transport and Spatial Equity. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN:9780128148198

Mella Lira, B. (2019). Using a capability approach-based survey for reducing equity gaps in transport appraisal: Application in Santiago de Chile. In Measuring Transport Equity. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814818-1.00016-0

Geurs K., Givoni M., Mella Lira B., Hickman R. (2019) What next? Reflections for research and practice. In Hickman, R., Mella Lira, B., Givoni, M. and Geurs, K. (Eds.) (2019) Transport and Spatial Equity. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788119825.00031