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Amaya Vega is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Economics at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of International Economics at the University of Valencia, Spain.
Amaya has over 20 years’ experience working on transport policy evaluation, focusing on passenger and freight transport demand analysis, maritime transport, and ports. Amaya is leads the transport research stream of the Atlantic Futures project, a €4million four-year cross-border research project funded by The North-South Research Programme. She works closely with local authorities, regional, and national policymakers across government departments in both jurisdictions, as well as private sector transport operators and local communities to assess transport mode and route choice dependencies, and the implications for regional competitiveness. Amaya is also a member of the working group for the Sustainable Mobility Index for rural towns in Ireland’s Western region, led by the Western Development Commission.
Amaya is the co-PI in a number of recent projects including the EMBRACE-Mobility project, in collaboration with University of Galway, and funded under the Research Ireland/SFI National Challenge Programme on Sustainable Communities. Amaya is also partner in the ROBUST project, led by Trinity College Dublin, and funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.
Amaya is committed to developing and supporting PhD students in ATU through the IDEAS (Innovation, Digitalisation, Enterprise and Society) doctoral programme funded under the TU Research and Innovation Supporting Enterprise (TU RISE) scheme co-financed by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Through her work on the analysis of human decisions using advanced discrete choice models and the valuation of travel attributes through transport demand models, Amaya aims to support the development of more sustainable and efficient transport systems. Her research plays an important role in shaping evidence-based strategies that promote the net-zero transition and more equitable transport in Ireland.
Research Interests
Transport Economics and Policy; Regional and Spatial economics; Applied Microeconomics; Behavioral Economics
National & International Achievements
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Best Conference Paper, Irish Transport Research Network Annual Conference, Atlantic Technological University, Sligo, 2023 Fulbright Fellowship - Developing the Marine Economy: Fishing, Recreation, Transport International Exchange Program, Irish Institute, Boston College, and U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs International Exchange Programs, 2012. Best Conference Paper, Irish Transport Research Network Annual Conference, University College Dublin, 2010 Best Graduate Student Paper, North American Regional Science Council (NARSC), 54th Annual Northamerican Meetings of the Regional Science Assocaition International, Savannah, GA, US , 2007 Seed Funding Programme, Dissemination and Outputs, University College Dublin, 2007 Research Fellowship, University College Dublin, 2006 ICO Foundation Research Fellowship, Government of Spain, 2004-2006 Full-tuition Scholarship, Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Demand and Market Shares, EPFL (MIT/École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland, 2005 Postgraduate Fellowship, Urban Institute Ireland, University College Dublin, Irish Higher Education Authority, 2003
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Education/Academic qualification
Social sciences, PhD, Transport Economics, University College Dublin
Award Date: 15 Dec 2007
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Social sciences, Master, Economics, University College Dublin
Award Date: 30 Aug 2003
Social sciences, Bachelor, Administracion y Direccion de Empresas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Award Date: 30 Jun 2000
External positions
Associate Researcher, University of Valencia
Name of Affiliated ATU Research Unit
- DICE - Design, Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship Innovation Academy
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Assessment of the Impact of the Road Freight Modal Shift to Rail Freight on Ireland's Carbon Emissions
Gamage, C., Vega, A., McCann, B. & Cadden, T., 2025, In: Transportation Research Procedia. 86, p. 213-222 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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IDEAS podcast #1: IDEAS (Innovation, Digitalisation, Enterprise and Society) PRTP Introduction
McTaggart, V., van Someren, K. & Vega, A., 4 Aug 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Policy-mix to decarbonise transport: Emission Trading System and subsidies on short-sea-shipping demand
Martínez-Moya, J., Feo-Valero, M. & Vega, A., Dec 2025, In: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 149, 105042.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The state of corporate sustainability due diligence in sustainable supply chain management practices – A social perspective
Skerritt, M., Taylor, L., Vega, A., Azadnia, A. H. & Onofrei, G., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 101089.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identification of a suitable case study for the development of accessibility based vulnerability score for bridge maintenance decision making
Lydon, M., Vega, A., Fitzpatrick, E., Higgins, R. & Fenerich, A., 2024, Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Digitalization and Sustainability - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2024. Jensen, J. S., Frangopol, D. M. & Schmidt, J. W. (eds.). CRC Press/Balkema, p. 3320-3326 7 p. (Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Digitalization and Sustainability - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2024).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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