Transport and Mobility Scientific Community

Connecting researchers, institutions and innovators with interests in Transport and Mobility across Australia, France, and French territories in the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.

France and Australia face shared transport challenges: ageing infrastructure,

climate pressure on mobility systems, road safety, congestion and the rapid

emergence of connected, automated and data-driven mobility. This community

brings together scientists, infrastructure managers, industry partners and policymakers

involved in bilateral or multilateral Franco-Australian research and innovation projects.

Its scope spans road, public and active transport, intelligent transport systems (ITS), traffic

modelling and simulation, infrastructure operation and maintenance, logistics, maritime

mobility in the Indo-Pacific, and the safety validation of new mobility technologies.

By fostering dialogue between researchers and practitioners on both sides, the community aims to

strengthen scientific collaboration, identify funding and partnership opportunities, and support the

uptake of evidence-based solutions for safer, more efficient and more sustainable transport systems.

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[CALL FOR INITIATIVES] - Successful candidates 2026

AFRAN is pleased to announce that this year's successful application to our Call for Initiatives, partially funded by the Embassy of France to Australia. On the General stream, have been selected: Dr Malik Oedin and his project: Launching the Melanesia Biocultural Network: Building Indigenous-led Research and Conservation Partnerships across France, Australia and Melanesia - the launch will happen in Melbourne in November 9 to 13 Dr Maxime Cordeil and his project: Franco-Aust

[SUMMARY & OUTCOME] From UNOC-3 to COP31: Science Evidence, Pacific Resilience and Southern Connections

Dear readers, before you read this summary, please find the outcome of this Forum: the Noumea Statement. Please feel free to share [SUMMARY] Nouméa, 2 to 4 September 2026 For three days, Nouméa brought together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, community organisations and young leaders from New Caledonia, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, and beyond. The event, "From UNOC-3 to COP31: Science Evidence, Pacific Resilience and Southern Conne

[OPPORTUNITY] Pacific Funds 2027 is now open to application

The Permanent Secretariat for the Pacific (Secrétariat Permanent pour le Pacifique – SPP) has launched the 2027 main call for projects under the Pacific Fund (Fonds Pacifique). 📅 Applications must be submitted by 31 December 2026. The Pacific Fund is one of France’s key instruments for regional cooperation in the Pacific. Funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, it supports economic, social and cultural cooperation projects that strengthen the regional i

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Hugues Blache

Hugues is a Research Associate and Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, within the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI). He completed his PhD at ENTPE (France) in December 2024. His research spans transport modelling, simulation and applied data science, with a particular interest in how people and goods move across networks. While his doctoral work focused on road safety and the validation of automated driving systems, he takes a broad view of mobility: public and private transport, freight and logistics, intelligent transport systems, and the optimisation of transport systems in ways that are both rigorous and practical. Through his position at the intersection of French and Australian transport research, he aims to foster collaboration between researchers, infrastructure operators, industry, and policymakers on the full spectrum of mobility challenges.