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Stephen Frost

Principal research fellow and head of transport policy

Stephen is a principal research fellow and head of transport policy at IPPR.

He leads IPPR’s work on transport with a focus on:

  1. accelerating the UK’s response to the climate and nature crises
  2. tackling transport poverty and reducing transport-related social exclusion
  3. understanding public attitudes to transport and increasing public involvement in decision-making.

Stephen joined IPPR as the co-deputy head of the Environmental Justice Commission, co-authoring the commission’s final report. He led the delivery of the citizens’ juries in Tees Valley and County Durham, the South Wales Valleys, Thurrock and Aberdeenshire, which underpinned the commission’s calls for a new social contract to ensure the UK’s response to the climate and nature crises is both rapid and fair. Stephen also convened the Cambridgeshire Fens Climate Panel for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Commission on Climate to develop guiding principles for the region’s climate policymaking.

During his time at IPPR he has led or contributed to reports on a people-focussed decarbonisation pathway for transport, public opinion about transport, active travel and greener buses, rebalancing power and opportunity across England’s regions, fairly reducing car use in Scottish cities and rural areas, clean air, the planning system, community responses to the climate crisis and uncertainty.

Before joining IPPR, he was the head of the research and monitoring unit at walking and cycling charity Sustrans. Stephen has also worked as the voluntary sector and community development lead within a local authority and for a range of social enterprises and charities focussed on social action and increasing public participation in decision making.

Outside of IPPR, Stephen is the trustee of a thriving city farm and nursery in Bristol and a member of Bristol’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change.

Stephen's normal working days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Email
S.Frost@ippr.org

More from this author:

  1. A bus stop sign in a country lane in rural Scotland.

    Wheels of change: Promoting fair and green transport in rural Scotland

    Transport in rural Scotland is not working for the people living there, particularly those on low incomes.
    6 June 2024
  2. Illustration: A woman in a yellow top with a green bag stands on a tram

    Moving together: A people-focussed pathway to fairer and greener transport

    All decarbonisation pathways must be designed with people, and the principles of a just and fair transition, as their starting point.
    29 May 2024
  3. Who gets a good deal? Revealing public attitudes to transport in Great Britain

    Transport isn’t working. That’s the message from the British public. This is especially true if you’re on a low income, disabled or living in the countryside. The cost of living crisis has exposed the shortcomings of our transport system,…
    1 April 2024

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