Country Overviews
DENMARK
IntroductionNational Government Departments and Agencies
Research Institutes
See Programmes
Introduction
Transport research in Denmark is carried out mainly by the universities, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of the Environment. Compared with other countries, a relatively large share of the research is carried out by consultants.
The main state sponsor of R&D is the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, which is an institution under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The Agency administers the funding that is earmarked for independent research and for thematically defined and politically prioritised research areas. This includes a current research programme on Transport and Infrastructure, with yearly applications for research centres with grants in the order of magnitude of Û1.5 million.
Public research within the Danish Road Directorate is carried out by the Danish Road Institute (Vejteknisk Institut). The largest transport research body in Denmark is DTU Transport, which is part of the Technical University of Denmark, while other transport research providers include Aalborg University, Roskilde University Centre and the University of Southern Denmark's Department of Maritime Research and Innovation.
Some transport oriented research in logistics and supply chain management also takes place at DTU Management and Copenhagen Business School.
National Government Departments and Agencies
Ministry of Transport / Trafikministeriet
Ministry of the Environment / Miljoministeriet
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation / Ministeriet for Videnskab, Teknologi og Udvikling
Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation / Forsknings- og Innovationsstyrelsen
Danish Roads Directorate / Danish Road Institute / Vejdirektoratet / Vejteknisk Institut
Rail Net Denmark Banedanmark
Public Transport Authority / Trafikstyrelsen
Danish Civil Aviation Administration (CAA-DK) / Statens Luftfartsvaesen
Danish Maritime Authority / Sofartsstyrelsen
Transport and Infrastructure / Transport og Infrastruktur
Programme initiated by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
www.fi.dk/lovstof/andre-regler/kommissorium-for-det-strategiske-forskningsraads-programkomite-for-transport-og-infrastruktur
Research Institutes
DTU Transport (Technical University of Denmark - Department of Transport) / Danmarks Tekniske Universitet - Institut for Transport
The largest transport research community in Denmark. Main research topics include road safety, traffic modelling, decision modelling, ITS, logistics and transport economics.
www.transport.dtu.dk
