Anna Grigolon is an Assistant Professor within the Transport Engineering and Management Research Group at the University of Twente, in The Netherlands. Her primary academic and research interests include sustainable urban mobility, with a particular emphasis on developing user-centric mobility solutions tailored to city residents' diverse needs and preferences.

Anna employs various analytical tools, including discrete choice modelling, social psychology theories, and spatial analysis, to gain insights into travel behaviour in urban settings. Her expertise includes the areas of Transportation Planning and Modeling, Accessibility Modeling, Travel Behavior, Discrete Choice Modeling, and Spatial Analysis. She has a PhD in Urban and Transport Planning from the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, an MSc in Transportation Operation and Planning from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from UFSCar, Brazil. 

Anna was a project manager and researcher on the SmartHubs project and is now involved in three other projects, TriasDreams and R-map

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Analysis
    • Travel
    • Dutch
    • Groups
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

    • Sociodemographics
    • Logit Model
    • Walkability
    • Information

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Publications

2025

Factors affecting the use and option use of shared mopeds and bicycles: Evidence from Dutch metropolitan cities (2025)Travel behaviour and society, 43. Article 101204 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Dong, L., Ulak, M. B., Azolin, L. G., Grigolon, A. B., Abouelela, M. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101204E-bikes’ impact on job accessibility and equity in São Paulo and Rio (2025)Transportation research. Part D: Transport and environment, 149. Article 105072. Louro, T. V., Grigolon, A. B., Cunha, A. L. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2025.105072Exploring the 15-Minute City concept for the urban outskirts: a systematic literature review (2025)European transport research review, 17(1), 1-19. Article 50. Arias-Molinares, D., Geurs, K., Grigolon, A., Ulak, B., Duran-Rodas, D., McCormick, B., Baguet, J., van Vessem, C., Adjeroud, H., Dörrzapf, L., Charalampidou, G., Bobičić, O. & Esztergár-Kiss, D.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-025-00743-8Development of a contextualized spatial network–based walkability (CSNW) index (2025)International journal of urban sustainable development, 17(1), 1-23. Banger, A., Brussel, M. J. G., Grigolon, A. B. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2025.2594254Mobility variability of favela residents of São Paulo based on mobile phone data (2025)Transportation. Barboza, M., Giannotti, M., Grigolon, A. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-025-10695-6Urban accessibility disparities - Applications of big data to measure spatial and temporal inequalities in mobility and accessibility in São Paulo (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Barboza, M. H. C.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036567664Shared mobility during public transport disruptions: Users’ perspectives in a Brazilian city (2025)Transportation research. Part D: Transport and environment, 147. Article 104972. Azolin, L. G., Grigolon, A. B., Rodrigues da Silva, A. N. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2025.104972Transit fares and space-time accessibility: measuring inequalities in park accessibility for São Paulo favela residents using mobile phone and smart card data (2025)Journal of transport geography, 128. Article 104395. Barboza, M., Giannotti, M., Grigolon, A. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104395A contextualized spatial network-based walkability index (CSWI) for the case study of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.: Expert workshops presentation, and questionnaire (2025)[Other contribution › Other contribution] (Accepted/In press). Banger, A., Pfeffer, K., Grigolon, A. B. & Brussel, M. J. G.Developing a serious game for the 15-minute neighbourhood transition: Lessons learned from an expert workshop (2025)Case Studies on Transport Policy, 20. Article 101428. Garritsen, K. É., Grigolon, A. B., Ulak, M. B., Geurs, K. T., Bodum, L., Hernández Bueno, A. V. & Børsen, T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2025.101428

Research profiles

Current projects

SmartHubs

Netmobiel

https://www.utwente.nl/en/et/cem/research/tem/research/ongoing-projects/net-mobil/

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room Z212
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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