Contact Dr Lisa Dorn
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- Email: L.Dorn@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Ergonomics, Human Factors, Driver Safety
- Human Factors
- Safety, Resilience, Risk & Reliability
Background
Dr Dorn is an Associate Professor of Driver Behaviour and Director of the Driving Research Group and has been a principal investigator on research projects funded by the Home Office, EU, EPSRC, ESRC and industry for over 20 years. Her main research interests relate to the transactional component of driver behaviour and the design of behavioural interventions. Dr Dorn recently completed a Horizon 2020 project to develop telematics-based driver coaching interventions and is currently investigating behavioural adaptation in response to autonomous systems until 2024 as part of the UKRI and EPSRC Trustworthy Autonomous Systems research programme.
Dr Dorn graduated with a BSc in Human Psychology and a PhD in driver behaviour both from Aston University. She then held research positions at the Universities of Leicester and Birmingham and a senior position in industry before joining Cranfield University in 2001. Dr Dorn is also Research Director for DriverMetrics, a Cranfield University spin-out company to exploit her research in the design of driver assessments and interventions. In 2004 she received the Prince Michael International Award for Road Safety for her research with Arriva Bus UK. In 2008 she won the Knowledge Transfer Programme's 'Best Application of Social or Management Science' in collaboration with Arriva Bus UK. In 2016 she won the International Prince Michael Award for Road Safety for her work with DriverMetrics.
Current activities
2020 to 2024:Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Security (TAS-S) (Co-Investigator). Research grant funded by EPSRC.
The £3.7M 42-month TAS-S project addresses technical and social issues of security in Autonomous Systems in collaboration with Lancaster University. The project is supported by a range of UK, EU and international, academic, industry and policy partners coupled with internationally leading test facilities including the Multi-User Environment for Autonomous Vehicle Innovation (MUEAVI) – a ‘smart’ road test environment. Our research theme recognises the tendency for Autonomous Systems to generate adaptive behaviours, along with public concern and controversy. The project aims to design protocols and standards for developing Autonomous Systems that are more secure and more responsive to current and future public concerns.
2017 to present: MeBeSafe ─ Making traffic safer through behaviour-changing nudging measures (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Horizon 2020.
MeBeSafe is a €7.1m project that aims to reduce the number and severity of road accidents by directly changing our habitual traffic behaviour. The project is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between technologists, behavioural scientists and traffic experts. The consortium consists of 16 partners from the business, academic and research/technology sectors and includes automotive OEMs and suppliers, road infrastructure and fleet owners, SMEs involved in road traffic analyses and leading road safety research groups including Cranfield University’s Driving Research Group.
Clients
2016-2017: Driver Behaviour Impacting the Operation and Maintenance of the Strategic Road Network (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Highways England.
2016-2017: Safer Driver Behaviour Intervention Programme Development (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Highways England.
2016: Development of an environmental toolkit for drivers (Principal Investigator). Consultancy for Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
2016: Older drivers and the risk of driving for work (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by National Express.
2015-2016: Development of educational resources for young drivers and passengers (Co-investigator). Research Grant funded by Transport for London.
2011-2014: Simulator-based training for European bus drivers. (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by EU Leonardo da Vinci.
2011: Designing driver feedback for a telematics product (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Ingenie Insurance.
2011-2012: Investigating safety culture (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Gate Gourmet.
2010 – 2015: Development of an assessment for safety behaviour on construction sites (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Balfour Beatty.
2009 – 2010: Evaluation of Bus Simulator Training on Driver Performance and Collision Involvement (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Transport for London.
2009 – 2012: Development of an instrument to measure affective and cognitive responses to Human-Machine interface solutions (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by EPSRC and Jaguar LandRover.
2009: Development of driver training simulator software (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Balfour Beatty.
2006 – 2008: Development of global driver norm groups (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Unilever PLC.
2006: Development of an assessment for Fire appliance drivers (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by West Midlands Fire Service.
2006: Design of online education for fleet drivers (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by EU Leonardo.
2006 – 2007: Driver Behaviour Interface Test Environment development (D-BITE). (Co-Investigator). Research Grant funded by EU RoadSense.
2006: A literature review on medical fitness to drive (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by DVLA.
2005 – 2007: Development of online driver education software (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by a2om.
2005: Assessing driver comfort (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Nissan.
2004 – 2007: Design of a global driver training system (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Astra Zeneca.
2004 – 2006: Evaluating a mentor driver scheme (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Lancashire County Council.
2001 – 2007: Reducing bus crashes (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by Arriva Bus UK/ESRC.
2000 – 2001: Evaluating a police driving simulator. (Principal Investigator). Research Grant funded by the Home Office.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Box E & Dorn L (2023) A cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) evaluation of a pre-driver education intervention using the Theory of Planned Behaviour, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 94 (April) 379-397.
- Dorn L & af Wåhlberg AE (2020) Accident proneness of bus drivers; controlling for exposure, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 22 (1) 32-45.
- Dorn L & af Wahlberg AE (2019) Behavioural culpability for traffic accidents, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 60 (January) 505-514.
- af Wahlberg AE & Dorn L (2019) Bus drivers who leave: were they more crash-involved?, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 60 (January) 524-535.
- Af Wåhlberg A & Dorn L (2019) Experience as a safety factor in driving; Methodological considerations in a sample of bus drivers, Safety, 5 (2) Article No. 37.
- AF Wåhlberg A & Dorn L (2019) Bus driver accident record; stability over time, exposure and culpability, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 20 (5) 590-602.
- af Wahlberg AE & Dorn L (2015) How reliable are self-report measures of mileage, violations and crashes?, Safety Science, 76 (July) 67-73.
- Sullman M, Dorn L & Niemi P (2015) Eco-driving training of professional bus drivers - Does it work?, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 58 749-759.
- Naveteur J, Cœugnet S, Charron C, Dorn L & Anceaux F (2013) Impatience and time pressure: Subjective reactions of drivers in situations forcing them to stop their car in the road, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 18 58-71.
- af Wahlberg AE & Dorn L (2012) Commentaries and Responses to "The Driver Behaviour Questionnaire as a predictor of accidents: A meta-analysis", Journal of Safety Research, 43 (1) 83-85.
- Wahlberg A, Dorn L & Kline T (2011) The Manchester Driver Behaviour Questionnaire as predictor of road traffic accidents, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 12 (1) 66-86.
- Dorn L, Stephen L, af Wahlberg A & Gandolfi J (2010) Development and validation of a self-report measure of bus driver behaviour, Ergonomics, 53 (12) 1420-1433.
- af Wåhlberg AE, Dorn L & Kline T (2010) The effect of social desirability on self reported and recorded road traffic accidents, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 13 (2) 106-114.
- af Wahlberg AE & Dorn L (2009) Absence behavior as traffic crash predictor in bus drivers, Journal of Safety Research, 40 (3) 197-201.
- Wahlberg A & Dorn L (2009) Bus driver accident record; the return of accident proneness, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 10 (1) 77-91.
- Dorn L & af Wahlberg A (2008) Work-related road safety: An analysis based on U.K. bus driver performance, Risk Analysis, 28 (1) 25-35.
- af Wahlberg A E & Dorn Lisa (2007) Culpable versus non-culpable traffic accidents; What is wrong with this picture?, Journal of Safety Research, 38 (4) 453-459.
- Dorn L & Taylor AH (2006) Stress, Fatigue, Health and Risk of Road Traffic Accidents Among Professional Drivers: The Contribution of Physical Inactivity, Annual Review of Public Health, 27 371-391.
- Dorn Lisa & Stannard Jenny (2006) Simulator performance differences between experienced and novice bus drivers., Advances in Transportation Studies, Special issue 45-52.
- Taylor Adrian H & Dorn Lisa (2006) Effects of physical inactivity on stress, fatigue, health and risk of at-work road traffic accidents, Annual Review of Public Health, 27 371-391.
- Dorn Lisa & Barker D (2005) The effects of driver training on simulated driving performance, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37 (1) 63-69.
- Dorn L & Brown B (2003) Making sense of invulnerability at work—a qualitative study of police drivers, Safety Science, 41 (10) 837-859.
- Hoyes, T. W. Dorn, L. Desmond, P. A. & Taylor & D. R. (1999) Risk Homeostasis Theory: Utility and accident loss in a simulated driving task., Safety Science, 22 (1-3) 49-62.
- Matthews G, Dorn L, Hoyes TW, Davies DR, Glendon AI & Taylor RG (1998) Driver stress and performance on a driving simulator, Human Factors, 40 (1) 136-149.
- Comber C, Colley A, Hargreaves DJ & Dorn L (1997) The effects of age, gender and computer experience upon computer attitudes, Educational Research, 39 (2) 123-133.
- Hoyes TW, Dorn L, Desmond PA & Taylor R (1996) Risk homeostasis theory, utility and accident loss in a simulated driving task, Safety Science, 22 (1-3) 49-62.
- Glendon AI, Dorn L, Davies DR & Matthews G (1996) Age and gender differences in perceived accident likelihood and driver competences, Risk Analysis, 16 (6) 755-762.
- Dorn L & Matthews G (1995) Prediction of mood and risk appraisals from trait measures: Two studies of simulated driving, European Journal of Personality, 9 (1) 25-42.
- Glendon AI, Dorn L, Matthews G, Gulian E, Davies DR & Debney LM (1993) Reliability of the Driving Behaviour Inventory, Ergonomics, 36 (6) 719-726.
- Dorn L (1993) The mother/blind infant relationship: A research programme, British Journal of Visual Impairment, 11 (1) 13-16.
- Dorn L & Matthews G (1992) Two further studies of personality correlates of driver stress, Personality and Individual Differences, 13 (8) 949-951.
- Matthews G, Dorn L & Glendon AI (1991) Personality correlates of driver stress, Personality and Individual Differences, 12 (6) 535-549.
- Matthews G & Dorn L (1989) IQ and choice reaction time: An information processing analysis, Intelligence, 13 (4) 299-317.
Conference Papers
- Helliesen T & Dorn L (2014) Applying a multi-trait multi-method statistical approach to driving simulator validation. In: 11th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (EPCE 2014), Heraklion, Crete, 22-27 June 2014.
- Dorn L (2012) Investigating safety culture: A qualitative analysis of bus driver behaviour at work.. In: International Conference on Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2012, Blackpool, 16-19 April 2012.
- Dorn L & Muncie H (2005) Work related road safety: Age, length of service and changes on crash risk. In: Behavioural Research in Road Safety 2005: Fifteenth Seminar, London, 1 November 2005.
- Matthews G, Dorn L & Hoyes TW (1992) Individual differences in driver stress and performance. In: 36th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting: Innovations for Interactions, 1992, Atlanta, GA, 12-16 October 1992.
- Taylor RG, Dorn L, Glendon AI, Davies DR & Matthews G (1992) Age and sex differences in driving performance: some preliminary findings from the Aston Driving Simulator. In: Behavioural Research in Road Safety II,1991, Manchester, 17-18 September 1991.
- Dorn L, Glendon AI, Hoyes TW, Matthews G, Davies DR & Taylor RG (1991) Group differences in driving performance. In: Behavioural Research in Road Safety II,1991, Manchester, 17-18 September 1991.
Books
- Fisher D & Dorn L (2016) Teen and novice driver training and education. In: Handbook of teen and novice drivers; Research, practise, policy and directions., CRC Press, U.S., p. 265-285.
- Edmunds R, Dorn L & Skrypchuk L (2014) The profile of emotional designs: a tool for the measurement of affective and cognitive responses to in-vehicle innovations. In: Driver acceptance of new technology: theory, measurement and optimisation. Regan MA, Horberry T (ed.), CRC Press, p. 105-120.
- Dorn L, Sullman M (eds), (2013) Driver behaviour and training: Vol. 6, Farnham: Ashgate, ed. Volume 4.
- Edmunds R & Dorn L (2012) Developing a multi-dimensional assessment of in-vehicle technology. In: Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume 5, Farnham: Ashgate, p. 177-186.
- Edmunds R & Dorn L (2012) Developing a multidimensional assessment of in-vehicle technology. In: Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume 5, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, p. 531-549.
- Sullman M, Dorn L (eds), (2012) Advances in traffic psychology, Farnham, UK: CRC Press.
- Dorn, L (eds), (2012) Driver Behaviour and Training: Vol. 5 (Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport), Ashgate Publishing.
- Dorn L & Gandolfi J (2012) Cross-cultural differences in driver behaviour at work. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, UK: Ashgate, p. 177-186.
- Edmunds R & Dorn L (2012) Developing a multi-dimensional assessment of in-vehicle technology. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, Volume 5, Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, p. 531-547.
- af Wåhlberg AE & Dorn L (2012) Knowledge of traffic hazards - does it make a difference for safety?. In: Advances in Traffic Psychology, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited.
- Dorn L (eds), (2010) Driver Behaviour and Training: Vol. 4, Ashgate.
- Dorn L (eds), (2008) Driver Behaviour and Training - Vol III, Farnham: Ashgate, ed. Volume 3.
- Green A & Dorn L (2008) How do ‘Significant Others’ influence young people’s beliefs about driving?. In: Driver Behaviour and Training Vol 3, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, p. 3-16.
- Dorn L & Gandolfi J (2008) Designing a psychometrically-based self assessment to address fleet driver risk. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, Volume 3, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, p. 235-248.
- Matthews G, Dorn L, Hoyes TW, Glendon AI, Davies DR & Taylor RD (2008) Driver stress and simulated driving: studies of risk taking and attention. In: Behavioural research in road safety. Vol 3, Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 1-10, ed. Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport.
- Dorn L (eds), (2005) Driver Behaviour and Training - Vol II, Farnham: Ashgate, ed. Volume 2.
- Dorn Lisa (2005) Professional Driver Training and Driver Stress: Effects on Simulated Driving Performance, Elsevier.
- Gandolfi J & Dorn L (2005) Development of the Police driver risk index. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, Ashgate, p. 337-348.
- Dorn L & Garwood L (2004) Development of a psychometric measure of bus driver behaviour. In: Behavioural Research in Road Safety: 14th Seminar, Department for Transport, p. 148-156.
- Dorn L (eds), (2003) Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume 1, Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Dorn L & Gandolfi J (2003) Designing a psychometrically based self-assessment to address fleet driver risk. In: Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume 3, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, p. 225-251.
- Dorn L (eds), (2003) Driver Behaviour and Training, Farnham: Ashgate, ed. 1st.
- Gandolfi J & Dorn L (2003) A qualitative analysis of advanced and standard police driver differences. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 27-34.
- Garwood L & Dorn L (2003) Stress vulnerability and choice of coping strategies in UK bus drivers. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 55-64.
- Dorn L (2003) Hazard awareness and police driving performance. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 17-26.
- Mankazana N & Dorn L (2003) Organizational dynamics and safety in a major bus company, Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 65-74.
- Muncie H & Dorn L (2003) Face validity analysis of a bus simulator for investigating bus driver behaviour and training. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 331-338.
- Taylor A & Dorn L (2003) The effects of exercise on stress, fatigue, sleep, health status and potential risk of at-work road traffic accidents: A multi-disciplinary model. In: Driver Behaviour and Training, Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 175-190.
- Dorn L, Garwood L & Muncie H (2002) The accidents and behaviours of bus drivers. In: Behavioural Research in Road Safety: 12th Seminar, Department for Transport, p. 157-166.
- Matthews G & Dorn L (1994) Cognitive and attentional processes in personality and intelligence. In: International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence.. Saklofske D, Zeidner M (ed.), New York: Plenum Press.
- Davies DR, Taylor A & Dorn L (1992) Aging and human performance. In: Handbook of Human Performance. Smith AP, Jones DM (ed.), San Diego, CA, US: Academic Press.