Regulatory challenges ahead for Europe’s rail sector

Yves Crozet is a CERRE Research Fellow and an Emeritus Professor at Sciences Po Lyon, the city’s Institute of Political Studies.

An economist specialised in transport economy, he is a member of the Laboratory of Transport Economics (LET) of the University of Lyon, and used to be the director of this research team from 1997 to 2007.

Since 2010, he is Secretary General of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS).

From 2008 to 2012, he was a member of the administrative Council of Réseau Ferré de France (RFF), the former French rail infrastructure manager (now SNCF Réseau).

Yves Crozet holds a PhD in Economics from Université Lyon II. He is a Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honour.

Chris Nash is a CERRE Research Fellow and a Research Professor at the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) of the University of Leeds.

He was previously Director of the ITS for seven years.

He has coordinated and contributed to a wide range of EU research projects, including the SUSTRAIL project.

He has advised many organisations, including the EC’s High Level Group on Infrastructure Charging, the OECD, and the Transport and European Union Select Committees of the British Parliament.