Diana Isabel Alarcón-Bohada

DC Background (MsC) - Expertise :

MSc. Engineering – Infrastructure and Transport Systems – National University of Colombia (2025) MSc. Maritime Transport Management – University of Antwerp, Belgium (2025)

Nationality :

Colombian

Doctoral Project

IRP Number

Doctoral Project Title/Topic:

To understand people’s subjective valuations of multimodal travel and activities aiming to be incorporated into planning practice.

Institution:

Zaragoza Logistics Center - ZLC

Supervisory Team (names and institutions of co-supervisors  and non-academic mentor)

Dr. Aldo Arranz-López – Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC)
Dra. Susana Val – Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC)
Dr. Imre Keserü – VUB
Dr. Veronique Van Acker – LISER
Yves Biwer - AGORA

Planned secondments

VUB; Supervisor: Dr. Imre Keserü; 1st year, 3 months (M15-M17); To validate the conceptual framework of multimodal perceived accessibility.
LISER; Supervisor: Dr. Veronique Van Acker; 2nd year; 3 months (M25-M27); To develop a set of cartographic representations and test their suitability to map multimodal perceived accessibility.
AGORA; Supervisor: Yves Biwer; 3rd year; 3 months (M35-M37); To analyse and evaluate how multimodal perceived accessibility can be used and incorporated into real combined policies.

Personal Profile

Diana Isabel Alarcón Bohada is a Doctoral Candidate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) and a member of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network. A Civil Engineer by training, Diana holds two Master’s degrees and possesses a versatile background in infrastructure project management, mobility analysis, and process optimization. Her professional experience spans the technical and strategic aspects of transportation, integrating data-driven engineering with urban planning requirements. Her current research at ZLC focuses on enhancing decision-making processes to foster sustainable urban mobility ecosystems, specifically targeting the analysis of multimodal perceived accessibility.Prior to this role, she contributed to research in traffic engineering and road safety, presenting studies on fleet operational capabilities and traffic behavior at the International Congress on Transportation Engineering (FIT). She has also presented studies on urban freight transport patterns using GPS data and geospatial analysis at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting and the City Logistics Conference.Through the TRANSFORM project, Diana aims to develop robust methodologies that support cities and stakeholders in achieving their sustainability goals.

Career Aspirations

Diana seeks to consolidate her career in academia by leading research projects that effectively bridge the divide between theoretical knowledge and real-world practice. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary and collaborative initiatives involving multi-tiered stakeholder engagement, where scientific findings can be translated into applied solutions. Her long-term research interests addresses urban freight transport as a critical pillar of the urban ecosystem, one that must coexist synergically with passenger mobility, to support both economic development and sustainability.

Her objective is to lead research projects that facilitate knowledge transfer to students and stakeholders, thereby validating the practical value of academic research. Additionally, she aims to develop empirical case studies, particularly in her home country, to identify structural and comparative advantages that can be leveraged to promote efficient and inclusive urban mobility systems.