Associate Researcher
ACCESSIBLE CITIES
lsagaris@uc.cl
Adjunct associate professor at the Department of Transport and Logistics Engineering of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and at the Centre of Excellence in BRT+ (Bus Rapid Transit). She is the director of the Laboratory for Social Change (cambiarnos.cl) and the founder of Ciudad Viva (www.ciudadviva.cl). In 2022, she received the UN World Bicycle Day Award for her work.
She is a writer and editor, and holds a master’s degree in Planning Science, and a PhD in Urban Planning and Community Development from the University of Toronto.
RESEARCH AREAS
A recognized international expert on civil society development, participation, and the democratization of urban-territorial management, as well as sustainable transport, particularly active transport. She specializes in governance for transitions towards greater sustainability with equity; active and public transport, with expertise in inclusive cycling planning and civil society formation.
In this regard, she has worked on innovations towards empowered citizen participation in collaboration with local and regional authorities and the management of social change processes within urban planning, with an emphasis on sustainable transport and cities. In recent years, she has focused on walk-bike-public transport intermodality, gender, and road safety issues.
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Tironi, M., Sagaris, L., Moraga-Zárate, M., & Forray, R. (2024). Repensando el concepto de “Calles Completas” desde miradas decoloniales. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 56(220). https://doi.org/10.37230/CyTET.2024.220.10
Tiznado-Aitken, I., Guerrero, B., & Sagaris, L. (2024). Uncovering gender-based violence and harassment in public transport: Lessons for spatial and transport justice. Journal Of Transport Geography, 114, 103766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103766
Sagaris, L., & Tiznado-Aitken, I. (2023). New horizons for sustainable transport planning: An analysis of seven years of gender-related research in Chile. Journal Of Transport & Health, 28, 101544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101544
Fuenzalida-Izquierdo, J., Sagaris, L., Muñoz, J. C., & Vecchio, G. (2023). Improving Participation for Sustainable Transport: Testing CoAXs Amidst Controversy Around a BRT Project in Santiago, Chile. Journal Of Planning Education And Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456×231186969
Sagaris, L., Peñafiel, J., Orellana, R., & Guajardo, M. F. (2023). Participatory pedagogies enhance engineering education for sustainability. Educational Action Research, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2023.2240858
Sagaris, L. (2022). Governance, human agency and other blindspots in active transport practice — and research. Active Travel Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.16997/ats.1116
Tiznado-Aitken, I., Fuenzalida-Izquierdo, J., Sagaris, L., & Mora, R. (2021). Using the five Ws to explore bikeshare equity in Santiago, Chile. Journal Of Transport Geography, 97, 103210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103210
Sagaris, L. (2021). An analysis of the role of cycling in sustainable urban mobility. Transport Reviews, 41(6), 880-882. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.1906351
Sagaris, Lake (2021). Chapter 8: Community Participation in Public Transport Decision Making. Routledge Companion of Public Transport. Editors: Corinne Mulley, John Nelson and Stephen Ison. Routledge: London.
Sagaris, Lake (2021). Chapter 36: Intermodal Bike-Bus-Train: Strategies to Improve Service and Acceptability. Routledge Companion of Public Transport. Editors: Corinne Mulley, John Nelson and Stephen Ison. Routledge: London.
