Dimitris Potoglou
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Education
Overview
Biography
Dimitris Potoglou is an analyst on RAND Europe's Choice Modelling and Valuation team. Potoglou joined RAND Europe in February 2008, having previously held a position as a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He has expertise in internet surveys, discrete choice modelling, stated preference techniques, geographic information systems, and spatial data analysis. At RAND Europe, he has worked on projects focusing on the use of stated preference data to model the willingness to pay for improvements in water services, to value the outcomes of social care, and to estimate the demand for postal services under changed service offerings. Potoglou's latest research focuses on the application of stated preference methods on individuals' trade-offs across privacy, liberty, and security under different real-life contexts including the passport application, travelling on the UK national rail network, and when individuals are about to attend large-scale public events. Potoglou is a core member of the Stated Response Surveys Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board's Travel Surveys Committee and the editorial board of The Open Transportation Journal. Potoglou received his Ph.D. in urban transportation geography from McMaster University, Canada.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Design and analysis of discrete choice experiments in the transport, social care, and postal sectors
- Quantifying individuals' trade-offs among privacy, liberty, and security
Selected Publications
Potoglou, D., Burge, P., Flynn, T., Netten, A.P., Malley, J., Forder, J. and Brazier, J., "Best Worst scaling vs. Discrete Choice Experiments: An Empirical Comparison using Social Care Data," Social Science and Medicine, 72(10):1717-1727, 2011
Robinson, N., Potoglou, D., Kim, C.W., Burge, P., Warnes, R. "Chapter 1: Security at what cost?" in T. Moore, Shenoi, S., Critical Infrastructure Protection IV, Springer, 2010
D. Potoglou, N. Robinson, C.W. Kim, P. Burge, R. Warnes, "Quantifying Individuals' Trade-offs between Privacy, Liberty and Security: The Case of Rail Travel in UK," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 44(3):169-181, 2010
D. Potoglou and Y. Susilo, "Comparison of Vehicle-Ownership Models," Transportation Research Record, 2076:97-105, 2009
D. Potoglou and P.S. Kanaroglou, "Disaggregate Demand Analyses for Conventional and Alternative Fuelled Automobiles," International Journal for Sustainable Transportation, 2(4):234-259, 2008
D. Potoglou and P.S. Kanaroglou, "Modelling Car Ownership in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Hamilton, Canada," Journal of Transport Geography, 16(1):42-54, 2008
D. Potoglou, "Vehicle-Type Choice and Neighbourhood Characteristics: An Empirical Study of Hamilton, Canada," Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 13(3):177-186, 2008
D. Potoglou and P.S. Kanaroglou, "Household Demand and Willingness to Pay for Alternative Fuelled Vehicles," Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 12(4):264-274, 2007
Honors & Awards
- Alice Farrands' Research Scholarship, RAND Europe, 2008
- Academic Scholarship, Alexander S. Onassis Benefit Foundation, 2002-2006
- Jim Davey Award, 1st Prize in the Student Paper Competition, Canadian Transportation Research Forum, 2004 and 2005
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