History and Funding
PRISM is funded by the Volvo Research and Education Foundations which is the collective name under which four foundations (the Volvo Research Foundation, the Volvo Educational Foundation, the Dr. Pehr G. Gyllenhammar Foundation, the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transport Research) collaborate to finance research and education in the areas of transportation, environment and energy.
PRISM is part of their International Research Program on Informal and Shared Mobility program which seeks to contribute to strengthening equity and sustainability in urban transport by supporting research that creates new knowledge among both scholars and various stakeholders who govern, design and/or develop informal and shared mobility.
The program is characterized by:
- a geographical focus on LMICs
- comparative studies between different urban contexts
- collaboration and exchange among researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) as well as in High- Income countries (HICs)
- interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge building, education and learning
The consortium launched in October 2023 with a multi-year grant as part of this program.