Since April 2026
Principal Investigator & Research Associate TU Dortmund
DFG-CH 3436/2-1: Die Auswirkungen des Pendelns auf das subjektive und objektive Wohlbefinden: Eine quantitative Studie in Deutschland (COMWELL) (laufend), Fachgebiet Stadtentwicklung, Fakultät Raumplanung

2021–2024
Co-Investigator & Research Associate TU Dortmund
DFG-Projekt: Quantitative und qualitative geschlechtsspezifische Zeitverwendung in wegebezogenem Multitasking, Fachgebiet Stadtentwicklung, Fakultät Raumplanung, TU Dortmund

2017–2020
Research Associate TU Dortmund
DFG-Projekt: Geschlecht, Pendeln und Aktivitätsmuster, Fachgebiet Verkehrswesen und Verkehrsplanung, Fakultät Raumplanung, TU Dortmund

2011–2016
Research Associate TU Dortmund
BMBF-Projekt: Climate and Energy in a Complex Transition Process towards Sustainable Hyderabad, Fachgebiet Ressourcenökonomik, Fakültät für Lebenswissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

• commuting, travel satisfaction, and wellbeing
• public transport service provision and quality
• walkability in the 15-minute city
• travel time use in everyday life and mobility
• gender-specific mobility patterns, activity patterns and work family conflict
• travel behavior, transport policy, and urban mobility
• vehicle emission reduction, climate change, and transport 

• empirical methods: experimental approaches

  Teaching at TU Dortmund University:

• Since 2025: Travel, Time Use and Wellbeing, M.Sc. Raumplanung, Fakultät Raumplanung
• Since 2024: Transport and Infrastructure, M.Sc. SPRING, Fakultät Raumplanung 

• Since 2019: Transport and Inequalities, M.Sc. Raumplanung, Fakultät Raumplanung

  Research projects involved:

• 2024–2025: Research Project (Independent Research Project)
  Analysis of walkability and public transport service provision in Duisburg in the context of the 15-minute city and the DVG network – application of ESRI ArcGIS and QGIS, WBS Training Dortmund
• 2021–2024: Co-Investigator & Research Associate
  DFG project: Quantitative and qualitative gender-specific time use in travel-related multitasking, TU Dortmund University
• 2017–2020: Research Associate
  DFG project: Gender, commuting, and activity patterns
  TU Dortmund University
• 2016–2017: Transport Planning Analyst
  RAST design profile
  CARD GmbH, Chemnitz
• 2011–2016: Research Associate
  BMBF project: Climate and Energy in a Complex Transition Process towards Sustainable Hyderabad, Department of Resource Economics, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
• 2014–2015: Research Associate
  MEFUL project (aircraft emissions)
  Technical University of Dresden
• 2010–2015: PhD Candidate / Research Associate
  BMBF project: Vehicle Emission Reduction – An Experimental Approach for Analysing Sustainable Traffic Strategies (Doctoral research), Department of Resource Economics, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin 

2025

• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2025): Experiencing pleasantness vs. unpleasantness of daily travel – Exploring gendered travel time use and non-travel dimensions in Germany. European Transport Studies 2, 100017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ets.2025.100017
• He, S. Y., Sun, K. K., Chidambaram, B., Ho, C., & Lo, K. (2025): Emerging mobilities and sustainable transport policy directions in Hong Kong. In Handbook on Transport in Asia (pp. 224-248). Edward Elgar Publishing.

2024

• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2024): Do men and women differ in time-use? Analysing the complexity of activity patterns in Germany. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 24, 101077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101077

2023

• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2023): The gender dimensions of travel time use in Germany. Eur. Transp. Res. Rev. 15, 1 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00574-5

2022

• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2022): TRAWEL: A Transportation and Wellbeing Conceptual Framework for Broadening the Understanding of Quality of Life. In: Wac, K., Wulfovich, S. (eds) Quantifying Quality of Life. Health Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94212-0_24  

2021

• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2021): Leisure Quality among German Parents—Exploring Urbanity, Mobility, and Partner Interaction as Determinants. Sustainability 2021,13, 5883. DOI:10.3390/su13115883
• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2021): Work-Trip Mode Choice in Germany – Affected by Individual Constraints or by Partner Interaction? Travel Behaviour and Society 24 (1. Juli 2021): 231–44. DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2021.04.007

2020:

• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J.  (2020): Understanding relative commuting within dual-earner couples in Germany. In: Transportation Research Part A 134, 113-129.

2019:

• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2019): Understanding commuting behavior between partners. In: Transportation Research Procedia 41, 376-379.

Other  publications:

• Chidambaram, B., (2021). Measuring transport equity, edited by Karel Martens, Floridea Di Ciommo, Ariane Dupont-Kieffer, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019, 328 pp., ISBN: 978-0-12814-818-1. Transport Reviews, 23. September 2021, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.1983068 (Book review)
• Chidambaram, B., (2020). Quality of Life and Daily Travel, by Margareta Friman, Dick Ettema, Lars E. Olsson. (Eds.). 2018. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. ISBN. 978-3-319-76622-5. J. Transp. Geogr. 83, 102669. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102669 (Book review)
• Chidambaram, B., (2014).. Small economic incentives don’t encourage public transport. Deccan Chronicle.(Magazine article)
• Chidambaram, B., (2013). Infrastructure - The Social Value of Shared Resources, by Frischmann, B.M. (2012). Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press. Int. J. Commons 7, 230–231. http://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.386  (Book review)

Interviews

• Spotlight Forschung,  Grenzen, Geschlecht, Gender, 24 Februar 2022 https://www.tu-dortmund.de/nachrichtendetail/es-verbessert-letztlich-die-wissenschaftliche-qualitaet-28399/
• Datenaffaire: Episode 38 – Make better transport choices, 13 Januar 2022 https://datenaffaire.com/2022/01/13/episode-38/

Presentations

• Chidambaram, B. (2025): Bewertung der Angebotsqualität im ÖPNV, DVG Netz, Duisburg
• Chidambaram, B. (2025): Wie fußgängerfreundlich ist Stadt Duisburg? Eine Analyse mit dem gewichteten Walkability-Index, ESRI ArcGIS Projekt, Stadt Duisburg
• Chidambaram, B. (2024): Commuting, travel time use and work-family conflict in Germany. 17th International Conf. on Travel Behavior Research (IATBR), July 14-18, Vienna, Austria.
• Chidambaram, B. (2022): Exploring the activity pattern complexity in Germany, Bridging Transportation Engineers (BTR) conference. Aug 1-5, 2022 (Online).
• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2022): Exploring the effects of travel and non-travel time use on travel pleasantness -Evidence from Germany, 17. Jahrestagung des AK Mobilität und Verkehr, Department für Geographie der LMU München, June 29-July 1.
• Chidambaram, B. (2022): Feeling unpleasant in daily activities – Exploring the effects of travel and non-travel time use in Germany, 10th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART), June1-3, 2022, Leuven, Belgium
• Chidambaram, B. (2022):? Event 1069: Through the Looking Glass of Gender Issues: Mobility Challenges Across the World; Women and Gender in Transportation (AME20), TRB 101st Annual Meeting, 9-13 January 2022, Washington, DC
• Chidambaram, B. / Scheiner, J. (2022): Travel-based Multitasking in Germany: Does Gender Matter in Travel Time Use? Event 1069: Through the Looking Glass of Gender Issues: Mobility Challenges Across the World; Women and Gender in Transportation (AME20), TRB 101st Annual Meeting, 9-13 January 2022, Washington, DC
• Chidambaram, B. (2021): Gender dimensions in travel time use and activity satisfaction, der 5.mFUND -Konferenz des BMVI 2021-Mit Dateninnovationen zur Mobilität der Zukunft, Workshop Nr. 4: Von europäischen Projekten lernen – Erhebung und Einsatz genderspezifischer Daten in der Mobilität, 19-20 October 2021
• Chidambaram, B. (2021): Gendered commuting and activity patterns: A cross-sectional German study, AET COVID19 Conversations Webinar – Is the Pandemic increasing the gender mobility gap? Association for European Transport, 4 March 2021.
• Chidambaram, B. (2021): Gendered patterns of work trip mode choice-evidence from Germany, hEART European Association for Research in Transportation, February 3-4, 2021 Lyon, France
• Chidambaram, B. (2020): Gendered commuting and complexities of activity patterns in Germany, European Transport Conference Online, 9-11 September 2020
• Chidambaram, B. (2020): Commuter Acceptance of TDM Measures in Hyderabad, India – A Post Experimental Focus Group Analysis- 6th Annual International Conference on Transportation, 1-4 June 2020, Athens, Greece
• Chidambaram, B./ Scheiner, J. (2020): Pendeldistanzen in Paarhaushalten – die Bedeutung von ökonomischen Einflüssen, sozialen Rollen und Präferenzen; Dortmunder Konferenz 2020 Raum- und Planungsforschung der Fakultät Raumplanung, TU Dortmund, des Instituts für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung und der Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung, Hannover, Dortmund, 17.-18. Februar 2020
• Chidambaram, B./ Scheiner, J. (2020): Analysing the effect of constraints and partner interaction on individual's work trip mode choice in Germany; Dortmunder Konferenz 2020 Raum- und Planungsforschung der Fakultät Raumplanung, TU Dortmund, des Instituts für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung und der Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung, Hannover, Dortmund, 17.-18. Februar 2020
• Chidambaram, B. (2019): Work trip mode choice of men and women in Germany including partner interactions, “By Bike. By Car. By Bus—Women Commuting” - 6th International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation. Transportation Research Board, 10-13 September 2019. Irvine, CA, USA.

Academic Distinctions

• 2026 DFG Individual Research Grant
• 2023 Best Poster Award-Gender Studies
• 2015 Carolina von Humboldt Scholarship for Research work
• 2014 Fiat Panis Scholarship for Experimental research
• 2011 Best Poster Award International Workshop, ”Climate and Energy” Germany
• 2010 DAAD Research Scholarship for Doctoral research
• 2008 Saravanavel Mariappan Top Rank Award - Master of Engineering Gold medal

• Since 2026 – Member – VCD  Duisburg
• Since 2025 – Member – Planersocietät
• Since 2025 – Main Member – Transit Personnel and Security Practices, Standing Technical Committee on Women and Families (AQC11), Washington, D.C., USA
• Since 2024 – Reviewer – DAAD Evaluation activities
• Since 2022 – Main Member – Standing Committee on Women and Gender in Transportation (AME20), Washington, D.C., USA
• Since 2021 – Member – Working Group “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”, Women and Gender in Transportation, Transportation Research Board Standing Committee, Washington, D.C., USA
• Since 2020 – Member – Transportation Professionals Association for European Transport, Henley-in-Arden