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Miguel Loyola

Dr Miguel Loyola — Assistant Professor, researcher and strategic adviser working across human behaviour, data, transport and decision-making.

I study how people understand, navigate and respond to complex systems. My work connects behavioural research, analytics and human-centred methods to improve decisions in transport, organisations, public policy and education.

Urban transport infrastructure and city movement

Miguel Loyola

Dr Miguel Loyola — Assistant Professor, researcher and strategic adviser working across human behaviour, data, transport and decision-making.

I study how people understand, navigate and respond to complex systems. My work connects behavioural research, analytics and human-centred methods to improve decisions in transport, organisations, public policy and education.

Urban transport infrastructure and city movement
Miguel Loyola, lecturer and researcher at the UWA Business School

Understanding behaviour to improve systems

I am a lecturer and researcher at the UWA Business School, with a background including transport, behavioural research, public policy, analytics and management. Across my academic, teaching and applied work, I examine how people interpret information, respond to change and make decisions within complex systems.

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Three areas of work

My work brings together academic research, teaching, applied advisory and emerging human-factors methods.

Research & Teaching

I research how people perceive, understand and respond to transport systems, technologies, policies and organisational change. In my teaching, I connect theory, behavioural insight and data with the decisions students will encounter in professional practice.

Consulting & Strategic Advisory

I work with data, models, literature, and stakeholder evidence to develop clear analytical narratives. The aim is to help decision-makers understand what the evidence shows, why it matters, and how it can inform action.

Biometrics Lab

I am developing an interdisciplinary research initiative exploring how attention, cognitive load, emotion and physiological responses shape behaviour and decision-making. The program connects biometrics, immersive environments and human-centred research with questions in transport, technology, policy and learning.

Current directions

My current work includes research on sustainable mobility, electric vehicles, trust in emerging transport technologies, behavioural analytics and human factors. I am also developing new ways to connect research, teaching and experimental methods.

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I welcome enquiries from researchers, universities, government, industry and other organisations interested in behaviour, transport, data, policy, teaching or human-centred research.

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