The Key Centre

The two-node Centre is recognised by the Australian Federal Government as the National Centre of Excellence in teaching and research in transport and logistics management. The Australian Key Centre was established in July 1995 as a joint venture between the Institute of Transport Studies (ITS) within the Graduate School of Business at the University of Sydney and the Monash Transport Group within the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University, Melbourne.

These two groups were leading Australian centres in transport and traffic management education and research in their own right prior to the establishment of the Key Centre. In January 1998, ITS Sydney relocated to the Faculty of Economics (now the Faculty of Economics and Business) and in January 2005 it was renamed as the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) to reflect its new focus. The Key Centre continues to have integrated nodes at the University of Sydney (ITLS-Sydney) and Monash University (ITS-Monash).

The Director of the Key Centre is Professor David Hensher (Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and Recipient of the Engineers Australia Medal for lifelong contribution to transportation) who is regarded as one of Australia's most eminent transport academics and someone in high demand as an adviser to industry and government.

The ITLS-Sydney team consists of over 30 staff. Associate Professor Geoff Rose heads ITS-Monash, which has nine staff.

Management Structure