Maria is a professor of economics with a focus on transport. Maria's research interests include transport cost-benefit analysis, appraisal and sustainability, transport policy and pricing for all modes, distribution effects and equity, the econometrics for valuation of non-market goods such as travel time, reliability and security, the impact of the transport system on employment and productivity, the economics of cycling, gender differences, railway economics, survey design, choice experiments, gender differences, public opinions, transport modelling, travel behaviour, active mobility and cycling.
External affiliated to the Choice modelling Centre, ITS Leeds. Secretary of the board of International Transportation Economics Association (ITEA). Member of SNS Konjunkturråd 2016 (Economic Policy Council 2016: Centre for Business and Policy Studies).
Affiliation: Adjunct Professor, at the Department of Economics (NEK), Linköping University.
Jan-Erik Swärdh Research Director
Abderrahman Ait Ali Senior Researcher
Ajsuna Ragipi Rushid Research Assistant
Carl Berry Researcher
Elisabeth Lång Senior Researcher
Emanuel Broman Research Assistant
Emma From Analyst
Henrik Andersson Professor
Henrik Sjöstrand Senior Analyst
Inge Vierth Senior Analyst
Ivan Ridderstedt Researcher
Jan-Eric Nilsson Professor
Jessica Göransson Doctoral student
Joar Lind Analyst
Karin Ek Research Assistant
Kristofer Odolinski Senior Researcher
Lina Trosvik Research Assistant
Lisa Svanberg Research Assistant
Magnus Johansson Senior Analyst
Maria Börjesson Professor
Nanna Fukushima Researcher
Olga Lark Researcher
Roger Pyddoke Senior Researcher
Saana Ollila Research Assistant
Organisation
Reserach Department of Society, Environment and Transport
Unit: Transport Economics
19 September 2025