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Role and Vision
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The Planning and Transport Research Centre
(PATREC) is a unique ‘collaborative knowledge
network’ of four universities. Based in Perth
Western Australia and established in May
2003, it offers high quality education and
research programs in transport and logistics.
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PATREC’s founding sponsors are Curtin University of Technology,
Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, the University
of Western Australia, the Western Australian Department for
Planning and Infrastructure and Main Roads WA.
PATREC’s role is to build professional and academic capability
and expand the number and quality of researchers in its specialist
fields. PATREC’s strong governance structure involving
universities, founding industry partners and an independent
chairman, ensures independence and a high level of attention
to quality outcomes.
PATREC brings together people with very strong national and
international experience in research, industry and government,
ensuring that its programs are highly relevant to contemporary
public policy, planning and business issues. Able to use
resources from all four public universities in the State, PATREC
can address a wide range of research issues. Academic resources
can be supplemented by other resources from industry.
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