Goethe-Universität — Ashley Pike

Ashley Pike has been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Network research fellow with the HORIZON Europe TRANSFORM project since September 2025 where she is analyzing SUMP evaluation strategies and what influences decision-making within transportation governance.

Previously, Ashley completed her master’s in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design at KTH in Stockholm, Sweden where her thesis focused on the similarities and differences between the beliefs of transportation carbon emission and road safety planners. She completed her bachelor’s in Sustainability Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA where she completed research projects about international perspectives about climate change and local community support for sustainability goals and initiatives. From her prior work experience at the electric utility company in the US, Ashley also enjoys exploring connections that the energy sector has with transportation and urban design.

TRANSFORM: Urban mobility cultures in transition: socio-spatial implications of transformative practices. (MSCA-Doctoral Network, Lead: Dr. Julio A. Soria-Lara, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 13 ph.d. researchers)

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Public Support for Climate and Energy Initiatives. Funded by UW-Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the City of Eau Claire. Supervised by Ned Noel, City of Eau Claire.

International Perceptions of Climate Change. Supervised by Dr. Eric Jamelske and Dr. James Boulter, UW-Eau Claire.

Select Oral Research Presentations:

Pike, A. May 2018. Assessing Public Support for Climate and Energy Initiatives in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Provost’s Honors Symposium for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity. Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Adams, C., Coker, A., Coonen, K., Cornett, C., Fang, Z., Holmes, A., Moran, A., Pike, A., and Rauland, A. April 2018. An Investigation of Climate Change Perspectives for Citizens in the United States and China from 2015 and 2017. National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Edmond, Oklahoma.
Coonen, K., Cornett, C., Hammer, R. Hermes, H., Holmes, A., Nguyen, T., Pike, A., Rouland, A., and Wilson, D. April 2017. An Investigation of Climate Change Perspectives for Citizens in the Unites States, China, and Vietnam for 2015. Asia and the Environment Conference. Annandale-On-Hudson, New York.

Select Poster Research Presentations:

Adams, C., Coker, A., Coonen, K., Cornett, C., Fang, Z., Holmes, A., Moran, A., Pike, A., and Rauland, A. May 2018. An Investigation of Climate Change Perspectives for Citizens in the United States and China from 2015 and 2017. University of Wisconsin System Symposium for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity. Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Coonen, K., Cornett, C., Hammer, R. Hermes, H., Holmes, A., Nguyen, T., Pike, A., Rouland, A., and Wilson, D. April 2017. An Investigation of Climate Change Perspectives for Citizens in the Unites States, China, and Vietnam for 2015. University of Wisconsin System Symposium for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity. Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Select Professional Presentations:

Pike, A. July 2023. EMPOWER Workplace Charging. Wisconsin Clean Cities. Virtual.
Pike, A. June 2023. Electric School Buses. Wisconsin School Bus Association. Middleton, Wisconsin.

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