Prof. Astrid Linder
Professor VTI Sweden
Astrid Linder is a Professor of Traffic Safety at Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, VTI, an Adjunct Professor at Chalmers University, Sweden, and Adjunct Professor (Research) at Monash University, Australia.
She received her PhD in traffic safety from Chalmers from where she also has a MSc in Engineering Physics. Traffic safety, models of the human in crash testing, injury prevention and crash related countermeasures are main fields of her research. Prof. Linder initiated and led the research resulting in the world’s first physical dummy model based on the average female, the Seat Evaluation Tool (SET 50F) and the equivalent average male (SET 50M) for assessment of the vehicle occupant safety and was listed as one of 100 most inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2023 by BBC and on Forbes 50 Over 50 2025.
2026 Event Agenda Sessions
Designing Safety for Everyone: The World First Female Crash Test Dummy
- Designing for everyone: Developing the world's first female crash test dummy, closing a decades-long gap in vehicle safety
- Engineering a fairer future: Why inclusive design leads to better outcomes for all, and what the industry needs to make it happen
- A call to the next generation of engineers to be the ones who shape what comes net
Thursday 21 May 11:15 - 11:35 Electric Motor Forum Stage
Diversity & Inclusion - Bridging the Talent Gap
- Designing for everyone: Developing the world's first female crash test dummy, closing a decades-long gap in vehicle safety
- Engineering a fairer future: Why inclusive design leads to better outcomes for all, and what the industry needs to make it happen
- A call to the next generation of engineers to be the ones who shape what comes net
Panel: Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers to Close the Skills Gap
- The engineering skills shortage is a challenge that goes beyond gender — from highly specialised engineers to technicians, the sector faces critical gaps as digitalisation, AI, and automation transform what skills are needed.
- What does the future engineering workforce actually look like, and where are the biggest shortfalls?
- Rethinking pathways into engineering: apprenticeships, vocational routes, and industry-academia partnerships all have a role, and these routes need to attract and inspire a broader, more diverse talent pool
Thursday 21 May 11:35 - 12:10 Electric Motor Forum Stage
Diversity & Inclusion - Bridging the Talent Gap
- The engineering skills shortage is a challenge that goes beyond gender — from highly specialised engineers to technicians, the sector faces critical gaps as digitalisation, AI, and automation transform what skills are needed.
- What does the future engineering workforce actually look like, and where are the biggest shortfalls?
- Rethinking pathways into engineering: apprenticeships, vocational routes, and industry-academia partnerships all have a role, and these routes need to attract and inspire a broader, more diverse talent pool
