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Extension of deadline for submission of abstracts until May 31, 2014 - Call for abstracts - XL RER AECR: Financial systems and the role of regions and municipalities in economic recovery
After numerousrequeststo expandsignificantlythe deadline for submission ofabstracts will proceedtofix iton May 31.
All information at: http://www.reunionesdeestudiosregionales.org/Home-82-home
Extended deadline INFER Workshop in Urban and Regional Economics (Reus, URV)
Dear colleagues,
We have now extended the deadlines for submission of papers for the INFER Workshop in Urban and Regional Economics until May 20th 2014. To submit a paper to the workshop, please send a complete version in pdf format to the email address "This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it." with the subject "Submission to the INFER Workshop in Urban and Regional Economics". The front page of the document should include the title, authors, affiliations, contact details, and a short abstract. Notification of acceptance/rejection should be received by June 16th 2014.
You will find all the details at http://events.urv.cat/go/infer-workshop.
Kind regards,
Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod & Miguel Manjón-Antolín
Universitat Rovira i Virgili & CREIP
DEADLINE POSTPONED: CALL FOR PAPERS - 16th Annual BIOECON Conference - Cambridge, UK, 21-23 September 2014
16th Annual BIOECON Conference
Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability
21-23 September 2014
Kings College, Cambridge
United Kingdom
Hosted by the London School of Economics, the Graduate Institute-Geneva and University of Cambridge
Supported by the Founding Partners of the BIOECON Network: UNEP, IUCN, FEEM, IHEID and The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (LSE)
With the contribution of The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
The BIOECON Partners are pleased to announce theSixteenth Annual International BIOECON conference on the theme of "Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability". The conference will be held once again on the premises ofKings College Cambridge, England on the 22nd -23rd September 2014. The conference will be of interest to both researchers and policy makers working on issues broadly in the area of biodiversity, ecosystem services, sustainable development and natural capital, in both developed and developing countries.
The conference takes a broad interest in the area of resource management, development and conservation, including but not limited to: the role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in economic development, plant genetic resources and food security issues, deforestation and development, fisheries and institutional adaptation, development and conservation, wildlife conservation, and international trade and regulation. The conference will have sessions on economic development, growth and biodiversity conservation, as well as on institutions and institutional change pertaining to the management of living resources.
Papers are specially invited on the themes of:
- Natural capital and wealth accounting
- Policy evaluation of biodiversity-related policies
- Institutional frameworks for resource conservation (property rights, market instruments etc.)
- Valuation methodology and its application to biodiversity conservation
- Behavioural economics in biodiversity policy design - Evaluation of conservation policy successes and failures
- Issues of governance and management of natural resources in developing countries
- Development, growth and resource constraints, especially in relation to food security
- Resources management, distribution, development, poverty alleviation
- Institution-building for provision of global public goods
In addition, two expert policy panelswill be held related to this theme. The first will focus on green growth and natural capital accounting as they pertain to biodiversity and ecosystem services. The second will rise to the challenge raised by a keynote speaker in last year's BIOECON conference in focussing on the impact of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystems and the appropriate policy response.
Keynote speakersfor the 16th BIOECON Conference are:
Professor Christian Gollier, Toulouse School of Economics
Professor James Salzman, Duke University
Only complete papers may be submitted for presentation within the conference. Electronic copies should be sent to Kristine Kjeldsen (atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) no later than31st May 2014.Please include Abstract, JEL Codes and Keywords with your submission.Acceptance of papers will be notified by email by 2nd June 2014.
It is also possible to submit 3-4 papers together as a suggested "session" under one of the themes indicated above. The Scientific Partners reserve the right to accept papers on an individual basis, so it is possible that even when a session is not accepted, individual papers within the session might be so.
The conference will open with a reception at Kings College on early evening of Sunday 21st of September. Conference sessions will commence on the morning of the 22nd of September and conclude on the afternoon of the 23rd of September. The conference banquet will take place at the main Dining Hall of Kings College on the evening of the 22nd of September.
Selected presenters will be invited to register one presenter for the conference at the "invited presenter" rate. The invited presenter rate consists of a 100 Euroregistration feethat will cover the costs of 2 nights single accommodation, reception, lunches, and conference banquet. (Anything other than single accommodation must be provided outside of Kings College, and is at the expense of the participant. Additional guests may be registered for the Conference Banquet at the additional cost of 50 Euros per guest.) There is a 200 Euro registration fee for all other participants that will include the banquet, lunches and refreshments, but not accommodation. There is a 100 Euro registration fee for day-participants (that includes lunches and refreshments but not lodging and the conference banquet). All other questions regarding fees, registrations and accommodation should be sent toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Registration will open on 2nd June 2014. Registrations for conference presenters are due by 20th June 2014. Registration for all other participants closes on the20th August 2014.
Further registration details and all other conference information will be provided on the BIOECON web-site athttp://www.bioecon-network.org/pages/16th_2014.html.
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Plazo de presentación de abstracts hasta el 15 de mayo de 2014 - Call for abstracts - XL RER de la AECR: Los sistemas de financiación y el papel de las regiones y los municipios en la recuperación económica
Deadline for submission of abstracts until May 15, 2014
Call for abstracts
Is open the call for abstracts of the XL edition of the Spanish Regional Studies Meting which is being organized in Asturias under the auspices of the Spanish Regional Science Association and will take place in Zaragoza the 20st-21nd November, 2014.
The theme of this edition of the conference is Financing and the role of the regions and towns in the economic recovery.
On behalf of the Aragonese Regional Science Association, we invite you to participate in the XL Conference of Regional Studies, which will be held in Zaragoza the 20th-21st November 2014. As previous editions, we intend to create a discussion forum on Regional Science, between academics and professionals on different disciplines: economic, geography, maths, econometrics, sociology etc. With the debate and discussion we intend to help in the economic making decision process at municipal, regional, national or international level. With respect to this last issue, note that our meeting is open to researches from several countries, within and outside the European Union. This is also the identity of the 7th Seminar Jean Paelinck, that will be held simultaneously in Zaragoza, and whose sessions are open to all participants in the XL Conference of Regional Studies.
The lemma of the XL Conference of Regional Studiesis the following: “FINANCING AND THE ROLE OF REGIONS AND TOWNS IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY”. In the present economic context, it is necessary to work on the design of those measures that contribute to overcome the huge economic crisis we are facing to. In this sense, the correct distribution of economic resources at municipal or regional level is a key tool to get it.
The organizing committee is composed by members of the University of Zaragoza and members of the research groups of Quantitative Economic Analysis (GAEC) and Public Economy, both from the University of Zaragoza.
The Scientific Committee is responsible for selecting the contents of the conference. It is presided by Prof. José Villaverde Castro and comprises academics from external universities and institutions. This Committee is responsible for guaranteeing the quality of the presented papers as well as the correct organization of the debates, round tables, etc.
The languages of the XL Conference of Regional Studies are Spanish and English, and the conference will be held in November, 20th-21st. The Conference Sites are the Faculty of Economic and Enterprise and “Paraninfo” of the University of Zaragoza
From these lines, we want to encourage participating in the XL Conference of Regional Studiesto those professional interested in Regional Science. As previously said, we think that diverse perspectives will improve the present state of arts in Regional Science and increase efficiency in the development of national economic growth policies, in general, and policies aimed at the recovery from the present economic crisis, in particular.
On behalf of the Aragonese Regional Science Association, the Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee, we would like to give special thanks to all the sponsors of this event. We would also like express our wish that this edition of the conference – which, like its predecessors, will prove to be a valuable forum from academic and professional perspectives and in terms of its social impact. Moreover, this forum will offer us the opportunity to discuss the main issues in regional science in the presence of old and new colleagues.
Call for Nominations The William Alonso Memorial Prize for Innovative Work in Regional Science
Call for Nominations
The William Alonso Memorial Prize for Innovative Work in Regional Science
The William Alonso Memorial Prize for Innovative Work in Regional Science was established in 1999 to honor the memory of a revered, pioneering scholar. In 1960 William Alonso was awarded the first Ph.D. in Regional Science by the University of Pennsylvania. The book based on his dissertation, Location and Land Use (Harvard University Press, 1964), is often credited with launching the field of urban economics. He made numerous major contributions to the study of migration, regional development, and the politics of numbers, and his work ranged from meticulous mathematical theory to far-ranging think pieces. William Alonso was Assistant and Associate Professor of Regional Planning at Harvard University (1959-67), Professor of Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley (1966-76), and Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Policy at Harvard (1976-99).
The objective of the Prize is to recognize the recent innovative research contribution of Regional Science scholars in the spirit of Dr. William Alonso. Previous Prize Winners are:
2002 Masahisa Fujita and Paul Krugman, The Spatial Economy (MIT Press, 1999)
2004 Jacques-François Thisse, Economics of Agglomeration (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
2006 Luc Anselin, Local Indicators of Spatial Association (Geographical Analysis, 1995)
Ann Markusen, Sticky Places in Slippery Space (Economic Geography, 1996)
2011 Michael Batty, Cities and Complexity (MIT Press, 2007)
2013 Robert Sampson, Great American City (University of Chicago Press, 2012)
The next prize, the 2015 Prize, is scheduled to be announced in 2014 at the occasion of the North American Meetings of RSAI.
Although occasionally awarded to an article, the Alonso Prize is primarily a book prize. A book’s key idea might have been presented first in a journal article, such as Alonso’s “A Theory of the Urban Land Market,” Papers of the Regional Science Association, 1960, but its fuller development and synthesis with other work can make the book innovative and eligible for the Prize.
Nominations for the 2015 prize to be announced in 2014 are invited by the Alonso Prize Committee. They may come from any individual or organization including book publishers, university departments, government agencies, and other public or private entities. Each organization is limited to make two nominations for each occasion. The deadline for nominations is July 30, 2014.
The nominated work must be a book published in 2009 or later. An edited book will be considered only if it is tightly-integrated, not a loose collection of chapters.
The nominated work may have single or multiple authors.
Authors are encouraged to self-nominate, and jurors will not know which books were self-nominated.
Previously nominated books may be re-nominated and will be considered anew.
Six copies of the book must be received by the deadline. Please send books to Neil Reid, Department of Geography and Planning, Mail Stop 140, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606
To nominate a book (1) send an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with citation information, such as William Alonso, Location and Land Use, Harvard University Press, 1964, (2) attach up to three published book reviews, if available, using pdf files, and (3) arrange for the six copies to be sent, usually by the author or publisher. No letters of nomination or support are required, and, if provided, will not be sent to jurors. The selection criteria are innovation and expected impact.
NARSC 2014 Special Sessions on GeoComputation Call for Participation
Call for participation
Special Sessions on GeoComputation
61st Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International NARSC - RSAI
November 12-15, 2014, Washington, DC, USA
The special sessions on various aspects of GeoComputation are planned for the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC) to be held in Washington DC, USA, November 12-15, 2014. Suitable topics for the session presentations are theoretical, methodological and applied issues related to GeoComputation – spatial analysis and modeling, and in the context of regional science.
Please let us know if you are interested to contribute to the special session(s) by sending an email at <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> with the title, abstract, name of author(s), affiliations, contact details and the unique ID number at your earliest but not later than June 15th, 2014. The abstract should be 2,000 to 5,500 characters and spaces.
Please note that in order to have your presentation included to the special session we do need the unique identification number (ID). The ID, or PIN, is a number included at the bottom of the confirmation email received following the submission of an abstract.
Detailed information about the NARSC conference can be found at <http://www.narsc.org >. Information about the submission process can be found at <http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=64>. Conference abstract submission deadline is July 1st, 2014.
Looking forward to seeing you in Washington, DC.
The organizers:
Prof. Suzana Dragicevic
Department of Geography
Simon Fraser University, Canada
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Prof. Andrew Crooks
Department of Computational Social Science
George Mason University, USA
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Prof. Jean-Claude Thill
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
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Conference "Strengthening regional parliaments in EU affairs" - Brussels, 2 July 2014
Dear colleagues,
We have the pleasure to invite you to the Conference „Strengthening regional parliaments in EU affairs: challenges, practices and perspectives“, that will be held on Wednesday, 2 July 2014 in Brussels.
The conference is jointly organised by the Committee of the Regions and the Jean Monnet Chair from Tuebingen University, Gabriele Abels.
The conference aims to raise the awareness for the role and the challenges for regional parliaments. Contributions by academics and practitioners focus on a first evaluation of the new mechanisms and their use by regional parliaments. In addition, the conference aims to bring in contact practitioners from regional parliaments with each other and with policy-makers and experts at the European level.
You can find the preliminary conference programme and the online registration form on the CoR website.
Please feel free to forward this invitation.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at this conference.
Kind regards,
The conference team from Tuebingen University
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Prof. Dr. Gabriele Abels
Jean-Monnet-Chair
President of the German Political Science Association
Chair of Comparative Politics and European Integration, Institute of Political Science (IfP), Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen
Melanchthonstr. 36
D- 72074 Tübingen, Germany
tel. (+49) 07071-29 783 69
fax (+49) 07071-29 24 17
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Job anniouncement | 10 paid PhD positions in Urban Studies (@ GSSI, Italy)
10 paid PhD positions in Urban Studies are now available at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (l'Aquila, Italy).
The position is full-time, for three years, starting November 2014.
GENERAL INFORMATION: www.gssi.infn.it/phd/
APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 22, 2014 at 6:00 pm (Italian time).
APPLICATION: Applicants must fill out the online application form at www.gssi.infn.it/phd/ and attach the required documents (among them:
Curriculum Vitae, Master Thesis in the original language, a summary of the Master Thesis in English).
SCHOLARSHIP: 10 positions are available for the PhD in Urban Studies.
The gross amount of a single scholarship is 16.159,91 €/year. All PhD students will have free accommodation. Meals expenses will be partly covered with luncheon vouchers and other recreational and cultural services will be offered.
PHD PROGRAMME IN URBAN STUDIES
For information on the GSSI doctoral programme in Urban Studies, please visit: www.gssi.infn.it/index.php/en/doctoral-programme
For further information: www.gssi.infn.it - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Call for Applications | THE BENJAMIN H. STEVENS 2015-2016
Call for Applications
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THE BENJAMIN H. STEVENS 2015-2016
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN REGIONAL SCIENCE
Graduate students enrolled in Ph.D. programs in North America are encouraged to apply for the Sixteenth Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science, administered by the North American Regional Science Council of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC-RSAI). This Fellowship, in support of thesis research in Regional Science, is awarded annually in memory of Dr. Benjamin H. Stevens, an intellectual leader whose selfless devotion to graduate students as teacher, advisor, mentor, and friend had a profound impact on the field. Regional Science is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the theory and method of urban and regional phenomena. Regional Scientists apply theoretical and empirical frameworks and methods of the social and other sciences, as well as develop new ones specifically for regional analysis and policy.
Eligible students should have completed all degree requirements except for their dissertation by the time the Fellowship commences. A requirement of the Fellowship is that the recipient has no duties other than dissertation research during the Fellowship, although the recipient may hold other fellowships concurrently. Applications from students working in any area or any Ph.D. program are welcome as long as their dissertation research addresses a research question in Regional Science.
The Fellowship consists of a stipend in the amount of $30,000 (U.S.), paid over a twelve-month period. Applications for the 2015-2016 Fellowship should be sent electronically by the applicant to the Selection Committee Chair, Nathaniel Baum-Snow, and received by February 15, 2015. An application consists of the following materials:
1. A curriculum vita of no more than two (2) pages in length.
2. A statement in ten (10) pages or less explaining the questions and issues to be addressed, the approach to be used, and the product expected from the thesis research, preceded by a summary (1-page maximum) describing the intellectual merit of the proposed research, and the broader impacts that may result. The 10-page limit is inclusive of references, but exclusive of tables and figures. This text should be in 12 point or larger font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins; references may be single-spaced.
3. Copies of the candidate’s transcripts for all graduate study. Unofficial copies are acceptable.
In addition, the thesis supervisor shall provide a confidential letter sent separately as an attachment from her/his email account with the student’s name in the subject line to Nathaniel Baum-Snow This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. In the letter the supervisor should assess the quality and significance of the proposed dissertation research, specify the current state of progress toward the candidate’s degree and provide a commitment by the thesis supervisor to obtain a tuition waiver for the candidate for the year of the Fellowship. A condition of the Fellowship is the granting of a tuition waiver for the year of the Fellowship by the university, or equivalent payment of the student’s tuition.
Applications should be emailed to Professor Nathaniel Baum-Snow. Questions may also be sent to him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For information about NARSC, go to www.narsc.org/newsite/. For information about RSAI, go to www.rsai.org.
May 5, 2014
Department of Transport and Regional Economics / Steunpunt Goederen- en Personenvervoer: new publications, activities and projects
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The Department of Transport and Regional Economics of the University of Antwerp has a new website, to ease your search for information on research results and training. Experience it now! The Department had following peer-reviewed journal publications issued the latest months: - Vanelslander Thierry, Chomat Gilles, Roumboutsos Athena, Bonnet Géraldine.- Cross-sectoral comparison of concessions in transport : urban, road and port pre-fuzzy assessment , Built environment project and asset management - ISSN 2044-124X - 4:1(2014), p. 22-39 - Onghena Evy, Meersman Hilde, Van de Voorde Eddy. A translog cost function of the integrated air freight business : the case of FedEx and UPS, Transportation research: part A: policy and practice-issn 0965-8564-62(2014),p. 81-97 - Vanelslander Thierry, Heaver Trevor.- Editorial special issue on forecasting, capacity, pricing and sustainability issues in shipping and ports, International journal of shipping and transport logistics - ISSN 1756-6517 - 6:2(2014), p. 109-111 - Zijlstra Toon, Vanoutrive Thomas (2014) De bloedsomloop van onze economie. Agora 30 (2), p.13-16 |
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The Department recently had following new books published by its members: - Hilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde, Thierry Vanelslander had a book published on Port Infrastructure Finance (to be released on 6 June 2014). This book provides an expert analysis of alternative investments routes and the investment strategies available to the major port players, and is a much-needed guide to expanding the investor base for private debt funding of projects from loan providers to bond investors. Port Infrastructure Finance is an invaluable book for all parties involved in the port and maritime business, as well as investment companies, banks and other financial institutions involved in infrastructure investment. - Shun Chen, Hilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde and Koos Frouws had a book published on Modelling and Forecasting in Dry Bulk Shipping (to be released on 30 April 2014). This book models price behaviour and forecasts prices in the dry bulk shipping market, a major component of the world shipping industry. This book will be extremely useful for shipbuilders, owners and charterers, as well as shipping analysts and policymakers. It will also be of great interest to academics and researchers concerned with the economics of the shipping industry - Thomas Vanoutrive and Kobe Boussauw just had a book published on ‘het mobielste land ter wereld, een dialoog over duurzame mobiliteit’. The book introduces advantages and drawbacks of mobility problems experienced and solutions provided. Furthermore, following ‘classic’ book publications from the Department are still available: - TPR members Thomas Vanoutrive and Ann Verhetsel edited a book in the NECTAR series on Transportation and Communications Networks Research: ‘Smart Transport Networks - Market Structure, Sustainability and Decision Making’. Three of the key factors that underpin the relationship between transport and society are analysed in detail from a variety of perspectives, each with an empirical focus: market structure and the allocation mechanisms at work; sustainability, encompassing the characteristics of the physical environment, the availability of natural resources and the effects of transport activities; and decision making, detailing transport policy and attempts to change transport systems. Practical guidelines on how to effectively deal with complex transport issues are also presented. - Hilde Meersman and Eddy Van de Voorde, together with Moshe Ben Akiva (MIT), edited a new book on Freight Transport Modelling. The book is complementary to Recent Developments in Transport Modelling - Lessons for the Freight Sector (2008), and provides fully new insights. It addresses the need to develop new freight transport models and scientific tools to counter internal and external economic impacts, and delivers theoretical and empirical input on three levels: global, regional and local (urban). The book presents insightful contributions from respected international experts in transport economics and freight modeling. - The new and fifth edition of the Handbook on ‘Transport Economics’ by Gust Blauwens and Eddy Van de Voorde, together with Peter De Baere, is now available for purchase. The book contains updated applications of industrial-economic transport management techniques, aggregate demand and supply analysis and transport policy foundations and measures. More information on content and online purchasing are available through the book’s web page. |
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The Department also had a number of policy-supporting papers and book contributions released: - Bringmann Katja, Vanoutrive Thomas, Verhetsel Ann, Reynaerts Jo. Verankering van financiële en geografische clusters: de case van de biotech in België, Beleidsrapport STORE-B-13-005--Leuven, Steunpunt Ondernemen en Regionale Economie(2014) - Bringmann Katja, Vanoutrive Thomas, Verhetsel Ann. Identificatie van ruimtelijke agglomeratie in high-tech sectoren in België : methodologische bespreking van het detecteren en analyseren van ruimtelijk-economische clusters in het kader van het slimme specialisatiebeleid, Beleidsrapport STORE-B-13-006--Leuven, Steunpunt Ondernemen en Regionale Economie(2014) - Vanoutrive Thomas, Verhetsel Ann. Logistiek en locatie 1 : verkennende ruimtelijke analyse van de cluster logistiek en transport, Beleidsrapport STORE-B-12-014--Leuven, Steunpunt Ondernemen en Regionale Economie(2014) - Vanoutrive Thomas, Verhetsel Ann, Vanelslander Thierry. (2014) Logistiek en locatie 2 : enkele relevante elementen voor een ruimtelijk economisch beleid met betrekking tot de logistiek. Beleidsrapport STORE-B-13-011--Leuven. - Vanthillo Ties, Verhetsel Ann, Vanelslander Thierry. Subregionaal speerpuntbeleid in Vlaanderen, Beleidsrapport STORE-B-13-012--Leuven, Steunpunt Ondernemen en Regionale Economie(2014) - Vanelslander, T., Vanthillo, T. & Verhetsel, A. (2014). Brabant en Vlaanderen op weg naar 2040. In Van De Donk, W. (ed.) Het Nieuwste Brabant (pp. 213-235). Eindhoven: Lecturis Uitgeverij. |
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For other publications by Department members, please check the Department’s academic bibliography. For an overview of the research projects currently going on at the Department, and for upcoming deliverables, please have a look at the Department’s research project pages. |
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Following lectures and conference presentations have recently been given by Department members: - On 24 April 2014: Christa Sys presented at Befema Annual Meeting, Zeebruges - On 14-17 April 2014: ‘Introduction of the TransporNET Marie Curie program: objectives, structure and achievements’ by Thierry Vanelslander at Transport Research Arena 2014 – Invited session TransportNET Marie Curie program, and session moderatorship by Thierry Vanelslander at Transport Research Arena 2014 – Invited session COST Action TU1001, Paris - On 31 March 2014: ‘Concurrentiekracht, Economie en Welvaart: Uitdagingen op het vlak van mobiliteit en logistiek’ by Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander at Symposium 75 jaar Albertkanaal, Vroenhoven – view pictures and presentation - On 28 March 2014: ‘De verborgen last mile kosten van een e-commerce bestelling’ by Roel Gevaers at Value Chain Supply Innovations Conference, Antwerp - On 27 March 2014: ‘Smart and Intelligent Supply Chains – Industry 4.0 and Logistics’ by Thierry Vanelslander at 2. Wirtschaftskonferenz Flandern - Nordrhein-Westfalen - On 24 March 2014: Christa Sys moderated the panel debate at AIESEC Havenweek, Antwerp - On 20 March 2014: ‘Important Developments in the European Port Industry and Consequences: Focus on the Antwerp Port’ by Christa Sys at the BDM Transport Insurance Event 2014, Antwerp – view pictures and presentation - On 27 February 2014: ‘Enkele aspecten van concurrentie in de containervaart: gevalstudie Europa – Indisch Subcontinent’ by Christa Sys at the Section of Technical Sciences of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences, Brussels - On 4 February 2014: ‘De binnenvaartpool’ by Edwin van Hassel at Binnenvaart Logistiek Nederland event - On 15 January 2014: Ann Verhetsel participated to the Expert panel 'Urban planning, mobility dynamics en logistics' within Vlaamse Raad voor Wetenschap en Innovatie Toekomstverkenningen 2025, Brussels - On 23-25 January 2014: ‘Towards a more 'place-based' industrial policy in Flanders (Belgium)’ by Ties Vanthillo, Thomas Vanoutrive and Ann Verhetsel at Geography of Innovation, Utrecht - From 10 January 2014 till 14 February 2014, Christa Sys taught the shipping module ‘Liner shipping and ports’ in the program ‘Master of Science in Shipping Management and MBA in Shipping’ at the Alba Graduate Business School, Athens, Greece |
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Further details on the own conferences of the Department are available on the Department’s website. Requests for copies of the various presentations should be addressed to the organizers, as publishers of the respective proceedings. |
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Department members have given a series of press interviews during the latest months. Full details, and related textual, audio and video material is available through the Department’s media page. |
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BNP Paribas Fortis and a consortium of universities across the world, led by the Department, have teamed up in search for a better and deeper understanding of the possibilities and upcoming trends in port-related innovation that make the transport supply more efficient including their respective industrial-economic impact. The objective is to understand patterns and characteristics in port innovation, as well as success and failure factors. This implies an analysis of developed innovation initiatives. In return, participating companies get feedback on how to improve their own innovation initiatives and processes. Big terminal operators, interesting inland terminals, innovative carriers,… are already participating in this research by sharing and discussing with us innovation cases developed by their companies and/or in which they were involved. Currently, we are looking for small and medium-sized companies to analysis their (past/current) innovations developed. Interested? This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..Take a look here for more information. |
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The Departement is proud to announce the date for its next Air Transport Colloquium which will be taking place on Thursday 4 December 2014. This year you can expect many interesting contributions from academics as well as the Air Transport sector on the topic “The European Aviation Business in 2014 and beyond: how to turn challenges into opportunities?” This year we will for the first time also include some interesting and interactive workshops in the program. So save the date and hope to see you at the Air Transport Colloquium 2014! |
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USI summer school CityLAB II, hosted by the Institute for Urban Studies at the University of Antwerp, will explore both the empirical diversity of suburbs and their increasing internal differentiation from an interdisciplinary perspective. It will examine the complexity of suburban phenomena from insights deriving from sociology, history, economic geography, political sciences, architecture and urban planning. TPR members prof. Ann Verhetsel and Thomas Vanoutrive will give a lecture. More information: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/rg/csg/events/citylab-2/ |
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On 5-6 February, 2014, Christa Sys participated at the 8th RETROFITGeneral Assembly (GA8) meeting in Wageningen (The Netherlands). The GA8 was held at MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands). After intensive work, the first results of the assessment developed by UA were discussed. The assessment compares the nine selected retrofit technologies based on a set of pre-defined criteria, viz. criteria in the areas of economic, emission and energy performance. This is done based on analysis of modelled scenarios and enables interpretation of the simulation results from the model. |
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On 25 April 2014, Wouter Dewulf successfully defended his PhD on the topic of ‘The Strategy of Air Cargo Operators - About Carpet Sellers and Cargo Stars’, under promotorship of Eddy Van de Voorde, and with commission members Anne Graham, Rosário Macário, Rudy Martens, Ann Verhetsel, Hilde Meersman and Thierry Vanelslander. This Ph.D. research aimed to gain an enhanced insight into the strategies of air cargo carriers. The scope of this research is limited to the full freighter and combination carriers, while integrators are excluded from the scope. |
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On 16 January 2014, Ann Verhetsel was member of the PhD jury of Laurent Van Malderen, on the topic of ‘On the effectiveness of employer transport plans: which mobility measures influence the commuting choices of employees?’, under supervision of Isabelle Thomas and Bart Jourquin. |
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The Department hosted following guest lectures:- On 22 Aril 2014: Marc Pirenne on ‘Strategy of a logistics service company’- On 4 April 2014: Rudi de Meyer (Alfaport) on ‘Rol van havens voor transport, handel en productie’- On 2 April 2014: Mr. Sjel Wijngaards (Director Operations Jan de Rijk Logistics) on ‘Werking en strategie van een logistieke speler in snel veranderende tijden’ - On 31 March 2014: Martin Schröder (Martinair) on ‘Het opstarten en managen van een luchtvaartmaatschappij’- On 14 March 201: Koos Frouws (TUDelft) on ‘Naval architecture for non-naval architects’.- On 3 March 2014: Prof. Costas Grammenos at the City Campus, on the topic of ‘Important issues in maritime finance’. Costas Grammenos founded the International Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance in 1983 (renamed the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance in April 2007). He has been head of the Centre since its inception and responsibile for its design.- On 25 February 2014: Filip Merckx (PSA Antwerp) on ‘Container Terminal Management’ - On 20 February 2014: Prof. dr. Michael Ball (Professor of Urban and Property Economics, University of Reading) on ‘Global cities still face national and local pressures Paradoxes in London’s contemporary housing market’.- On 18 February 2014: Steven Quintijn (Jan De Nul) on ‘Baggertechnologieën’ |
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Students of the course ‘Maritime and Port Economics’ paid a visit to Delft University of Technology, IHC Merwede and Port of Rotterdam on 25 April 2014, where they got presentations and field visits on the topic of shipbuilding. On 28 February 2014, students of the seminar ‘Maritime Technology’ paid a visit to DP World Antwerp. On 25 March 2014, they paid a visit to Zuidnatie. As part of the courses on ‘Economic geography and reals estate markets’, Department students paid an excursion to Paris on 23 April 2014, guided by Ann Verhetsel. View picture. |
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Moshe Ben-Akiva, co-editor of the book on ‘Freight Transport Modelling’ from the Department, will be teaching this summer 2 one-week courses at MIT: Discrete Choice Analysis, June 16 – 20, 2014 This one-week program undertakes an in-depth study of discrete choice models (logit, nested logit, generalized extreme value, probit, logit mixtures, hybrid choice models), data collection, specification, estimation, statistical testing, forecasting, and application. Modeling and Simulation of Transportation Networks, July 28 – August 1, 2014 The course studies theories and applications of transportation network demand and supply models and simulation techniques. It provides an in-depth study of the world's most sophisticated traffic simulation models, demand modeling methods, and related analytical techniques, including discrete choice models, and their application One full-tuition scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding doctoral student in each course. The deadlines to apply for the full scholarship are May 1 and June 15, respectively. Partial (50%) tuition scholarships are also available for junior faculty, postdocs, and doctoral students in both courses. |
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The Research Centre on Freight and passenger flows published the fifth edition of the Indicator Book Sustainable Freight Transport 2012. Annually, the whole set of indicators provides an overview of the status of transport in terms of economic importance, sub-sector analysis and external effects. Next to the actualisation of the indicators, presented also in the previous versions, this edition contains a set of newly developed indicators. In addition, two new methodologies are presented. Finally, also the overview of scientific and policy relevant research carried out recently within the Research Centre, is new in this edition. The Indicator Book can be downloaded here. |
Het Steunpunt Goederen- en Personenvervoer publiceerde de vijfde editie van het Indicatorenboek Duurzaam Goederenvervoer 2012. De hele set van indicatoren wil jaarlijks een overzicht geven van de status van transport in termen van economisch belang, sub-sectorale analyse en externe effecten. Naast de actualisering van de gebruikelijke indicatoren die ook in de vorige edities aan bod kwamen, werd het Indicatorenboek uitgebreid met enkele nieuw ontwikkelde indicatoren. Ook wordt in deze versie de toepassing van twee nieuwe methodologische benaderingen voorgesteld. Ook nieuw ten opzichte van vorige versies is het overzicht van wetenschappelijk en beleidsondersteunend onderzoek dat recent werd verricht binnen het Steunpunt. Het Indicatorenboek kan hier gedownload worden. |
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The Research Centre furthermore also released two new policy papers. The reports are available in Dutch, but English spin-offs are to be found in the Research Centre’s publication section. |
Het Steunpunt Goederen- en Personenvervoer publiceerde ook twee nieuwe beleidspapers. De rapporten zijn beschikbaar in het Nederlands, maar Engelstalige spin-offs zijn te vinden in de publicatiesectie van het Steunpunt. |
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The first policy-supporting paper that was released is entitled ‘Commuting traffic in Flanders: a search for indicators’ and is written by Ann Verhetsel, Thomas Vanoutrive en Toon Zijlstra. This publication can be considered as a first step in order to publish a first edition of a complete indicator book about commuting traffic. Therefore, the subtitle ‘a search for indicators’ is used. Next to data collection and analysis, this paper also discusses the current policy regarding commuter traffic. Here, the focus lies on the Flemish policy. In addition, an overview of the most important data sources and a definition of commuting traffic is provided. The main part of this publication is structured as follows: it starts from the causes of commuting traffic and ends with its consequences. The paper can be downloaded here. |
De eerste vrijgegeven beleidsondersteunende paper, getiteld ‘Het woon-werkverkeer in Vlaanderen: zoektocht naar indicatoren’ is van de hand van Ann Verhetsel, Thomas Vanoutrive en Toon Zijlstra. Deze publicatie is een voorzet voor een eerste indicatorenboek woon-werkverkeer door het Steunpunt Goederen- en Personenvervoer. Vandaar ook de ondertitel: ‘een zoektocht naar indicatoren’. Naast een verzameling en analyse van cijfermateriaal, wordt in de paper ook ingegaan op het beleid ten aanzien van woon-werkverkeer, waarbij het accent ligt op het beleid zoals gevoerd door de Vlaamse overheid. Ook is een overzicht gegeven van de voornaamste databronnen en wordt de definitie van woon-werkverkeer behandeld. Het hoofddeel van de publicatie volgt globaal een lijn van oorsprong van het woon-werkverkeer tot gevolgen. De paper kan hier gedownload worden. |
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The second policy-supporting paper that was released, is written by Thomas Vanoutrive and is entitled ‘Commuting to gateways: an insight into the commuting behaviour to (air)ports’. Ports and airports are spatial concentrations of jobs outside city centres. Their location and structure lead to specific commuting traffic that differs from the average. An analysis of a number of gateways within Flanders (Belgium) shows that the car and carpooling are used more than in other cases. Public transport has a minor role. The paper can be consulted here. |
De tweede vrijgegeven beleidsondersteunende paper werd geschreven door Thomas Vanoutrive en is getiteld ‘Pendelen naar Poorten: het pendelgedrag naar (lucht)havens nader bekeken’. Havens en luchthavens zijn ruimtelijke concentraties van jobs buiten stedelijke centra. Hun locatie en structuur leidt er toe dat het pendelgedrag er afwijkt van het gemiddelde. Een analyse van enkele poorten in het Vlaamse Gewest (België) toont aan dat er meer met de auto gependeld wordt en dat carpooling meer voorkomt dan elders. Openbaar vervoer daarentegen speelt een beperkte rol. De paper is hier beschikbaar. |
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On 27 March 2014 the Research Centre organised a meeting with the Department of Mobility and Public Works of the Flemish administration in order to achieve knowledge exchange. A number of research themes currently investigated within the Research Centre were presented by Thomas Vanoutrive, Dries Meers and Christa Sys. Also the Department of Mobility and Public Works presented a number of current projects. |
Op 27 maart 2014 organiseerde het Steunpunt Goederen- en Personenvervoer een overleg met het Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken (MOW) Vlaamse Overheid om te komen tot kennisuitwisseling. Tijdens deze meeting werden een aantal lopende onderzoeksthema’s van het Steunpunt voorgesteld door Thomas Vanoutrive, Dries Meers en Christa Sys. Ook het Departement MOW gaf een voorstelling van lopende projecten. |
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On 6 January, 27 February and 24 April 2014, Evy Onghena and/or Roel Gevaers of the Research Centre on Freight and passenger flows attended the steering group meetings of the PIEK 2 project. On 12 March 2014, Roel Gevaers participated to the stakeholdersworkshop in Kortrijk. With this project, the Flemish government aims at investigating how the distribution of goods to supermarkets can be organized in a more efficient and sustainable way. Five distributors (Colruyt, Delhaize, Carrefour, Albert Heijn and Lidl) and 58 cities and municipalities are participating in the project. Other partners are Comeos, VVSG, Research Centre Commodity and Passenger Flows, Transport en Logistiek Vlaanderen, Febetra, UPTR, Febiac and UNIZO. During the stakeholdersworkshops taking place in six Flemish cities, the participants are brainstorming about ideas and new concepts for a safer and more sustainable urban distribution. More information about the project can be found on the project website. |
Op 6 januari, 27 februari en 24 april 2014 woonden Evy Onghena en/of Roel Gevaers van het Steunpunt Goederen- en Personenvervoer de stuurgroepvergaderingen bij van het PIEK 2-project. Op 12 maart 2014 nam Roel Gevaers ook deel aan de stakeholdersworkshop in Kortrijk. Met dit project binnen Flanders Logistics wil de Vlaamse overheid onderzoeken hoe goederenvervoer naar supermarkten efficiënter en duurzamer kan verlopen. Aan het project nemen 5 distributeurs (Colruyt, Delhaize, Carrefour, Albert Heijn en Lidl) deel en 58 Vlaamse steden en gemeenten. Andere partners zijn Comeos, VVSG, Steunpunt Goederen- en Personenvervoer, Transport en Logistiek Vlaanderen, Febetra, UPTR, Febiac en UNIZO. Tijdens de stakeholdersworkshops die worden georganiseerd in zes Vlaamse steden gaan de deelnemers op zoek naar ideeën voor een veilige en duurzame stedelijke distributie. Voor meer informatie over het project, zie de project-website. |
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On 16 April 2014, Roel Gevaers presented an extract of his PhD on ‘The hidden last mile costs of an e-commerce order’ at a meeting of Cycling Messengers in the frame of Flanders Land Logistics in Brussels. On 28 March 2014, Roel Gevaers also presented his PhD at a meeting with the logistics advisors of the Department of Mobility and Public Works of the Flemish administration. |
Op 16 april 2014 presenteerde Roel Gevaers een extract uit zijn doctoraat rond ‘De verborgen last mile kosten van een e-commerce bestelling’ bij een bijeenkomst van Fietskoeriers in het kader van Flanders Land Logistics in Brussel. Op 28 maart 2014 presenteerde Roel Gevaers zijn doctoraat op een bijeenkomst met de logistieke adviseurs van het Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken (MOW) van de Vlaamse Overheid. |
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