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Peter Nijkamp
Peter Nijkamp is Emeritus Professor in regional and urban
economics, and in economic geography at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. From
2009-2015, he was Honorary University Professor at the same university. He has
been president of the governing board of Netherlands Research Council (NOW)
(2002-2009). He is also former President of the European Regional Science
Association International. He is fellow of the Royale Netherlands Academic of
Sciences, and former vice president of this organization. In 1996, Peter
Nijkamp was awarded the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands,
the Spinoza award.
Peter’s main research interests cover plan
evaluation, multicriteria analysis, regional and urban planning, transport
systems and analysis, mathematical modeling of spatial systems, migration,
technological innovation, and environmental and resource management. In his
long research career, he has focused his research in particular on quantitative
methods of economic agents. He has a broad expertise in economics of public
policy, services planning, infrastructure management, environmental management
and sustainable development.
