Peter Nijkamp Faculty of Economics Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Position Statement

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CV

Peter Nijkamp (1946) graduated from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, in the area of econometrics. He holds a Ph.D. (cum laude) in non-linear mathematical programming for industrial planning from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Since 1975 he is professor in regional and urban economics and economic geography at the Free University, Amsterdam. His main research interests cover plan evaluation, regional and urban planning, transport systems analysis, mathematical modelling, technological innovation, and resource management. In the past years he has focused his research in particular on quantitative methods for policy analysis, as well as on behavioural analysis of economic subjects. He has a broad expertise in the area of public policy, services planning, infrastructure management and environmental protection. In all these fields he has published various books and numerous articles. He has been an advisor to several Dutch Ministries, regional and local councils, employers organizations, private institutions, the Commission of the European Communities (EC), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Conference of Ministers in Transport (ECMT), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Roundtable of Industrialists, ICOMOS, and the World Bank.

He has been a guest professor at several universities in Europe, Asia and America. He is doctor honoris causa at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels and fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science and the World Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is past-president of the Regional Science Association International and chairman of the Network on European Communications and Transport Activity Research (NECTAR).

Peter Nijkamp has been heavily involved in environmental research and environmental economics, both theoretically and empirically. He has a special interest in evolution methods, in particular multicriteria analysis.

Education

Econometrics and Regional Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1964 - 1970)
Ph.D. in Regional Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1972), on "Planning of Industrial Complexes by Means of Geometric Programming" (Rotterdam University Press, Rotterdam, 1972).

Previous Appointments
Research Assistant, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1969 - 1970).
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1970 - 1973).
Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam (1973 - 1975), and Department of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1973 - 1978).

Professional Position
Full Professor in Regional, Urban and Environmental Economics and Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam (1975 - ).
Chairman Dept. of Regional Economics, Free University

Academic Positions
Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.
Fellow World Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Past President Regional Science Association International.
Chairman Network on European Communications and Transport (NECTAR).

Visiting Professorships
University of Gothenburg
University of Osaka
Boston University, Boston
National Technical University, Athens
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Pandios School of Political Science, Athens
University of Naples
Academia Sinica, Beijing
University of Padua
Politecnico di Torino
University of Helsinki
University of Catania

Advisorships
Dutch Government
Commission of the European Communities
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
World Bank
Academia Sinica
Asian Development Bank
European Roundtable of Industrialists

Membership of Editorial Board of Journals
Economic Modelling
Annals of Regional Science
Peace Science and Conflict Management
Man, Environment, Space & Time
Environment and Planning C
Landscape Systems
Ricerca Operativa
International Journal of Development Literature
Ecological Economics
Milieu
Sistemi Urbani
Socio-Spatial Dynamics
Economic & Financial Computing
Indian Journal of Regional Science
Papers in Regional Science
Environments
Geographical Systems
Project Appraisal

Address

Peter Nijkamp
Faculty of Economics
Free University
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
+31-20-444 6091
email: pnijkamp@econ.vu.nl