TPR NEWS – MAR 2019

New paper contributions by TPR

>Using the bunker adjustment factor as a strategic decision instrument
>Evolution of the EU and international maritime shipping: drivers, challenges, and scenarios
>Capacity investment decisions of competing ports under uncertainty: strategic real options approach
>Innovative Inland Navigation

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PhD Joris Beckers: consumer deliveries

On 18 March at 4.30pm, Joris Beckers will defend his PhD at the University of Antwerp, on the topic of The logistics sector in a consumer driven society, essays on location and network structure’. Everyone can freely attend this defense, upon registration by sending an e-mail to joris.beckers@uantwerp.be.
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Last places Antwerp Rail School

The Antwerp Rail School (11-15 March 2019) is almost fully booked. Attendees include shippers, rail operators, the infrastructure manager and authorities. Join us in this interesting course with excursions to the Mainhub and Antwerp Central Station!
Register for the last few places available

Open gastlezingen @ TPR

Volgende sectorsprekers geven open gastlezingen op TPR, die door iedereen gratis gevolgd kunnen worden:
– Jacques Vandermeiren – 5 March
– Jan Blomme -11 March
– Ad Toet – 12 March
Registratie is verplicht!
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TPR thesis wins VEA prize

TPR student Cédric Peeters won the VEA Best Master Thesis Prize 2019 with his thesis on ‘Dedigitalisering van het fytosanitair oorsprongscertificaat’. The thesis takes a multi-disciplinary perspective. The Prize was awarded on 25 February by the Antwerp Freight Forwarders Association.
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CityLab

CityLab, to which TPR is a partner, announces its Summer School VII, on ‘The Sustainable City – An Integrated Perspective’. Registrations are open.
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Honorary Visiting @ London City University

Eddy Van de Voorde got re-appointed as Honorary Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Finance at Cass Business School at City, University of London.
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MIT course announcements

MIT’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab, to which also TPR staff is teaching, announces two courses, to which multiple scholarships are available for doctoral students, postdocs, and junior faculty:
– Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Individual Behavior and Market Demand
– Transportation Networks and Smart Mobility: Methods and Solutions
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TPR @ Clusters 2.0 project event

On 5-6 February, 2019, TPR participated at the Clusters 2.0 Partner Board (PB) meeting at Piraeus Container Terminal (Greece). The meeting focused on the business aspects of the project.
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C-MAT @ airport visit and maritime business game

C-MAT students of the specialised courses on Maritime Economics & Business and Air Transport Economics & Business enjoyed playing the Maritime Business Game respectively a visit to Brussels Airport.
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TPR @ Economie ontcijferd

TPR-docenten gaven lezingen tijdens ‘Economie ontcijferd’, waarin leerlingen in de loop van een voor-of namiddag ontdekken welke rol wiskunde speelt in verschillende domeinen van economie en management.
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TPR presented @ various events

TPR lately presented on:
– How could Urban Nodes be better positioned in the TEN-T dialogue and coordination?
– Analysis of the Maritime Sector
– Toepassingen van dewiskunde in de haven, muziek en voetbal
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Upcoming external events where you can meet TPR

21 MAY 2019 – ITF Research Day – Transport Connectivity Leipzig
29 MAR 2019 – Hack Belgium 2019 Belgium

Contact
Department of Transport and Regional Economics University of Antwerp
departement.tpr@uantwerpen.be
www.uantwerp.be/tpr