Curriculum Vitae Peter Nijkamp Free University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Department of Spatial Economics De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel. +31-20-598 6090 Fax. +31 20-598 6004 email: [email protected] Education Econometrics and Regional Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1964-1970) Ph.D. in Regional Economics at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1972), on "Planning of Industrial Complexes by Means of Geometric Programming" (Rotterdam University Press, Rotterdam, 1972) (cum laude) 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 Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1973-1978) Current Professional Position Full Professor in Regional Economics and in Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam (1975-) Chairman Department of Regional Economics, Free University, Amsterdam (1975–2002) President Governing Board Netherlands Research Council (NWO) (2002-) President European Heads of Research Councils (EuroHORCs) (2005-) 86 Membership Editorial Board Fellow Holland Society of Sciences Fellow Royal Belgian Academy of Science and Scientific Journals Arts Economic Modelling Winner of the 1996 Dutch Spinoza Prize Annals of Regional Science (highest scientific award in the Netherlands) Geographical Analysis Scientific Advisory Department of Systems Network Economics and Spatial Theory Ecology, Academia Sinica, China Regional Studies Fellow Tinbergen Institute, Environment & Planning C Amsterdam/Rotterdam Studia Regionalia Honorary member of Japan Section of International Journal of Development Regional Science Association International Planning Literature Doctor honoris causa, National Technical Ecological Economics University, Athens (2002) Indian Journal of Regional Science Winner of the First European Prize in Regional Geographical Systems Science Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Winner of the 2004 Founder's Medal of the Applied Economic Geography Regional Science Association International Netherlands Journal of Housing and the Built (highest international scientific award) Environment Fellow of the Regional Science Association Studies in Regional Science International Journal of Environmental Law and Policy Socio-Economic Planning Studies Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Guest Professorships Management University of Gothenburg, Sweden Journal of Transportation and Statistics University of Osaka, Japan International Journal of Environment and Boston University, Boston, USA Pollution National Technical University, Athens, Greece International Journal of Technology Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Management University of Naples, Italy European Economic Review Pandios School of Political Science, Athens, European Journal of Infrastructure and Greece Transport Academia Sinica, Beijing, China Growth and Change University of Padua, Italy International Journal of Environmental Politecnico di Torino, Italy Technology and Management University of Helsinki, Finland Journal of Transport Geography University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Greece Investigaciones Regionales University of Catania, Italy International Journal of Revenue Management University of Joenssuu, Finland Scienze Regionali University of Bologna, Italy University of Aalborg, Denmark Signs of Scientific Recognition University of Newcastle, England Honorary medal University of Poitiers, France (1981) Scientific/Managerial Involvement Honorary medal Panthios University, Athens, in The Netherlands Greece (1987) Past Chairman, Social Science Council of The Doctor honoris causa, Free University, NetherlandsPast Member of the Board of the Brussels, Belgium (1989) Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences Honorary medal University of Catania, Italy Past Chairman, Humanities Division of Royal (1994) Honorary award European Regional Science Academy of Arts and Sciences Association (1995) Past Vice-president, Royal Academy of Arts Walter Isard senior scholarship award of the and Sciences North American Regional Science Association Past Vice-Chairman, Dutch Human Dimensions (1997) of Global Environmental Change (HDP) Fellow World Academy of Arts and Sciences Committee Fellow Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Past Member, Global Change Committee Royal Sciences Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow International Academy of Regional Past Member, Jury Heineken Prize for the Development and Cooperation, Moscow, Environment Russia Past Chairman, Committee on Methods and 87 Techniques of the Dutch Ministry of Finance Commission of the European Communities Past Member, Dutch Environmental Impact Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Statement Committee Development (OECD) Past Chairman, Board TRAIL Research School, World Bank Delft University of Technology and Erasmus Academia Sinica University, Rotterdam Asian Development Bank Past Member Programme Committee National European Roundtable of Industrialists Research Programme on Climate Change Council of Europe Past Member Steering Group Sustainability European Science Foundation and Environmental Quality of Dutch National Science Foundation Member of numerous temporary/ad hoc advisory committees on science policy and planning issues in The Netherlands International Scientific Involvement Fellow Royal Belgian Academy of Science and Arts Member Advisory Board of the Negev Center, Ben Gurion University, Bear-Sheva, Israel Member Board Western Regional Science Association, USA Member International Advisory Committee of the Jan Tinbergen Educational Foundations Trust, Rohtak, India Member of CESET, Study Center on Evaluation and Economics, Napoli, Italy Member Advisory Board Mahatma Gandhi International Training Center for Conflict Prevention and Management, Ahmedabad, India Member Scientific Committee Center for Regional Economics, Transport and Tourism, Bocconi University, MilYear, Italy Life Member of Indian Regional Science Association, Calcutta, India Life Member of Regional Science Association International, Urbana-Champaign, USA Past President European Regional Science Association (1979-1989) Past President Regional Science Association International (1990-1992) Past Councillor Regional Science Association International (1993-1998 ) Past Chairman Network on European Communications and Transport Activity Research (NECTAR) (1987-2001) Past Coordinator Transatlantic Transportation Research Network STELLA (2001-2005) Past Co-chairman Steering Group for Social Change and Sustainable Transport ESF-NSF Past Member, Management Committee COST 328 Progamme on Network Evaluation of the European Union Advisorships Dutch Government 88 Selected List of Books Operational Theory and Method in Regional Economics (with J. Paelinck) Saxon House, Westmead, 1976 Environmental Economics* Rotterdam University Press, Rotterdam, 1976 Multicriteria Analysis and Regional Decisionmaking (with A. van Delft) Kluwer Nijhoff, Boston, 1977 Theory and Application of Environmental Economics North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1978 Multidimensional Spatial Data and Decision Analysis John Wiley, Chichester, 1979 (with T.R. Lakshmanan) Kluwer Nijhoff, Boston, 1980 Environmental Policy Analysis John Wiley, Chichester, 1980 Multiple Criteria Analysis* (with J. Spronk) Gower, Aldershot, 1981 Cities in Transition* (with P. Rietveld) Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1981 Location Developments and Urban Planning* (with W. van Lierop) Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1981 Urban Problems and Economic Development* (with L. Chatterjee) Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1981 Multiregional Economic Modelling* (with P. Rietveld & F. Snickars) North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam. 1982 Systems and Models for Energy and Environmental Analysis* (with T.R. Lakshmanan) Gower, Aldershot, 1983 Urban and Regional Policy Analysis for Developing Countries* (with L. Chatterjee) Gower, Aldershot, 1983 Information Systems for Integrated Regional Planning* (with P. Rietveld) North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1984 Recent Developments in Spatial Data Analysis* (with G. Bahrenberg and M. Fischer) Gower, Aldershot, 1984 Macro-Economic Planning with Conflicting Goals* (with M. Despontin and J. Spronk) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1984 Measuring the Unmeasurable* (with H. Leitner and N. Wrigley) Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1985 89 The Future of Urban Form* (with J. Brotchie, P. Newton and P. Hall) Croom Helm, London, 1985 Regional Development in the Mediterranean* (with K. Koutsopoulos) Phebus, Athens, 1985 Optimization and Discrete Choice in Urban Systems* (with M. Batty and B. Hutchinson) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1985 Transportation and Mobility in an Era of Change* (with G. Jansen and C. Ruijgrok) North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1986 Technological Change, Employment and Spatial Dynamics* Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986 Handbook of Regional Economics* North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1986 Transportation Planning in a Changing World* (with S. Reichman) Gower, Aldershot, 1987 Regional Labour Markets* (with M.M. Fischer) North-Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1987 Informatics and Regional Development* (with M. Giaoutzi) Gower, Aldershot, 1988 The Formulation of Time Preferences* (with G. Kirsch and K. Zimmermann) Gower, Aldershot, 1988 Information Technology* (with I. Orishima and G. Hewings) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1988 Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Regional Development* (with M. Giaoutzi and D.