Full list of PhD students

PhD Under preparation

  • Mahira Abdelshafie: Disruption Management in the Port Industry: Empirical Analysis on The Role of Emerging Technologies
  • Fares Abudayyeh: Public and Private Perceptions of Sea Freight intermodal competitivenes
  • Omnia Allam: Intra- and intermodal cost competitiveness of inland waterway transportation
  • Ahmed Alsalfiti: An Analysis of Port Service Quality on B2B Customer Satisfaction: The case of Kuwait
  • Philippe Autekie: Airports and (air-)logistic eco-systems of the future
  • Denise Beil: An impact assessment of modal shift policies to foster eco-friendly freight transport modes
  • Jonas Bekele: Freight Transport Infrastructure and Services Criticalities: Optimizing the benefits of the Free Trade Area (FTA)
  • Jordi Boulet: Organisation of the future Belgian domestic passenger rail market: an economic analyses of potential scenarios
  • Peter Bulckaert: Key factors in determining the success or failure of start-up airlines
  • Miguel Carmona: A regulatory model for public-private partnerships in the Portugese road sector
  • Gupta Chonchol: The interconnectedness of risk
  • Marie Cryns: De impact van ontwikkelde technologieën en het corridor management systeem gecreëerd in functie van CRISTAL op verschillende actoren in de binnenvaartecosystemen
  • Philip Deheyder: Navigating change: A sociotechnical perspective on the adoption of unmanned aerial technology within the Royal Netherlands Navy
  • Anna-Maria Delussu: Digital Twin Adoption in Smart Ports: Governance and Social Impact
  • Lorenzo Franchi: Smart and green ports: growth and development of an integrated ecosystem
  • Christiane Hallensleben: Coopetition in the aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service industry
  • Najah Hindou: Sustainable pharmaceutical logistics and modal choice
  • Michael Izdebski: River Marine Transport Model using an Integrated General Systems Framework: an application to Hudson River
  • Lander Jacobs: Competitiveness in the Container Liner Shipping Industry Amidst Regulatory and Market Shifts
  • Seung Jong Jung: Quantifying the Dynamic Effects of Exogenous Shocks on Vessel Bunching and Port Congestion: An Econometric ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ of a Global Hub Port
  • Koorosh Karami Nezhad
  • Marina Kostantinou: Identifying the variables of supplier relationship management that add value within the context of supply chain management and understanding their correlation with a company’s performance
  • Bruce Lambert: Does the presence of a ‘super-individual’ change the evaluation of potential benefits for public sector participation in multimodal freight (maritime) corridors?
  • Edith Leblanc: Governing System Transitions: Sustainable Mobility Infrastructure in Flanders as a Case for Transition Studies
  • Yubing Lei: Retail accessibility in the on-demand economy
  • Hanane Llouh: Restructuring local commercial districts in a digitized and hypermobile society
  • James Merten: Disaster Economics: How intermodal connections recover from a marine transportation disruption
  • Agshin Mukhtarov: The Rationale for Sustainable Multimodal Transport infrastructure as Public Goods; Impacts on Welfare and Regional Economics within the Caspian Sea Region
  • Carlos Granada Munoz: Collaborative strategies for urban logistics
  • Enrico Musso: Cruise shipping economic impact on ports
  • Loghman Nanwayboukani: Maritime supply chains innovations and process optimization
  • Osvaldo Navarro: Evaluation of urban logistics policy measures
  • Emelia O'Neill: Transferability of inland navigation innovations
  • Jolien Pauwels: Strategische opties voor een duurzame ontwikkeling van regionale luchthavens
  • Zeynab Piroozrahi: Dynamic simulation of factors affecting rail freight transportation in Iran
  • Alexander Platsch: The Effect of Corporate Ownership on Green Supply Chain Management Mediated by Corporate Strategy of Firms - Evidence from the European Chemical and Life Science Industries
  • Juan Manuel Pulido: Inland Waterway Visibility and Data Spaces: Enabling Synchromodal Transport Systems
  • Stephen Rakoma: Cloud-based systems integration in Port supply chain
  • Mylena Rodrigues de Jesus: Integrated traffic management strategies for freight
  • Periklis Saragiotis: Maritime trade regulatory impact analysis
  • Donavan Scott: Inbound Supply chain strategies for erratic supply scenarios due to disruptions in the Supply chain
  • Wouter Schmidt: Decarbonizing European Container Terminals: addressing the cost competitiveness of green container handling equipment
  • Ola Shawer: Towards Air connectivity in the African Continent: An Analysis
  • Azmieta Sinta: Economies of Scale and Scope for Airport Holding Companies: A Case ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ for the Airports of Indonesia operated by Angkasa Pura I and II
  • Michael Stein: Connecting innovation with sustainability in shipping and ports
  • Katelyn Tahaney: Port-base intermodal transport using alternative transportmodes: roadmap to embed modal split ambitions
  • Xinyu Tan: Business Model Integrating Innovative Urban Air Mobility, Evolutionary Air Traffic Management, and Transformational Airport Infrastructure
  • Yulinda Tarigan: Analysis of Supply Chain Risk Mitigation in Seafood Production
  • Vincent Van Bockstaele: Dynamic machine learning model of air cargo price forecast and its application
  • Georgios Vasilakis: Integration of Neuroscience and AI in Maritime Safety Management
  • Lars-Michael Wendel: Winning the race for customer ownership: Strategies and implications of commercial value chain recomposition in the airline industry
  • Serhat Yuksel: Strategic Growth Analysis of Air Freight Integrators: A Game-Theoretic Approach
  • Jia Zhang: Logistics-as-a-Service in the last mile

PhD 2026

Stijn Michielsen - Cross-Border E-Commerce Logistics: Strategic Configuration, Observability, and Control - Supervisors - Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf & Prof. dr. Roel Gevaers (20-06-2026)

Felipe Bedoya Maya -  Inland Waterway transport resilience to disruptions: Evidence from the Rhine Alpine Corridor - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Joris Beckers (13-05-2025)

Charis Christodoulou Raftis - - The Role of Digitalization, Human Capital Development, Policy Frameworks and Energy Transition - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (19-03-2026)

Jeffrey Willems - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (23-02-2026)

Joeri Meeûs - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf & Prof. dr. Rosário Macário (18-02-2026)

Bianca Sălăgean - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Lisa-Maria Putz (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria) (06-02-2026)

PhD 2025

Rafael Arévalo Ascanio - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Roel Gevaers, Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf & Annelies De Meyer (03-12-2025)

Xibei Jia - - Supervisors dr. Sven Buyle, Prof. dr. Rosario Macario & Prof. dr. Sascha Albers (02-12-2025)

Dimitrios Georgoudakis -  - Supervisors Prof. dr. Christa Sys & Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel (13-10-2025)

Emma Ceulemans - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Ivan Cardenas (02-09-2025)

Daniel Shubert - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Christa Sys & Prof. dr. Rosário Macário (17-06-2025)

Noemi Van Meir - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel (16-06-2025)

Mehran Farzadmehr - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & dr. Valentin Carlan (10-02-2025)

​Katrien Storms - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel (07-02-2025)



PhD 2023

Han Cui - - Supervisor Prof. dr. Theo Notteboom (13-12-2023)

Elnert Coenengrachts - - Supervisors Prof. dr. Joris Beckers & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (07-07-2023)

Peter Shobayo - - Supervisors: Prof. dr Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (15-05-2023)

Daniel Behr - . Supervisors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde ( 31-01-2023)

PhD 2022

Majid (Seyed Abolfazl) Mohseni -  . Supervisors: Prof. dr. Thierry vanelslander & Prof. dr. Edwin Van Hassel (25-01-2022)

Sisangile Nduna - Efficiency and productivity in container terminal operation: A case study for the Hamburg - Le Havre range. Supervisor: Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (18-03-2022)

PhD 2021

Eleni Moschouli - - supervisor: Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (24-11-2021)

PhD 2020

Edwin Verberght -  . Supervisors: Prof. dr. Thierry vanelslander & Prof. dr. Ir. Edwin Van Hassel (10-02-2020)

Matteo Balliauw - . Supervisors: Prof. dr. Eddy van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman (24-02-2020)

Thomas Van Asch - Air Cargo Competitiveness and European Airports: Markets and Strategy. Supervisors: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde, Prof.  dr. Wouter de Wulf & dr. Franziska Kupfer (28-09-2020)

Sven Buyle. Supervisors: Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman, Prof dr. Wouter Dewulf & dr. Evy Onghena (29-09-2020)

PhD 2019

Jeroen Cant: (6-3-2019) - supervisor Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel

Joris Beckers: (18-3-2019) supervisor: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel

Konstantinos Papoutsis: 'Retail logistics costs and policy impact - What is the total cost to secure innovation for a greener retail supply chain? (12-7-2019) - supervisors: Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander

Iván Cárdenas: (23-8-2019) - supervisors: Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf en Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander

Katrien De Langhe: '' (24-09-2019) supervisors are Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde and Prof. dr. Christa Sys.

Valentin Carlan: 'M' (20-11-2019) supervisors are Prof. dr. Christa Sys and Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander.

Joost Hintjens: '' (22-11-2019) supervisors are Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde and Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander.

PhD 2018

Katja Bringmann: - Supervisors Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel and Prof. dr. Thomas Vanoutrive

Marcella De Martino (IRAT Naples): - Supervisors Prof. Hilde Meersman and Prof. Eddy Van de Voorde

PhD 2017

Jochen Maes:  - Promotors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

Jack Doomernik: - Promotors: Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander en Prof. Dr Eddy van de Voorde

Ties Vanthillo: Shaping conditions for economic development: the role of regional strategies - Promotors: Prof. Ann Verhetsel and Prof. Dr. Thierry Vanelslander

PhD 2016

PhD 2015

Patrick Verhoeven (ECSA): Economic assessment of management reform in European seaports - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

PhD 2014

  • Claudi Pani - - Promotors: Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander and Prof. dr. Gianfranco Fancello
  • Wouter Dewulf - The Strategy of Air Cargo Operators - About Carpet Sellers and Cargo Stars - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

 

PhD 2013

  • Evy Onghena: From Cost Structure to Strategy: The impact of the Cost Structure on the Strategic Behaviour of Integrators - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
  • Roel Gevaers: Evaluation of innovations in B2C last mile, B2C reverse and waste logistics - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Hilde Meerman
  • Feliciana Montero: - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
  • Cosimo Lisi:  From waste to reusable raw material: the transport optimization within the recycling process of glass and iron - Promotor: Eddy Van de Voorde en Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
  • Raimonds Aronietis:   - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander
     

PhD 2012

  • Franziska Kupfer: - Promotor: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel & Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
  • Paresa Markianidou: - Promotor: Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
     

PhD 2011

PhD 2010

  • Christa Sys: - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
  • Thomas Vanoutrive: From mobility management and multilevel modelling towards modelling mobility and multilevel management - Promotor: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel
  • Barbara Van Dyck:  When the Third Sector builds the City. Brownfield Transformation Projects in Marseille and Montréal - Promotor: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel

PhD 2008

  • Jasmine Siu Lee Lam: Managing container shipping supply chains: modeling, empirical analysis and applications - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
  • Raimonds Aronietis: Identifying approaches for succesful implementation of measures for tackling congestion on port hinterland link - Promotoren Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
     

PhD 2007

  • Tom Pauwels:   - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

PhD 2005

  • Thierry Vanelslander: - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

PhD 2001

  • Kris Debisschop: Verfijning van economische analyse van investeringsopportuniteiten: een toepassing in de Vlaamse context - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

Interested in starting a PhD?

​Those interested in starting up a PhD at the Department Transport and Regional Economics should submit the following documents to departement.tpr@uantwerpen.be.

  • an overview of previous education, MATM scores if available
  • a detailed CV
  • a research proposal
  • in case the PhD was started already, an overview of the PhD work as to date
  • a motivation letter
  • a proof of good English

Please find more information on the webpages of the Faculty of Business and Economics.

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