Read the abstracts of the recent PhD defences at the Department of Regional and Urban Economics.
PhD Under preparation
- Dan Behr (Behr & Associates): Investigation of the financial viability of establishing a European version of the US-style "short-line" freight railway, operating over selected corridors, through regions within the EU
- Peter Bulckaert: Key factors in determining the success or failure of start-up airlines
- Chan Kwok: Air cargo capacity and revenue management in the era of overcapacity
- Elnert Coenegrachts: Shared mobility providers – Enabling sustainable urban mobility?
- Da Fonseca Nunes Marques: Transition from conventional vehicle taxation models in light of emerging energy and powertrain technologies: a system dynamics approach
- Koen De Winne: Haveninvesteringen als beleidsinstrument: strategische beleidsbeslissingen in complexe havenomgevingen
- Masoud Gargari: Shipberthing allocation and speed optimization
- Eva Jung: The Integration of Ports in Sustainable Multimodal Freight Transport Modelling for the Plastic Recycling Industry
- Bruce Lambert: Does the presence of a ‘super-individual’ change the evaluation of potential benefits for public sector participation in multimodal freight (maritime) corridors?
- Osvaldo Navarro: Evaluation of urban logistics policy measures
- Loghman Nanwayboukani: The economics of vessel platooning
- Periklis Saragiotis: Maritime trade regulatory impact analysis
- Daniel Schubert: Real options analysis to validate and assess risk of road and/or rail fixed links, bridges and tunnels
- Peter Shobayo: A holistic approach to barge congestion in large seaports
- Aanan Sutaria: last-mile delivery with micro hubs
- Bassam Tariq Malik: Welfare economic impact of airline joint ventures
- Ruben Van Deuren: Analysis and optimidationh of the non-optimal use of inland shipping
- Thomas Verlinden: Optimization and cost analysis of multi-drop and social logistics in the Ho.Re.Ca. and health care sector in an urban context
- Michiel Voes: Guidelines for passenger rail operators to become competitive in a liberalized passenger rail market
- Spyros Vougios (BCA Business School, Athens): The ship demolition market and its impact to the economics of the shipping industry