Peter Nijkamp#
| Email: | p.nijkamp 'at' vu.nl |
| Membership Number: | 2511 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Date of Birth: | 1946/02/26 |
| Username: | pnijkamp |
Present and Previous Positions
- President Governing Board Netherlands Research Council (NWO) (2002-)
- Full Professor in Regional Economics and in Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam (1975-)
- President of the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCs) (2005-2007)
- Chairman Department of Regional Economics, Free University, Amsterdam (1975–2002)
- Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam (1973–1975), and Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1973-1978)
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (1970-1973)
- Research Assistant, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam (1969-1970)
Fields of Scholarship
- urban development
- transport and technological innovation
- maintenance of historic buildings
- regional economics
- economic geography
Honours and Awards
- Honorary medal University of Poitiers, France (1981)
- Honorary medal Panthios University, Athens, Greece (1987)
- Doctor honoris causa, Free University, Brussels, Belgium (1989)
- Honorary medal University of Catania, Italy (1994)
- Honorary award European Regional Science Association (1995)
- Walter Isard senior scholarship award of the North American Regional Science Association (1997)
- Fellow World Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow International Academy of Regional Development and Cooperation, Moscow, Russia
- Fellow Holland Society of Sciences
- Fellow Royal Belgian Academy of Science and Arts
- Winner of the 1996 Dutch Spinoza Prize (highest scientific award in the Netherlands)
- Scientific Advisory Department of Systems Ecology, Academia Sinica, China
- Fellow Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam/Rotterdam
- Honorary member of Japan Section of Regional Science Association International
- Doctor honoris causa, National Technical University, Athens (2002)
- Winner of the First European Prize in Regional Science
- Winner of the 2004 Founder's Medal of the Regional Science Association International (highest international scientific award)
- Fellow of the Regional Science Association International
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