Hans van Ginkel#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 2031 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
Hans van Ginkel passed away July 27, 2023.
Positions Held
- 2007 Honorary Professor Human Geography and Planning, Utrecht University
- 2007 Board Chair of the Institute of Social Sciences, The Hague and of the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
- 2007 Member Board of Trustees Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- 1997 - 2007 Rector of United Nations University, Tokyo and Under Secretary General of United Nations
- 1986 - 1997 Rector Magnificus Utrecht Univ.
- 1980 - 2001 (Full) Professor Human Geography, Utrecht University
- 1979 Ph.D. Social Sciences, Utrecht University
Fields of Scholarship
- Public administration
- Urban planning
- History
- Public housing
- Sustainable development
- Geography
Honours and Awards
- 1996 Honorary doctorate, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Rumania
- 2003 Honorary doctorate, (State) University of California, Sacramento, USA
- 2005 Honorary doctorate, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra
- 2006 Honorary doctorate, Technical University of Zvolen, Slovakia
- 2007 Honorary doctorate, Mc.Master University, Hamilton-Ontario, Canada
- Honorary Fellow of the International Training Centre for the Geo-information Sciences and Remote Sensing (ITC, Enschede, 2000)
- 1994 'Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion'
- 2007 'Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon' (Japan)
- The highest medals of honor of the City of Utrecht, and the Chamber of Commerce of Utrecht
- Honorary president of the 'International Association of Universities' (Paris)
