Peter Nijkamp#

Address: 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
Born: February 26, 1946 (Dalfsen, the Netherlands)


Education

• 1964-1970 Econometrics and Regional Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
• 1972 Ph.D. in Regional Economics at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, on "Planning of Industrial Complexes by Means of Geometric Programming" (Rotterdam University Press, Rotterdam, 1972) (cum laude)

Previous Appointments

• 2005-2007 President of the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCs)
• 1975–2002 Chairman Department of Regional Economics, Free University, Amsterdam
• 1973-1978 Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
• 1973–1975 Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam
• 1970-1973 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
• 1969-1970 Research Assistant, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Current Professional Position

• since 2002 President Governing Board Netherlands Research Council (NWO)
• since 1975 Full Professor in Regional Economics and in Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam

Membership Editorial Board Scientific Journals (Selection)

• Economic Modelling
• Annals of Regional Science
• Geographical Analysis
• Network Economics and Spatial Theory
• Regional Studies
• Environment & Planning C
• Studia Regionalia
• International Journal of Development Planning Literature
• Ecological Economics
• Indian Journal of Regional Science
• Geographical Systems
• Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
• Applied Economic Geography
• Netherlands Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
• Studies in Regional Science
• Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
• Socio-Economic Planning Studies
• Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
• Journal of Transportation and Statistics
• International Journal of Environment and Pollution
• International Journal of Technology Management
• European Economic Review
• European Journal of Infrastructure and Transport
• Growth and Change
• International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
• Journal of Transport Geography
• Investigaciones Regionales
• International Journal of Revenue Management
• Scienze Regionali

Signs of Scientific Recognition

• 1981 Honorary medal University of Poitiers, France
• 1987 Honorary medal Panthios University, Athens, Greece
• 1989 Doctor honoris causa, Free University, Brussels, Belgium
• 1994 Honorary medal University of Catania, Italy
• 1995 Honorary award European Regional Science Association
• 1997 Walter Isard senior scholarship award of the North American Regional Science Association
• 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
• 2002 Doctor honoris causa, National Technical University, Athens
• 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

Guest Professorships

• University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• University of Osaka, Japan
• Boston University, Boston, USA
• National Technical University, Athens, Greece
• Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
• University of Naples, Italy
• Pandios School of Political Science, Athens, Greece
• Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
• University of Padua, Italy
• Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• University of Helsinki, Finland
• University of the Aegean, Mytilini, Greece
• University of Catania, Italy
• University of Joenssuu, Finland
• University of Bologna, Italy
• University of Aalborg, Denmark
• University of Newcastle, England

Scientific/Managerial Involvement in The Netherlands

• Past Chairman, Social Science Council of The Netherlands
• Past Member of the Board of the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Past Chairman, Humanities Division of Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Past Vice-president, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Past Vice-Chairman, Dutch Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (HDP) Committee
• Past Member, Global Change Committee Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Past Member, Jury Heineken Prize for the Environment
• Past Chairman, Committee on Methods and Techniques of the Dutch Ministry of Finance
• Past Member, Dutch Environmental Impact Statement Committee
• Past Chairman, Board TRAIL Research School, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University, Rotterdam
• Past Member Programme Committee National Research Programme on Climate Change
• Past Member Steering Group Sustainability 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, Milano, Italy
• Life Member of Indian Regional Science Association, Calcutta, India
• Life Member of Regional Science Association International, Urbana-Champaign, USA
• 1979-1989 Past President European Regional Science Association
• 1990-1992 Past President Regional Science Association International
• 1993-1998 Past Councillor Regional Science Association International
• 1987-2001 Past Chairman Network on European Communications and Transport Activity Research (NECTAR)
• 2001-2005 Past Coordinator Transatlantic Transportation Research Network STELLA
• 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
• Commission of the European Communities
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• World Bank
• Academia Sinica
• Asian Development Bank
• European Roundtable of Industrialists
• Council of Europe
• European Science Foundation