Peter Nijkamp#
| Membership Number: | 2511 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.tinbergen.nl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - present Visiting Researcher, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
- 2016 - present Fellow, Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam
- 2014 - present Professor, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
- 2009 - 2015 Distinguished University Professor VU University, Amsterdam
- 2002 - 2009 President Governing Board Netherlands Research Council (NWO)
- 1975 - 2015 Full Professor in Regional Economics and in Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam
- 2005-2007 President of the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCs)
- 1975–2002 Chairman Department of Regional Economics, Free University, Amsterdam
- 1973–1975 Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Free University, Amsterdam
- 1973-1978Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
- 1970-1973 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
- 1969-1970 Research Assistant, Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fields of Scholarship
- Urban development
- Transport and technological innovation
- Maintenance of historic buildings
- Regional economics
- Economic geography
Honours and Awards
- 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
