Thierry Vanelslander, PhD
Expertise
- business economics in the port and maritime sector
- transport economics
- urban logistics
Thierry Vanelslander is a professor at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics at the University of Antwerp, where he graduated as a doctor in Applied Economics.
Until 2013, he was holder of the BNP Paribas Fortis Chair on Transport, Logistics and Ports. Until halfway 2009, he was director of the Research Centre on Freight and Passenger Transport, hosted by the Department of Transport and Regional Economics. He is currently course coordinator for Management of Innovation and Technology, and Port Economics & Business at C-MAT, and Transport Economics at the Faculty of Applied Economics of the University of Antwerp. He teaches in the Master in Maritime and Air Transport Management.
His research focuses on business economics in the port and maritime sector, and in land transport and urban logistics. His PhD dealt with cooperation and competition in sea port container handling. He is also the chair of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) Special Interest Group A2 (Ports and Maritime), and topic area manager for WCTR’s track A (Transport Modes). Equally, he is the chair of the Freight & Logistics group within the European Transport Conference.