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Tourism Economics in an Age of Turbulence |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 |
Keynote speaker:
Peter Nijkamp (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Participants:
Sofronis Clerides (University of Cyprus and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Paolo Figini (University of Bologna and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Claudio Piga (University of Loughborough and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Organizers:
Gianluigi Pelloni (University of Bologna, Johns Hopkins University-Bologna Centre and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Roberto Patuelli (University of Lugano and The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
Lorenzo Succi (Uni.Rimini S.p.A.)
Spotlight: Peter Nijkamp at RCEA
 Peter
Nijkamp is professor in regional and urban economics and in economic
geography at the VU University, Amsterdam. His main research interests
cover quantitative plan evaluation, regional and urban modelling,
multicriteria analysis, transport systems analysis, mathematical
systems modelling, technological innovation, entrepreneurship,
environmental and resource management and sustainable development. In
the past years he has focussed his
research in particular on new quantitative methods for policy analysis,
as well as on spatial-behavioural analysis of economic agents. He has a
broad expertise in the area of public policy, services planning,
infrastructure management and environmental protection. In all these
fields he has published
many books and numerous articles. He is member of editorial/advisory
boards of more than 30 journals. He has been visiting professor in many
universities all over the world. He is past president of the European
Regional Science Association and of the Regional Science Association
International. He is also fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of
Sciences, and past vice-president of this organization. Since June 2002
he has served as president
of the governing board of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO). In
addition, he is past president of the European Heads of Research
Councils (EUROHORCs). He is also fellow of the Academia Europaea, and
of many international scientific organizations. In 1996, he was awarded
the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands, the Spinoza
award.
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