Hans Koster
The Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen has awarded the Van Der Knaap prijs to Hans Koster, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, for his article "The Internal Structure of Cities. The Economics of Agglomeration, Amenities and Accessibility (VU, 2013)". The Van der Knaap Prijs is awarded for original research in economic and social geography and urban and regional economics.
Erik Verhoef
An Advanced Grant was awarded to Erik Verhoef, Professor in Spatial Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, by the European Research Council for his project "Optimizing Policies for Transport: accounting for Industrial Organisation in Network markets".
Erik Verhoef
Eric Verhoef, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, is project leader for the NWO project "U-SMILE Urban Smart Measures and Incentives for quality of Life Enhancement". This project is one of five major projects that were awarded funding in 2015 as part of the VerDuS SURF project. VerDuS is the Dutch acronym for Connecting Sustainable Cities. Within this knowledge initiative VerDuS, scientific researchers in collaboration with experts from the field develop knowledge to respond to issues such as urbanisation, spatial planning, mobility and transport.
Hans Koster
Hans Koster (school of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit) received the Urban Land Institute Award for best paper in the Journal of Economic Geography for his article: "Is the sky the limit? High rise buildings and office rents."
Jos van Ommeren
The Urban Land Institute Award for best paper in the Journal of Economic Geography was granted to Jos van Ommeren (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit)
Peter Mulder
NWO project Smart Urban Regions for the Future (SURF)/ERA-NET COFUND Smart Cities and Communities funds research project Peter Mulder. Automated driving; smart incentives and tradable peak hour permits; evaluation of commuting behavior and innovative urban transport policies; and the interrelations between urban form, energy use and local environmental quality , 4 PhD students and postdoc research Granting Organisations: NWO
Erik Verhoef, Jos van Ommeren, Peter Mulder, Steven Poelhekke
Steven Poelhekke (School of Business and Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) received an NWO grant under the research program Smart Urban Regions for the Future (SURF)/ERA-NET COFUND Smart Cities and Communities. With this grant 4 PhD students and a postdoctoral researcher will be funded. Subjects: Automated driving; smart incentives and tradable peak hour permits; evaluation of commuting behavior and innovative urban transport policies; and the interrelations between urban form, energy use and local environmental quality.