PhD at TPR

• Mahira Abdelshafie: Disruption Management in the Port Industry: Empirical Analysis on The Role of Emerging Technologies
• Fares Abudayyeh: Public and Private Perceptions of Sea Freight intermodal competitivenes
  
• Omnia Allam: Intra- and intermodal cost competitiveness of inland waterway transportation
• Ahmed Alsalfiti: An Analysis of Port Service Quality on B2B Customer Satisfaction: The case of Kuwait
• Philippe Autekie: Airports and (air-)logistic eco-systems of the future
• Denise Beil: An impact assessment of modal shift policies to foster eco-friendly freight transport modes
• Jonas Bekele: Freight Transport Infrastructure and Services Criticalities: Optimizing the benefits of the Free Trade Area (FTA)
• Jordi Boulet: Organisation of the future Belgian domestic passenger rail market: an economic analyses of potential scenarios
• Peter Bulckaert: Key factors in determining the success or failure of start-up airlines
• Miguel Carmona: A regulatory model for public-private partnerships in the Portugese road sector
  
• Gupta Chonchol: The interconnectedness of risk
• Marie Cryns: De impact van ontwikkelde technologieën en het corridor management systeem gecreëerd in functie van CRISTAL op verschillende actoren in de binnenvaartecosystemen
  
• Philip Deheyder: Navigating change: A sociotechnical perspective on the adoption of unmanned aerial technology within the Royal Netherlands Navy
• Anna-Maria Delussu: Digital Twin Adoption in Smart Ports: Governance and Social Impact
• Lorenzo Franchi: Smart and green ports: growth and development of an integrated ecosystem
  
• Christiane Hallensleben: Coopetition in the aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service industry
  
• Najah Hindou: Sustainable pharmaceutical logistics and modal choice
• Michael Izdebski: River Marine Transport Model using an Integrated General Systems Framework: an application to Hudson River
• Lander Jacobs: Competitiveness in the Container Liner Shipping Industry Amidst Regulatory and Market Shifts
• Seung Jong Jung: Quantifying the Dynamic Effects of Exogenous Shocks on Vessel Bunching and Port Congestion: An Econometric Study of a Global Hub Port
• Koorosh Karami Nezhad
• Marina Kostantinou: Identifying the variables of supplier relationship management that add value within the context of supply chain management and understanding their correlation with a company’s performance
• Bruce Lambert: Does the presence of a ‘super-individual’ change the evaluation of potential benefits for public sector participation in multimodal freight (maritime) corridors?
• Edith Leblanc: Governing System Transitions: Sustainable Mobility Infrastructure in Flanders as a Case for Transition Studies
• Yubing Lei: Retail accessibility in the on-demand economy
• Hanane Llouh: Restructuring local commercial districts in a digitized and hypermobile society
  
• James Merten: Disaster Economics: How intermodal connections recover from a marine transportation disruption
  
• Agshin Mukhtarov: The Rationale for Sustainable Multimodal Transport infrastructure as Public Goods; Impacts on Welfare and Regional Economics within the Caspian Sea Region
• Carlos Granada Munoz: Collaborative strategies for urban logistics
• Enrico Musso: Cruise shipping economic impact on ports
• Loghman Nanwayboukani: Maritime supply chains innovations and process optimization
• Osvaldo Navarro: Evaluation of urban logistics policy measures
  
• Emelia O'Neill: Transferability of inland navigation innovations
• Jolien Pauwels: Strategische opties voor een duurzame ontwikkeling van regionale luchthavens
• Zeynab Piroozrahi: Dynamic simulation of factors affecting rail freight transportation in Iran
• Alexander Platsch: The Effect of Corporate Ownership on Green Supply Chain Management Mediated by Corporate Strategy of Firms - Evidence from the European Chemical and Life Science Industries
• Juan Manuel Pulido: Inland Waterway Visibility and Data Spaces: Enabling Synchromodal Transport Systems
  
• Stephen Rakoma: Cloud-based systems integration in Port supply chain
• Mylena Rodrigues de Jesus: Integrated traffic management strategies for freight
• Periklis Saragiotis: Maritime trade regulatory impact analysis
• Donavan Scott: Inbound Supply chain strategies for erratic supply scenarios due to disruptions in the Supply chain
• Wouter Schmidt: Decarbonizing European Container Terminals: addressing the cost competitiveness of green container handling equipment
• Ola Shawer: Towards Air connectivity in the African Continent: An Analysis
• Azmieta Sinta: Economies of Scale and Scope for Airport Holding Companies: A Case Study for the Airports of Indonesia operated by Angkasa Pura I and II
• Michael Stein: Connecting innovation with sustainability in shipping and ports
• Katelyn Tahaney: Port-base intermodal transport using alternative transportmodes: roadmap to embed modal split ambitions
• Xinyu Tan: Business Model Integrating Innovative Urban Air Mobility, Evolutionary Air Traffic Management, and Transformational Airport Infrastructure
• Yulinda Tarigan: Analysis of Supply Chain Risk Mitigation in Seafood Production
• Vincent Van Bockstaele: Dynamic machine learning model of air cargo price forecast and its application
  
• Georgios Vasilakis: Integration of Neuroscience and AI in Maritime Safety Management
• Lars-Michael Wendel: Winning the race for customer ownership: Strategies and implications of commercial value chain recomposition in the airline industry
• Serhat Yuksel: Strategic Growth Analysis of Air Freight Integrators: A Game-Theoretic Approach
• Jia Zhang: Logistics-as-a-Service in the last mile
  
  

Stijn Michielsen - Cross-Border E-Commerce Logistics: Strategic Configuration, Observability, and Control - Supervisors - Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf & Prof. dr. Roel Gevaers (20-06-2026)

Felipe Bedoya Maya -  Inland Waterway transport resilience to disruptions: Evidence from the Rhine Alpine Corridor - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Joris Beckers (13-05-2025)

Charis Christodoulou Raftis - Smart and Sustainable Ports and Inland Waterways - The Role of Digitalization, Human Capital Development, Policy Frameworks and Energy Transition - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (19-03-2026)

Jeffrey Willems - Assessing the Impact and Transferability of Innovation Portfolios for Greener Ports - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (23-02-2026)

Joeri Meeûs - Breaking silos in Aviation: the IMS Cube approach to Integrated Management - Supervisors Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf & Prof. dr. Rosário Macário (18-02-2026)

Bianca Sălăgean - Economic evaluation of the rehabilitation of nautical bottlenecks - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Lisa-Maria Putz (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria) (06-02-2026)

Rafael Arévalo Ascanio -Integrating supply chain network design with strategic first- and last-mile modelling - Supervisors Prof. dr. Roel Gevaers, Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf & Annelies De Meyer (03-12-2025)

Xibei Jia - Airports in the Era of Sustainable Development: Five Studies on Global Practices, Evaluation Methods, and Strategic Frameworks - Supervisors dr. Sven Buyle, Prof. dr. Rosario Macario & Prof. dr. Sascha Albers (02-12-2025)

Dimitrios Georgoudakis - Navigating the Green Transition: Shipowners' Investment Strategies and Market Interdependencies in Container Liner Shipping amid Decarbonisation Pressures - Supervisors Prof. dr. Christa Sys & Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel (13-10-2025)

Emma Ceulemans - From air transport to inland freight: a multi-network analysis across modes and properties - Supervisors Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Ivan Cardenas (02-09-2025)

Daniel Shubert - Customized airline offer management: solving the assortment problem through multi-dimensional segmentation - Supervisors Prof. dr. Christa Sys & Prof. dr. Rosário Macário (17-06-2025)

Noemi Van Meir - Ports at the crossroads of the energy transition: navigating shifts in energy flows - Supervisors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel (16-06-2025)

Mehran Farzadmehr - AI-powered solutions assessment in port and maritime sector - Supervisors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & dr. Valentin Carlan (10-02-2025)

​Katrien Storms - Unravelling D&D within the maritime ecosystem and its influence on the use of IWT I port-hinterland supply chains - Supervisors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Edwin van Hassel (07-02-2025)

Han Cui - Essays on competition and cooperation in the port and shipping industry - Supervisor Prof. dr. Theo Notteboom (13-12-2023)

Elnert Coenengrachts - Analysing the supply-side dynamics of the shared mobility transition: the shared mobility market and potential role for mobility hubs - Supervisors Prof. dr. Joris Beckers & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (07-07-2023)

Peter Shobayo - Enchancing the competitiveness of inland waterway transport : a multi-methodological approach applied to port barge congestion and urban areas: dissertation - Supervisors: Prof. dr Edwin van Hassel & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (15-05-2023)

Daniel Behr - Determining financial viability of freight railway undertakings under open access regulatory environments. Supervisors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde ( 31-01-2023)

Majid (Seyed Abolfazl) Mohseni -  Sustainability of maritime supply chain; economic analysis to comply with environmental regulations and social issues. Supervisors: Prof. dr. Thierry vanelslander & Prof. dr. Edwin Van Hassel (25-01-2022)

Sisangile Nduna - Efficiency and productivity in container terminal operation: A case study for the Hamburg - Le Havre range. Supervisor: Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (18-03-2022)

Eleni Moschouli - Supporting the process of transport infrastructure decision-making: an instrument to identify the combinations of conditions under which project objectives can be achieved - supervisor: Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander (24-11-2021)

Edwin Verberght -  Innovation in Inland Navigation, Failure and Succes: The European Case. Supervisors: Prof. dr. Thierry vanelslander & Prof. dr. Ir. Edwin Van Hassel (10-02-2020)

Matteo Balliauw - Port capacity investments under uncertainty: The use of real options models. Supervisors: Prof. dr. Eddy van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman (24-02-2020)

Thomas Van Asch - Air Cargo Competitiveness and European Airports: Markets and Strategy. Supervisors: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde, Prof.  dr. Wouter de Wulf & dr. Franziska Kupfer (28-09-2020)

Sven Buyle - Evolution of Air Navigation Service Provider Business Models within the Single European Sky. Supervisors: Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman, Prof dr. Wouter Dewulf & dr. Evy Onghena (29-09-2020)

Jeroen Cant: Food inaccessibility in Flanders identifying spatial mismatches between retail and residential patterns (6-3-2019) - supervisor Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel

Joris Beckers: The Logistics sector in a consumer driven society, essays on location and  network structure (18-3-2019) supervisor: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel

Konstantinos Papoutsis: 'Retail logistics costs and policy impact - What is the total cost to secure innovation for a greener retail supply chain? (12-7-2019) - supervisors: Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander

Iván Cárdenas: Unlocking the benefits of pick-up poinhts for sustainable E-commerce distribution in urban areas (23-8-2019) - supervisors: Prof. dr. Wouter Dewulf en Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander

Katrien De Langhe: 'What role for rail urban freight distribution?' (24-09-2019) supervisors are Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde and Prof. dr. Christa Sys.

Valentin Carlan: 'Maritieme supply chain innovation: costs, benefits ans cost-effectiveness of ICT introduction' (20-11-2019) supervisors are Prof. dr. Christa Sys and Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander.

Joost Hintjens: 'Cooperation between seaports concerning hinterland transport' (22-11-2019) supervisors are Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde and Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander.

Katja Bringmann: Essays on Cross-border Venture and Venture Internationalization- Supervisors Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel and Prof. dr. Thomas Vanoutrive

Marcella De Martino (IRAT Naples): Port competitiveness adopting a Supply Chain Management (SCM) approach- Supervisors Prof. Hilde Meersman and Prof. Eddy Van de Voorde

Jochen Maes: In search of solutions to transport and logistics capacity - Promotors Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

Jack Doomernik: Strategies for international High-Speed Rail operations in the European passenger transport market - Promotors: Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander en Prof. Dr Eddy van de Voorde

Ties Vanthillo: Shaping conditions for economic development: the role of regional strategies - Promotors: Prof. Ann Verhetsel and Prof. Dr. Thierry Vanelslander

• Els Struyf: Passenger and cargo?  Cost economies at airport level - Promotors: Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman and Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
• Marzieh Nazemzadeh: The role of port infrastructure for economic development within applicatin to Belgium and the Port of Antwerp - Promotors: Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman and Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander
• Toon Zijlstra: On the Mobility Budget for Company Car Users - Promotors: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel en Prof. dr. Thomas Vanoutrive
• Yasmine Rashed: ContainerTroughput Modelling and Forecasting: An Empirical Dynamic Econometric Time Series Approach - Promotors: Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman and Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander

Patrick Verhoeven (ECSA): Economic assessment of management reform in European seaports - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

• Claudi Pani - Managing vessel arrival uncertainty in container terminals: a machine learning approach - Promotors: Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander and Prof. dr. Gianfranco Fancello
• Wouter Dewulf - The Strategy of Air Cargo Operators - About Carpet Sellers and Cargo Stars - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

• Evy Onghena: From Cost Structure to Strategy: The impact of the Cost Structure on the Strategic Behaviour of Integrators - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
• Roel Gevaers: Evaluation of innovations in B2C last mile, B2C reverse and waste logistics - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Hilde Meerman
• Feliciana Montero: Productivity in the Container Port Business - Focus on the Mediterranean Range - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
• Cosimo Lisi:  From waste to reusable raw material: the transport optimization within the recycling process of glass and iron - Promotor: Eddy Van de Voorde en Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
• Raimonds Aronietis:  Succesful Development and Implementation of Transport Policy Innovations: Tackling Congestion on Port Hinterland Links - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde & Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander
   

• Franziska Kupfer: The Airport Choice for Scheduled Freighter Operations in Europe - Promotor: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel & Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
• Paresa Markianidou: The Relation between Trade & Container flows - Promotor: Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
   

• Monica Grosso:  Improving the competitiveness of intermodal transport: applications on European corridors - Promotor: Prof. dr. Hilde Meersman
• Marjan Beelen: Structuring and modelling decision making in the inland navigation sector - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
• Edwin Van Hassel: Developing a Small Barge Convoy System to reactivate the use of the small inland waterway network - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

• Christa Sys: Inside the box: assessing competitive conditions, concentration and the market structure of container liner shipping industry - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
• Thomas Vanoutrive: From mobility management and multilevel modelling towards modelling mobility and multilevel management - Promotor: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel
• Barbara Van Dyck:  When the Third Sector builds the City. Brownfield Transformation Projects in Marseille and Montréal - Promotor: Prof. dr. Ann Verhetsel

• Jasmine Siu Lee Lam: Managing container shipping supply chains: modeling, empirical analysis and applications - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
• Raimonds Aronietis: Identifying approaches for succesful implementation of measures for tackling congestion on port hinterland link - Promotoren Prof. dr. Thierry Vanelslander & Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde
   

• Tom Pauwels:  Modellering van het Goederenvervoer in België - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

• Thierry Vanelslander: The Economics behind Co-operation and Competition in Sea-Port Container Handling - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde

• Kris Debisschop: Verfijning van economische analyse van investeringsopportuniteiten: een toepassing in de Vlaamse context - Promotor: Prof. dr. Eddy Van de Voorde