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Mark Lijesen (1969) is Assistent professor at the department of Spatial Economics of VU Amsterdam since 2005. He graduated in Economics in 1993 from Erasmus University Rotterdam and worked at the Insitute for Research on Public Expenditure, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) and Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (KiM). Mark obtained his PhD in 2004 at the VU University Amsterdam, department of Spatial Economics. 

Research

Spatial competition, industrial organization, network sectors, transport economics

Teaching

Mark Lijesen is coordinator of STREEM Research project and STREEM master thesis. Other teaching activities include:

  • Airline Business (with Eric Pels)
  • Inleiding Economie II (with Peter Mulder)
  • The economics of vibrant cities (with Peter Mulder) 

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User created Keywords

  • Spatial competition
  • industrial organization
  • network sectors
  • transport economics

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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