Prof. Dr. P. Nijkamp

Peter Nijkamp (1946) graduated from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, with a specialisation in the field of econometrics (1970). He holds a Ph.D. (cum laude) on solution methods for non-linear mathematical programming models for industrial planning problems from the same University (1972). Since 1975 he is professor in regional and urban economics and in economic geography at the Free University, Amsterdam.

He has been an advisor to several Dutch Ministries, regional and local policy councils, employers' organizations, private business firms, the Commission of the European Union (EU), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Conference of Ministers in Transport (ECMT), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Roundtable of Industrialists, ICOMOS, the World Bank, and many other private and public institutions.

At present he is president of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) at the Hague.

As of January 1, 2005 he is president of EuroHORCs (European Heads Of Research Councils). EuroHORCs is the association of the Heads of public national research and research funding organisations in Europe.