{"id":1438,"date":"2023-05-09T08:46:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T06:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.comunicazione.website\/?page_id=1438"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:17:10","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\tDepartment of Spatial Economics\t<\/h1>\n\tResearch that matters!<br \/>\nAddressing real-world challenges such as air pollution, traffic congestion, urban inequality, and housing affordability.\n<p>Come and study with us and become part of the world&#8217;s largest research group in this field.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/city-traffic.jpg\" alt=\"city-traffic\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"645\" width=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/city-traffic.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/city-traffic-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/city-traffic-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/city-traffic-1024x330.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/city-traffic-1536x495.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" title=\"city-traffic\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tMaster Spatial and Applied Economics\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The Master in Spatial and Applied Economics is a one-year master programme worth 60 EC credits. The programme offers you the possibility to specialise in spatial, transport or environmental economics. There is also the possibility to follow separate courses.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vu.nl\/en\/education\/master\/spatial-transport-and-environmental-economics\" title=\"Klik Hier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Read more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/youtube-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tBlog\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tAbout the department\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The Department of Spatial Economics is engaged in economic problems in which space plays a prominent role, and offers insights and applications from a multi-disciplinary perspective.<\/p>\n<p>The 60 staff members are involved in both fundamental research as well as in national and international commissioned research. With this research, the department has gained national and international recognition, as shown by the large number of international publications and awards, the appearance of different staff members as experts in the media and the presence of various section members on the typically Dutch phenomenon of &#8216;Economists Parade&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Spatial Economics\u00a0at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is a world player in the domains regional and urban, transport, and environmental economics. RePEc ranks the department\u00a0in the top 5% or even higher of the world in the following domains: <a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/top\/top.tre.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transport Economics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/top\/top.tur.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tourism Economics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/top\/top.geo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Economic Geography<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/top\/top.env.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environmental Economics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/top\/top.ene.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy Economics<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/top\/top.ure.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban and Real Estate economics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tNewsletter\t<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Spatial Economics Research that matters! Addressing real-world challenges such as air pollution, traffic congestion, urban inequality, and housing affordability. Come and study with us and become part of the world&#8217;s largest research group in this field. 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