{"id":1490,"date":"2023-07-04T16:44:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.comunicazione.website\/publicaties\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T13:13:31","slug":"what-we-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/en\/what-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What we do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/amsterdam-metro.jpg\" alt=\"amsterdam-metro\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"645\" width=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/amsterdam-metro.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/amsterdam-metro-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/amsterdam-metro-1024x330.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/amsterdam-metro-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/amsterdam-metro-1536x495.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" title=\"amsterdam-metro\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tAbout the department\n\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>\nHave a look at our publications:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.vu.nl\/en\/organisations\/spatial-economics-2\/publications\/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Farticle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal articles &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.vu.nl\/en\/organisations\/spatial-economics-2\/publications\/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fworkingpaper%2Fworkingpaper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Working papers &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/research.vu.nl\/en\/organisations\/spatial-economics-2\/publications\/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontobookanthology%2Fchapter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book chapters &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a>\n<p>Or check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/spatialeconomics.nl\/in-de-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media attention<\/a> given to our research.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tNewsletter\n\t<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the department 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. 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