{"id":1528,"date":"2020-11-19T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/business-economics\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2020-12-07T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T15:41:01","slug":"joris-beckers-and-arnaud-adam-win-mercator-ortelius-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/business-economics\/joris-beckers-and-arnaud-adam-win-mercator-ortelius-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Joris Beckers and Arnaud Adam win Mercator-Ortelius prize 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1528\" class=\"elementor elementor-1528\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f6937f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f6937f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afae085\" data-id=\"afae085\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a20cea2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a20cea2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The University of Antwerp is proud to announce the winners of the Mercator-Ortelius Prize 2020<\/strong>. <strong>Every three year,&nbsp; a doctoral thesis in the field of economic geography, regional economics, regional planning or urban economics is awarded with a prize of \u20ac 3000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Selection report<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/uantwerp-tpr\/\">Department of Transport and Regional Economics (TPR)<\/a> of the University of Antwerp is responsible for awarding the prize. The assessment is based on the following four selection criteria: <strong>academic quality, originality, research question, social and economic relevance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>The jury<\/h2>\n<p>The jury is chaired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ann-verhetsel-164204174\">Ann Verhetsel<\/a>, Professor of Economic and Social Geography (UAntwerp). This year she assessed the entries together with<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cabus-peter-8750227a\">Peter Cabus<\/a> (Secretary General Environment Flanders and lecturer at KU Leuven)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/isabelle-thomas-9207965\/\"> Isabelle Thomas<\/a> (Directrice de Recherche et Professeure Extraordinaire UCLouvain)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ben-derudder-1117446\/\"> Ben Derudder<\/a> (Research professor at KULeuven and lecturer at UGent)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uantwerpen.be\/en\/staff\/thomas-vanoutrive\/\">Thomas Vanoutrive<\/a> (Professor at the Research Group for Urban Development UAntwerp).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Decision of the jury<\/h2>\n<p>The call was widely distributed in November and December 2019. Nine candidates submitted their PhD. After a first selection round, in which each jury member had to submit 5 candidates for further selection, the following alphabetical shortlist was compiled:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Arnaud Adam &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/business-economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Exploring-new-geographies-of-interactions-in-and-around-the-metropolitan-area-of-Brussels.pdf\">Exploring new geographies of interactions in and around the metropolitan area of Brussels<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Louvain La Neuve &#8211; 2019<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Joris Beckers &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/business-economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/The-logistics-sector-in-a-consumer-driven-society-essays-on-location-and-network-structure.pdf\">The logistics sector in a consumer driven society, essays on location and network structure<\/a> &#8211; Antwerp &#8211; 2019<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Katja Bringmann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/business-economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Essays-on-Cross-border-Venture-Capital-and-Venture-Internationalization.pdf\">Essays on Cross-border Venture Capital and Venture Internationalization<\/a> &#8211; Antwerp &#8211; 2018<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Freke Caset &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/business-economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Planning-for-nodes-places-and-people.-A-strategic-railway-station-development-tool-for-Flanders-1.pdf\">Planning for nodes, places, and people. A strategic railway station development tool for Flanders<\/a> &#8211; Ghent &#8211; 2019<\/li>\n<li>Elise Schillebeeckx &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uantwerpen.be\/business-economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Arrival-districts-in-Flanders.-An-investigation-into-localized-sources-for-the-arrival-and-transition-process-of-migrants.pdf\">Arrival districts in Flanders. An investigation into localized sources for the arrival and transition process of migrants<\/a> &#8211; Antwerp &#8211; 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After careful consideration, the jury unanimously decided to <strong>award the Mercator Ortelius Prize 2020 to Arnaud Adam and Joris Beckers<\/strong>. With their thesis, both authors make an original contribution of high scientific quality to a relevant social and economic theme.<\/p>\n<h2>Jury member Peter Cabus about the deliberation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d8ff31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d8ff31\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2820b9b\" data-id=\"2820b9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-292e431 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class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c329d0\" data-id=\"6c329d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db4cc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"0db4cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/VmOsmmuYbUY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Previous laureates of the Mercator-Ortelius Prize<\/h2><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>In 2014, the prize was won by <strong>Karen Stuyck<\/strong> (A social geography of remittances: Transfers from Belgium to Senegal as a case study &#8211; Leuven &#8211; 2011) and <strong>Veronique Van Acker<\/strong> (Spatial and social variations in travel behavior &#8211; Incorporating lifestyles and attitudes into travel behaviour-land use interaction research &#8211; Ghent &#8211; 2010).<\/li><li>In 2017 <strong>Michiel Van Meeteren<\/strong> won with his PhD &#8216;From polycentricity to a renovated urban systems theory. Explaining Belgian settlement systems theory&#8217; (Ghent &#8211; 2016).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Antwerp is proud to announce Arnaud Adam and Joris Beckers as the winners of the triennial Mercator-Ortelius Prize 202. 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