People-Centric Mobility & Logistics Hubs

As project leader at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Susanne develops and leads projects that bring research, practice and education together. The projects integrate knowledge on city logistics, entrepreneurship, behaviour and built environment to improve the liveability and accessibility of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Susanne obtained a MSc degree in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics at VU University Amsterdam in 2011.

Joris Beckers is professor Economic Geography and Urban Logistics at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics at the University of Antwerp. His current research focuses on the design of sustainable (urban) economic and transport networks in the context of the on-demand economy. His work involves the development of quantitative spatial analysis for freight and retail planning, consumer analytics and business modeling. Dr. Beckers is a Ph.D. in Applied Economics and a MSc. in Geography.

Thomas Brauner has a background in industrial engineering & logistics. After several years of experience in consulting, he joined the Hamburg based logistics cluster "Logistics Initiative Hamburg". There, he's responsible for the development, coordination & lead for European innovation projects in logistics, transport & mobility. This includes the development of international partnerships & representation of the logistics hub Hamburg in those partnerships and alliances. Thomas Brauner is the assigned project coordinator of the EU Interreg North Sea project "MoLo Hubs".