University of Antwerp

The University of Antwerp has a long-standing tradition in transportation research performed by its institutions and the academic teaching at the University of Antwerp is closely linked to scientific research related to topics like smart road structures and sustainable asphalt pavements.

In the past years, research was performed for companies and high standing research was done into the evaluation of several areas, such as transport investments, mobility policy and the maritime and port sector.

Role in PIONEERS:

As the leader of WP9 (Impact assessment and process evaluation), the University of Antwerp is responsible for the development of the baseline scenario and the quantification of the lighthouse port innovations in the fellow ports.