(16-02-2025) On Thursday, 6 February 2025, Xueqing Liu successfully defended her PhD: " Interconnected Cities, Integrated Markets: Dynamics of Urban Networks in Explaining Regional Market Integration in China’s Megacity-regions"

Supervisors Prof. Dr. Frank Witlox, Ghent University Prof. Dr. Ben Derudder, KU Leuven, Ghent University

Examination Committee Prof. Dr. Nico Van de Weghe(Chair), Ghent University Prof. Dr. Kurt Fuellhart, Ghent University Prof. Dr. Jonathan Beaverstock, University of Bristol Dr. Yuting Yang, KU Leuven Prof. Dr. Weiyang Zhang, East China Normal University

Congratulations Xueqing!

(16-01-2025) In January 2025, several researchers from Social and Economic Geography participated in the TRB annual meeting in Washington DC, a premier global gathering of transportation professionals, featuring thousands of presentations that showcase cutting-edge research in transportation. Tanhua Jin's paper (Evaluating the Potential of the ‘15-Minute City’ Concept in the United States via Activity-Based Mobility Patterns) won the Best Paper Award from the TRB2025 AED20 Committee on Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems.

Co-authors: Kailai Wang, Yanan Xin, Jian Shi, Ye Hong and Frank Witlox