Senior Researcher and Business Developer
- Email address
- m.jansen@ese.eur.nl
- Phone
- +31(0)10 408 1578
- Room
- Woudestein, T-Building, Room T19-23
- Space
- Mandeville Building
BiographyMaurice Jansen is a senior researcher and educator at Erasmus Centre for Urban Port and Transport Economics in Rotterdam. He was born in 1974 in the port town of Vlaardingen in The Netherlands and completed his MSc in Business Administration in 1997 with a specialisation in Strategy and Environment at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before he joined Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2018, he was innovation manager at Shipping and Transport College (STC), worked as a supply chain solutions developer at a freight forwarding company and started his career as a transport consultant at KPMG Consulting. ExpertiseMaurice conducts research projects and provides policy advice on port competition, human capital in port development, stakeholder management and game design. As educator Maurice coordinates the Minor Port Management & Maritime Logistics and develops educational games. He teaches to students and port, supply chain and transport professionals and has a keen interest in zero waste supply chains, carbon neutrality and digitisation in ports and shipping. Main research areas
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Flagship Projects
A selection of recent projects by Maurice Jansen
- Facilities and financial requirements for seafare welfare in Dutch seaports
Our research on seafarers' facilities in Dutch ports highlights challenges in wellbeing, efficiency, accessibility, and security. Seamen’s centers rely on volunteers and fluctuating funds, and seafarers see them as "a home away from home." Shore leave access and transport also depend on volunteer arrangements. The solution lies in better collaboration and alignment of policy and execution.
Duration: July 2022 – November 2022
Client: Nederlandse Zeevarenden Centrale (NZC)
- Zero Emission Logistics Challenge
The 'Empowering Zero Emission Logistics' Challenge, part of Top Sector Logistics, invited student teams to propose solutions. Between September and November 2023, teams from various universities collaborated with companies and governments, resulting in 30 entries. The top 20 posters were displayed at the ICT & Logistics Fair in Utrecht, where students presented their ideas to 7,000 visitors.
The challenge was organized with five universities and involved numerous companies and public organizations.
Duration: January – November 2024
Client: Topsector Logistiek
- LDE Port City Futures
The launch of a new research community under the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus University partnership focuses on the evolving spatial use and design of port city regions. It explores how these urban areas change over time, the governance structures shaping their development, and the role of sustainable development in their growth. The research aims to propose innovative solutions to the challenges faced by port cities in terms of urbanization, sustainability, and governance.
Duration: 2018 - ongoing
Client: Leiden University, Delft University of Technology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, redeploying staff, vehicle efficiency, better planning, and smarter working.
Further projects and publications
- Jansen, M. (31 July 2023), Ports and the Sustainable Development Goals: an Ecosystems Approach, in International Business and Sustainable Development Goals, DOI: 10.1108/S1745-886220230000017014
- Jansen, M., Hein, C. (2023), Port City Symbiosis: introduction to the special issue (March 2023) in Maritime Economics & Logistics 25 (2), DOI: 10.1057/s41278-023-00257-x
- Jansen, M., Brandellero, A., & van Houwelingen, R. (2021). Port-City Transition: Past and Emerging Socio-Spatial Imaginaries and Uses in Rotterdam’s Makers District. Urban Planning, 6(3), 166-180. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v6i3.4253
- Jansen, M., van Tulder, R., & Afrianto, R. (2018). Exploring the conditions for inclusive port development: the case of Indonesia. Maritime Policy & Management, 45(7), 924–943. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2018.1472824