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Dr Thijs Dekker

Dr Thijs Dekker

  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Areas of expertise: economics; econometrics; bayesian econometrics; choice modelling; stated preference; revealed preference; nonmarket valuation; travel demand; travel behaviour
  • Email: T.Dekker@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 5334
  • Location: Room 2.04, Institute for Transport Studies (34-40 University Road)
  • Website: Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID

Profile

Employment history

  • 2020-present - Associate Professor, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.
  • 2014-2020 - Lecturer in Transport Economics, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.
  • 2013-2014 - Postdoctoral researcher, Delft University of Technology.
  • 2012-2013 - Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.

Responsibilities

  • Programme Leader MSc Transport Economics

Research interests

Key Research Interests

  • Advanced discrete choice models
  • Applied (Bayesian) econometrics
  • Transport and the environment
  • Travel demand and travel behaviour research 
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Qualifications

  • PhD in Economics, VU University Amsterdam, 2012
  • MsC in Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2006 (with highest honour)
  • BsC in Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2005

Research groups and institutes

  • Choice Modelling

Current postgraduate researchers

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