Christa Sys currently is holder of the BNP Paribas Fortis chair on transport, logistics and ports at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics. Until October 2013, Christa Sys was scientific director of the Research Centre on Freight and Passengers flows. Next, she is course co-ordinator for the courses ‘Business Environment’, ‘Maritime Economics and Businesses’ and ‘Maritime Supply Chain’ at the Centre for Maritime and Air Transport (C-MAT). She also teaches at the Faculty of Business and Economics. Her educational activities focus on (operational aspects of) maritime transport, transport economics and inland transportation. Her research centres on maritime economics and co-operation and competition in shipping.
She jointly graduated as a doctor in Applied Economics at the Ghent University and the University of Antwerp (December 2010). Her doctoral research dealt with the competitive conditions, the concentration and the market structure of the container liner shipping industry (link). This research was awarded by the Section of Technical Sciences of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences with the General Manager Fernand Suykens Prize for Port Studies.
Key Publications
Vanelslander, T., & Sys, C. (2020). Future maritime supply networks : key issues in and solutions. Maritime Supply Chains. Elsevier. 261-282.
Acciaro, M., & Sys, C. (2020). Innovation in the maritime sector: aligning strategy with outcomes. Maritime Policy & Management, 47(8), 1045–1063.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2020.1737335
Sys, C., Van de Voorde, E., Vanelslander, T., & van Hassel, E. (2020). Pathways for a sustainable future inland water transport: A case study for the European inland navigation sector. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 8(3), 686–699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2020.07.013
Acciaro, M., Ferrari, C., Lam, J. S. L., Macario, R., Roumboutsos, A., Sys, C., Tei, A., & Vanelslander, T. (2018). Are the innovation processes in seaport terminal operations successful? Maritime Policy & Management, 45(6), 787–802. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2018.1466062
Carlan, V., Sys, C., Calatayud, A., & Vanelslander, T. (2018b, april). Digital Innovation in Maritime Supply Chains: Experiences from Northwestern Europe.
https://doi.org/10.18235/0001070 (Full text (open access): https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docman/irua/17ced9/150349.pdf)
(Discussion paper / Institutions for Development Sector. Connectivity, Markets, and Finance Division ; IDB-DP-577 ; Inter-American Development Bank)
Brooks Mary, R., Meersman, H., Sys, C., Van de Voorde, E., & Vanelslander, T. (2019, juni). Regulation in the liner shipping industry : pathways to a balance of interests: technical report. University of Antwerp, Department of Transport and Regional Economics. https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docman/irua/f69245/160002.pdf
Publications
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