Prof. Jan Burnewicz

Occupation: Head of the Chair of Comparative Research of Transport Systems at the University of Gdansk, Poland (Full professor). Specialist in transport economics and economy of innovation. Laureate of the Award of Jan Heweliusz Science Prize of the City of Gdansk for the year 2010 (In Humanities) and decorated with Knight’s Cross Order of Polonia Restituta in 2002. Author of more than 500 scientific papers and publications (53 books or chapters in books). The most important books are:Innovative Perspective of Transport and Logistics [editor, 2009]; Costs and Charges in Transport [coauthor 2009]; EU Road Transport Sector [author, 2005]; Questions clés pour le transport en Europe [coauthor, 2009]; Analytical Transport Economics[coauthor, 2001]. Main research projects realized in collaborations with members of the Chair: SCENARIOS, SCENES, CODE-TEN, SPECTRUM, GRACE, CATRIN, INTERCONNECT (EU 4^th, 5^th, 6^th and 7^th Framework Programme)Thesis supervisor of 9 PhD students in economics.