Nicolas Brusselaers

Nicolas Brusselaers is a post-doctoral researcher in Sustainable Logistics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Mobilise Research Centre). With a strong interest in sustainable urban freight measures, his research focuses on the impact of transport-related external costs, in particular air pollution exposure and its impact on human health. He obtained his Ph.D., supervised by Prof. Dr. Cathy Macharis and Prof. Dr. Koen Mommens, in March 2023, which focused on the dynamic impact of off-site construction transport on air quality. During his bachelor’s in communications, Nicolas interned at telco Proximus (Brussels), data visualization start-up Cumul.io (Leuven) and route optimization start-up Badger Maps (San Francisco, CA). He then acquired the degree of M.Sc. in Management economics at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Research

Sustainable Logistics

Air Pollution

Health Impact

External Costs

Urban Transport

Zero-emission

Construction Logistics

Key publications

Brusselaers, N., Huang, H., Macharis, C. & Mommens, K. (2023). A GPS-based approach to measure the environmental impact of construction-related HGV traffic on city level. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2022.106955

Brusselaers, N., & Mommens, K. M. (2022). The effects of a water-bound construction consolidation centre on off-site transport performance: the case of the Brussels-Capital Region. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10(4), 2092-2101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.09.003

Brusselaers, N., & Mommens, K. M. (2022). The influence of the construction holidays on HGV traffic in Belgium. In Bijdragen Vervoerslogistieke werkdagen 2022 (pp. 20-33). (Vervoerslogistieke Werkdagen 2022).

Mommens, K. M., Brusselaers, N., Van Lier, T., & Macharis, C. (2019). A dynamic approach to measure the impact of freight transport on air quality in cities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 240(118192), [118192]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118192