
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Erwin van Tuijl

HCU Hamburg
Urban and Regional Economics
Überseeallee 16
D-20457 Hamburg
5th Floor | Room 5006a
Phone: +49(0)40/42827-4591
Email: erwin.tuijl(at)hcu-hamburg.de
Urban Agriculture: New seeds in the knowledge economy
Euricur Project | 2014-2015
Prof. Dr. Leo van den Berg, Dr. Erwin van Tuijl
Energy transitions in Cities: Lifestyle, experimentation and change
Euricur Project | 2012 – 2014
Prof. Dr. Jan van den Borg, Prof. Dr. Leo van den Berg, Dr. Luis Carvalho, Erwin van Tuijl, Irina Lazzerini, Marzia Germini
Innovative Urban Development Strategies for Sustainable Competitiveness
Euricur Project | 2012 – 2014
A world of events: how can cities anchor the advantage?
Euricur Project | 2010 – 2012
ATTREG - Attractiveness of European Regions and Cities for Residents and Visitors
ESPON project | 2010 – 2012
Climate adaptation and the regional economy
Euricur Project | 2010 – 2011
Developing locations in the knowledge economy
Euricur Project | 2009 – 2011
Sustainable development of cities: The role of leader firms
Euricur Project | 2009 – 2010
The role of design in the urban knowledge economy
Euricur Project | 2007 – 2010
The role of manufacturing in the new urban economy
Euricur Project | 2006 – 2008
Doctoral Thesis
Van Tuijl (2015) Upgrading across organisational and geographical configurations: Analysis of the Chinese automotive industry, Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), PhD Serie 349
Articles in peer reviewed journals
Van Tuijl, E., Hospers, G. J., and Van den Berg, L. (2018), Opportunities and challenges of urban agriculture for sustainable city development, European Spatial Research and Policy, 25(2): 5-22
Van Tuijl, E., Carvalho, L., and Dittrich, K. (2018), Beyond the Joint-Venture: Knowledge sourcing in Chinese automotive events, Industry and Innovation, 25(4): 389-407
Van Tuijl, E., K. Dittrich and Van der Borg, J. (2016), Upgrading of symbolic and synthetic knowledge bases: Evidence from the Chinese automotive and construction industries, Industry and Innovation, 23(3): 276 - 293
Van Tuijl, E. and Carvalho, L. (2014) Knowledge sourcing, knowledge bases and the spatial organisation of car design, Environment and Planning A, 46(8): 1966-1982
Van Tuijl (2014) Car makers and upgrading: The case of Renault in Romania, Journal of Business Strategy, 35(2): 13-18
Van Tuijl, E., Carvalho, L.Van Haaren, J. (2013) Developing creative quarters in cities: Policy lessons from “Art and Design City” Arabianranta, Helsinki, Urban Research and Practice, 6(2): 211-218
Van Tuijl, E., Carvalho, L. Van Winden, W., and Jacobs, W. (2012) Multinational knowledge strategies, policy and the upgrading process of regions: Revisiting the automotive industry in Ostrava and Shanghai, European Planning Studies, 20(10): 1627-1646
Van Tuijl, E and Van der Borg, J. (2012) Designing the dragon or does the dragon design? An analysis of the impact of creative industries on urban development of Beijing, International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management, 3(2): 125-138
Books and book chapters
Hospers, G. J. and Van Tuijl, E. (2019), Industry, innovation and regional development, in: Pater, B. and Paul, L. (ed) Europe a new geography, Utrecht: Perspectief Uitgevers: 161-162 <In Dutch>
Van Tuijl, E. and L. van den Berg (2017) Climate adaptation as source for sustainable competitiveness: the Venice experience, in: Orihuela, I. et al. (ed) Urban and metropolitan challenges in Mexico and in the world, Instituto Mora-CONACYT, Mexico
Fransen, J. and Van Tuijl, E. (2016), Kasongan Pottery Cluster (Yogyakarta), In: Carvalho, L., Van den Berg, B., Galal, H. and Teunisse, P. (eds) Delivering Sustainable Competitiveness, Ashgate: Farham
Van Tuijl, E. and Otgaar, A. (2016), RDM Campus (Rotterdam), In: Carvalho, L., Van den Berg, B., Galal, H. and Teunisse, P. (eds) Delivering Sustainable Competitiveness, Ashgate: Farham
Van den Berg, L. and Van Tuijl E. (2016) Events as tools for social development: the case of the World Port Days Rotterdam, In Nel·lo, O. and Mele, R. (eds), Academic Visions for Sustainable Urban Development, Earthscan, Routledge: Abingdon
Van Tuijl, E. (2015) The automotive industry as growth engine of the Moravian-Silesian Region, In: Pater, B. and Paul, L. (eds) Europe: a new Geography, Utrecht: Perspectief Uitgevers, pp. 161-162 <In Dutch>
Van den Berg, L., Jacobs, W., Nijdam, M. and Van Tuijl, E. (2015) Sustainable development of cities: the role of leader firms, In: Kresl, P. K. (ed.) Cities and partnerships for sustainable urban development, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
Van Tuijl (2013) Car makers and regional upgrading in Central and Eastern Europe: a comparison of Renault and Hyundai-Kia, in: Van Dijk, M.P., Van der Meer, J. and Van der Borg, J. (eds), From urban systems to sustainable competitive metropolitan regions: Essays in honour of Leo van den Berg, Enschede: Ipskamp Drukkers, pp. 116-131
Van Winden, W., Carvalho, L., Van Tuijl, E., Van Haaren, J., and Van den Berg, L. (2012) Creating knowledge locations in cities, Abingdon: Routledge
Van Winden, W., Van den Berg, L., Carvalho, L., and Van Tuijl, E. (2010) Manufacturing in the New Urban Economy, Abingdon: Routledge
Hospers, GJ, Van Tuijl, E, & Benneworth, P. (2012) Innovation by imitation? Benchmarking success stories of regional innovation, in: Bas, T.G. & Zhao, J. (eds), Comparing high technology firms in developed and developing countries: cluster growth initiatives, Hershey: Information Science Reference
Articles in professional magazines
Van Tuijl, E. (2015) Exploring cities through annual local festivals, Town and Country Planning, 84(2): 84-88
Van Tuijl, E. (2014) Partying in Cluj-Napoca: Development of a festival city, Igloo, February 2014 <In Romanian>
Carvalho, L., Van der Borg, J. and E. van Tuijl (2014) Rio de Janeiro: The social dimension of energy, Oxygen, 23:78-80
Van Haaren, J., Van Tuijl, E. and Carvalho, L. (2012) Creative Districts: Panacea or placebo? Lessons from Arabianranta in Helsinki, Finland, Real Estate Magazine, July 2012, <In Dutch>
since 2018| Postdoctoral Researcher in Urban and Regional Economics | HafenCity University
since 2016 | Visiting Researcher at KU Leuven, Division of Geography and Tourism
2015–2017 | Project manager Greentech.Ruhr at Wirtschaftsförderung metropoleruhr’
2006–2015 | Researcher and lecturer at Regional, Port and Transport Economics (RHV) & European Institute for Comparative Urban Research (Euricur), Erasmus University Rotterdam