Cesar Ducruet
CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research)
UMR 8504 Géographie-Cités / P.A.R.I.S.
University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Dr. César Ducruet works since 2009 as research fellow for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the research laboratory UMR 8504 Géographie-Cités (Sorbonne University). His research interests as a geographer include transport networks, territorial integration, and spatial analysis, through the looking glass of urban-port development and maritime networks, with a special focus on Europe and Asia. His past experiences in South Korea (KRIHS) and The Netherlands (Erasmus University) have resulted in several collaborations with many foreign colleagues, finalised in numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed journals. He has given regular lectures in Asia (Korea, China) and Europe (Belgium, France, The Netherlands), and is currently involved in several research projects on port cities and maritime networks such as ESPON-TIGER and Marie Curie ERG (Europe), OECD (expert), and CNRS-PE/PS (France). His current research activity is the elaboration of a global vessel movement database on the 1890-2010 period, to analyse the evolution of ports, port cities, port systems, and regionalisation/globalisation processes in maritime networks. He also coordinates an informal research group on network analysis in geography in Paris.
- Fremont, A. and Ducruet, C. (2005) The emergence of a mega-port – From the global to the local, the case of Busan,Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 96(4), pp. 421-432
- Ducruet, C. and Lee, S.W. (2006) Frontline soldiers of globalisation: Port–city evolution and regional competition, Geojournal,9, 67(2), pp. 107-122.
- Ducruet C., Lee S-W. and Ng A.K.Y. (2010) Centrality and vulnerability in liner shipping networks: revisiting the Northeast Asian port hierarchy, Maritime Policy and Management, 37(1), pp.17-36
- Ducruet C., Rozenblat C. & Zaidi F. (2010). Ports in multi-level maritime networks: evidence from the Atlantic (1996–2006), Journal of Transport Geography, 18(4), pp.508-518
- Jacobs, W., Ducruet, C. and De Langen, P.W. (2010). Integrating world cities into production networks: the case of port cities, Global Networks, 10(1), pp. 92-113.
- Ducruet, C. and van der Horst, M. (2009). Transport Integration at European Ports: Measuring the Role and Position of Intermediaries, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 9(2), pp. 121-142.
- Ducruet, C., Roussin, St. and Jo Jin-Cheol (2009), Going West? Spatial polarization of the North Korean port system, Journal of Transport Geography, 17(5), pp. 357-368.
- Ducruet, C., Notteboom, T., Banos, A., Ietri, D., Rozenblat, C., (2010). Structure and dynamics of liner shipping networks. [Download]
- Jacobs, W., Ducruet, C. and De Langen, P.W. (2010). Integrating world cities into production networks: the case of port cities, Global Networks, 10(1), pp. 92-113. [Download]
- Ducruet, C., Notteboom, T. and De Langen, P.W. (2009), Revisiting inter-port relationships under the new economic geography research framework, in: idem (eds), Ports in proximity: competition and coordination among adjacent seaports, Ashgate: Aldershot. [Book] [Download]
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