JeanPaul Rodrigue – PortEconomics

JeanPaul Rodrigue

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue received a Ph.D. in Transport Geography from the Université de Montréal (1994) and has been at the Department of Economics & Geography at Hofstra University since 1999. In 2008, he became part of the Department of Global Studies and Geography. Dr. Rodrigue sits on the international editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography, the Journal of Shipping and Trade and the Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport. He is a board member of the University Transportation Research Center, Region II of the City University of New York and is a lead member of the PortEconomics.eu initiative. Dr. Rodrigue is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Manufacturing and a board member of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum as well as of the International Association of Maritime Economists. In 2013, the US Secretary of Transportation appointed Dr. Rodrigue to sit on the Advisory Board of the US Merchant Marine Academy. He is also the New York team leader for the MetroFreight project about city logistics. He regularly performs advisory and consulting assignments for international organizations and corporations.

Author's Posts

Containers

In a tight spot: American ports in global supply chains

PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue delivered a testimony in front of the Joint Economic Committee of the Congress of the United States, in Washington, DC. The hearing was on "Barriers to Supply Chain Modernisation and Factor Productivity Enhancements". Jean-Paul's contribution focused on the main barriers that North...

Containers

The box that makes the world go around: container terminals and global trade

Read a interting viewpoint titled "The Box that Makes the World Go Round: Container Terminals and Global Trade" by PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue for Cornerstone, the annual report of the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University.Find the viewpoint here (page 38). ...

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A Metric of Global Maritime Supply Chain Disruptions: The Global Supply Chain Stress Index (GSCSI)

The World Bank Group released a working paper titled "A Metric of Global Maritime Supply Chain Disruptions: The Global Supply Chain Stress Index" co-authored by Jean-Francois Arvis, Cordula Rastogi, Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Daria Ulybina. This paper explores the unprecedented disruptions in global containerized trade in recent...

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Conversation: rethinking port economics

PortEocnomics members Gordon Wilmsmeier and Jason Monios will be hosted at @ Connecting Ports - The Live Talk Show by HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH this Wednesday - 13th December @14:00 CET (08:00 Colombia - GMT). Why should we rethink port economics? Are we ready to "finally" internalize external costs? Why should we explore...

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The implications of Chinese investments on Mediterranean trade and maritime hubs

By improving the connectivity between China and Europe, Chinese investments aim to redefine China’s position within global transport networks and logistics flows. The latest port study of PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue with Ouail Oulmakki, Jérôme Verny (NEOMA Business School, Paris, France) and Andrey Hernandez Meza (HihgFi...

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Circular Economy to be fully integrated in ‘Port Economics, Management and Policy’, a global leading reference handbook

PortEconomics members Theo Notteboom (Gent University/University of Antwerp/Antwerp Maritime Academy, Belgium), Athanasios Pallis (University of Piraeus, Greece), and Jean-Paul Rodrigue (Hofstra University, New York, US) – authors of the Port Economics, Management and Policy handbook – partner...

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OECD Peer Learning Group meeting of the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR-PLG) of Republic of Togo

PortEconomics members Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Pierre Cariou, participated in the Peer Learning Group Meeting on the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR-PLG) of Togo that took place in Paris OECD headquarter on July 4, 2023. The PTPR-PLG meetings aim to enable targeted peer dialogue on critical issues and identify lessons...

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Encyclopedia: transport modes and globalization

PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue authored a book chapter on the topic of transport modes and globalization which included in the International Encyclopedia of Transportation- now available via academic publisher Elsevier. Transportation modes are a critical component of the global economy by supporting the mobility of passengers...

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The geography of maritime ranges: interfacing global maritime shipping networks with hinterlands

The latest port study of PortEconomics member Jean-Paul Rodrigue looks at an intermediate scale of analysis for maritime transportation; the maritime range. Maritime ranges are bounded regions where a set of ports are either in competition, complementary, sharing a common regulatory regime, or having some fundamental geographical...

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