Gül Aktürk & Stephan Hauser Sea snot is spreading over the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. This slimy substance is a symptom of marine pollution, and is threatening…
Andrew Littlejohn and Carola Hein Ten years ago, three nuclear reactors run by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) melted down after a tsunami struck Japan’s…
Asma Mehan The Covid-19 crisis raises questions of resilience, sustainable transitions and global trade in the wake of a pandemic. Port cities require new…
Stephan Hauser The explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020 showed that ports are clusters of risks, and that accidents in port areas can have disastrous effects…
Paul van de Laar Within Europe, the Netherlands is lagging behind in enrolling vaccination against Covid-19. This does not mean that the Dutch neglect the…
By Josef Konvitz, historian, authority on economic and urban governance, and former diplomat. Since 2011, Konvitz is Honorary Professor of Education at the…
Stephan Hauser The deep economic and spatial link between industrial activities and ports, covering land and maritime spaces, places port cities at the…
Hilde Sennema To what extent is the current health crisis detrimental for port cities, and how are different port cities reacting to this crisis? Researchers…
Sarah E. Hinman Urban public health is extraordinarily relevant currently, but health in port cities holds a critical place in history, too. Monitoring…
