Nicolas Brusselaers

Postdoc

With a strong interest in sustainable urban logistics measures, Nicolas researches the construction supply chain鈥檚 disturbances and efficiency. His PhD focused on modeling the dynamic impact of construction transport on air quality.

Urban planning meets construction transport

Nicolas obtained his PhD in Economics at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Mobilise Research Group), where he focused on modeling the dynamic impact of construction transport on air quality.

During his bachelor鈥檚 in communication, Nicolas interned at telco Proximus (Brussels, BE), data visualization start-up (Leuven, BE) and route optimization start-up Badger Maps (San Francisco, CA, USA). His master's thesis focused on a methodological advancement regarding the dynamic exposure calculation to freight transport-related air pollution using mobile service provider data.

Currently, Nicolas is a post-doctoral researcher in construction logistics at Link枚ping University, Sweden, where his research revolves around urban development and logistics, and sustainable construction supply chains. He teaches the Sustainable and Digital Construction Supply Chains course as part of the Master's programme in Digitalized Construction. He also chairs the European NECTAR cluster on logistics and freight.

Short info

Nicolas chairs the European NECTAR cluster on logistics and freight:

Publications

2025

Nicolas Brusselaers, Samuel Hjorth (2025) Den störningsfria staden: en antologi om bygglogistik, stads- och trafikplanering, p. 43-47 (Chapter in book)

Nicolas Brusselaers, Samuel Hjorth, Anna Fredriksson, David Gundlegård (2025) Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (Article in journal)

Muge Tetik, Nicolas Brusselaers, Anna Fredriksson (2025) Automation in Construction, Vol. 175, Article 106190 (Article in journal)

He Huang, Nicolas Brusselaers, Yves De Smet, Cathy Macharis (2025) Case Studies on Transport Policy, Vol. 19, Article 101359 (Article in journal)

2024

Nicolas Brusselaers, Anna Fredriksson, David Gundlegård, R. Zernis (2024) Sustainable cities and society, Vol. 104, Article 105305 (Article in journal)

Research

Traffic and closed streets in the central parts of a city

Urban development and logistics

The research focus on decreasing environmental impact and disturbances of city development, as well as utilization of capacity of time and space within the city in such a way that both goods and person transport can work efficiently and effectively.

Vallastaden 2017 - Construction logistics

Construction Logistics and Supply Chain Management

We are researching how to create long-term sustainability and effectiveness in the built environment with a focus on logistics, digitalization, and resource-efficient construction.

Teaching

Digital Construction Supply Chains, 6 credits

The Sustainable and Digital Construction Supply Chains course combines sustainability and digitalization aspects within construction supply chains. The course focuses on the prerequisites, obstacles and opportunities for establishing, operating, and utilizing the connected construction site and its supply chain in a sustainable and smart way.

Organisation

Communications and Transport Systems

We contribute to the development of society with research and education in the fields of traffic systems, logistics, communication systems and construction engineering.

Department of Science and Technology (ITN)

We research and teach in several technical and scientific disciplines in which our main areas are organic electronics, media, communications and logistics.

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