Needergaard, Kristen D.

Born: 1963

Nationality: Danish

Current Position: Director of Department of Maritime Research and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark

Education: PhD in transport logistics  Copenhagen Business School/Roskilde University (2003), Master in Social Science, Roskilde University (1993)

Key Qualifications: Transport logistics, international project management, dissemination of scientific knowledge to a broader public, policy analyses and recommendations to the transport sector, benchmarking and quality and environmental management, extensive international contact network, insight in EU Commission research programmes

Experience record:
Positions:
Director, Department of Maritime Research and Innovation (Esbjerg – Denmark), May 2005 -
Head of Research, Institut for Transportstudier (Padborg – Denmark), Nov 2004 – April 2005
Director, senior consultant, STRATEA consulting (Bolzano – Italy), July 2002 – Nov. 2004
Project manager, Mettle Group (Cannes – France), Jan 2002 – June 2002)
Project manager, Danish Transport Council (Copenhagen), Febr. 1999 – Dec. 2001
Researcher, Institute of Logistics and Transport, Copenhagen Business School (Copenhagen), May 1997 – Febr. 1999
Research Assistant, National Environmental Research Institute (Roskilde – Denmark), Dec. 1993 – Febr. 1994

Research coordination:
Coordinator of several research projects during my time at the Danish Transport Council, Coordinator of two EU projects for METTLE (E-MAR and SPIN-HSV), as Head of Research in Padborg and in my current position research coordination is an integral part of my job

International contacts:
Vast international contact network, active member of the IAME network, and part of the EU Commission panel of expert evaluators