Dr. Nicolas Brusselaers

Nicolas Brusselaers is an FWO Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in the Mobilise Research Group at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and LOG Research Group at Hasselt University, specializing in sustainable construction logistics and urban freight transport. His research connects urban development, transport planning and logistics to reduce air pollution, health impacts and congestion while improving logistics efficiency. He currently leads “Planning ahead: mitigating air pollution health impacts through delivery flexibility and collaborative networks for construction transport” (2026–2029), involving 19 public and private partners and research exchanges with Linköping University (Sweden), the University of Toronto (Canada) and Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands). The project develops methods to predict construction transport demand, assess how flexible delivery windows and routing can reduce transport impacts, and support collaboration between industry and public authorities. It links transport planning to dynamic health-impact modelling that accounts for where people are throughout the day.

Nicolas holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economic Sciences: Commercial Engineering from VUB (2023) and completed a postdoctoral appointment in Construction Logistics at Linköping University, Sweden (2023-2025). To date, he has contributed to more than 16 research projects and secured Belgian, Swedish and European research funding. He chairs the European NECTAR Cluster on Logistics & Freight, and contributes to European sustainability and governance frameworks. His academic activities include doctoral supervision and advisory or jury roles across Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Hasselt University (Belgium) and Linköping University (Sweden), alongside teaching B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses on supply chain management (VUB), construction logistics (LiU), and sustainable transport (VUB, LiU, KTH). He has (co-)authored over 40 publications, incl. journal articles, conference papers and scientific reports. He welcomes collaborations on construction transport planning, circular material flows, consolidation hubs and the environmental and health impacts of urban freight, helping cities and industry move towards zero-impact construction logistics using spatial analysis, transport modelling and collaborative decision support approaches.