Peter Nijkamp

Peter Nijkamp (born 26 February 1946) is a Dutch economist, Professor of Regional Economics and Economic Geography at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and President of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO).

[2] Towards the end of his career at the VU university Nijkamp faced accusations of self-plagiarism[3] and VU-appointed investigators have criticised referencing methods in some of his work.

The VU's rector, Frank van der Duyn Schouten, stated that Nijkamp had acted improperly but had not committed plagiarism.

[10] It would also inquire with the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences on the boundary between self-plagiarism and "self-citation".

[11] Nijkamp himself stated that the investigation committee's methodology and selection of publications is too thin a base for any conclusions.