Visiting Professorship at Gothenburg University: Kevin Cullinane

Written by Gesine Stück  |  Monday, 14 June 2010  | 

The NMU project head Kevin Cullinane has recently been appointed as a Visiting Professor at the University of Gothenburg.

Professor Kevin Cullinane is director of Transport Research Institute (TRI). His appointment provides a significant opportunity for academic collaboration. Over a period of two weeks in May, Professor Cullinane delivered a series of lectures on 'Bulk Shipping Economics' to Gothenburg University students undertaking an MSc in International Business and MSc in International Trade and Logistics.

In future, Professor Cullinane will deliver lectures on Gothenburg University's Executive MBA programme and will become involved in their Executive Education and Seminar programme. This will enable him to become more familiar and involved with the shipping and logistics industries in Sweden and the wider Scandinavian area. In turn this will allow TRI to access commercial funding from Swedish and Scandinavian sources, and also provide industrial partners (including possible financial support) for EU and other funding bids.

The role of Visiting Professor is also intended to stimulate joint research applications between Professor Cullinane and colleagues in Gothenburg to funding sources in Sweden, Scandinavia and Europe and will also involve the joint supervision of PhD students.