Melika Levelt

Melika Levelt is a Senior Lecturer at Mainport Logistics within the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Her work focuses on urban planning, logistics, and sustainable development, with particular emphasis on citizen participation, spatial policy, and regional food systems. She has been actively involved in research since 2013, contributing to over 34 publications and 110 professional activities.

Research Interests: Her research explores urban logistics, bottom-up planning methodologies, and the integration of sustainability into spatial policies. Notable areas include the impact of pandemics on trade logistics, citizen engagement in housing developments, and subsurface management in urban planning. She has developed frameworks like the Omgevingscanvas to enhance stakeholder collaboration in planning processes.

Key Contributions: Her work highlights paradoxes in citizen participation models and the evolving role of logistics in circular economies. She has received the Best Paper Award in 2018 for contributions to sustainable city-region food systems research.

Advising & Grants: Supervised multiple student theses on logistics innovation and urban technology. Active in organizing conferences on topics like food transitions and green business strategies.

Teams/Labs: Core member of Mainport Logistics City Net Zero initiative, collaborating on projects related to urban logistics sustainability and metropolitan food security.