Harry Geerlings

Harry Geerlings is Professor of Governance of Sustainable Mobility at Erasmus University Rotterdam's Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences. He specializes in sustainable transport systems, port-city relationships, and transition management. As a SmartPort 2.0 member, he investigates port decarbonization strategies and infrastructure resilience.

His research examines energy demand optimization in container terminals, cold chain logistics, and sustainable urban mobility transitions. Recent projects analyze shared-value erosion in European ports and hydrogen adoption barriers in freight transport. He chairs academic committees and supervises doctoral candidates on climate-adaptive policies.