Mychal Langenus

Mychal Langenus holds a PhD in (Applied) Business Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences and Solvay Business School. He worked as project manager for the European Union Seventh Framework Programme 'PORTOPIA', as  researcher in several consulting projects, and as teaching assistant for the Management & Strategy research unit of the VUB. Several of his articles are published in academic journals that focus on stakeholder relations, strategic management and sustainability. His expertise is positioned at the intersection of several strands of strategic management research and gravitates towards project management, stakeholder management and performance management. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor for the course of Project Management.

TEACHING

Project Management

Master Theses Supervision

RESEARCH

Collaboration

Performance Management

Port Industry

Sustainability

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Langenus, M., & Dooms, M. (2015). Port Industry Performance Management: a meso-level gap in literature and practice? International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 18(3), 251-275. [1026885]. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2015.1026885

Langenus, M., Dooms, M., Haezendonck, E., & Aerts, G. (2016). Socio-economic valuation of traffic in inland ports: the development of a weighing rule for the port of Brussels. International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management, 6(3), 297-318. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJDSRM.2016.079796

Langenus, M., & Dooms, M. (2018). Creating an industry-level business model for sustainability: The case of the European ports industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 195, 949-962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.150

Haezendonck, E., & Langenus, M. (2019). Integrated ports clusters and competitive advantage in an extended resource pool for the Antwerp Seaport. Maritime Policy & Management, 46(1), 74-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088839.2018.1471535

Langenus, M., Dooms, M., Haezendonck, E., Notteboom, T., & Verbeke, A. (2021). Modal shift ambitions of large North European ports: A contract-theory perspective on the role of port managing bodies. Maritime Transport Research, 3, 1-18. [100049]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2021.100049