The `Young scholars' group on shipping and ports' (YSSP) is a part of the MAGNETICS project and organises regular seminars. The junior researchers (PhD, post-doc) have the opportunity to pitch a research idea, present preliminary works or completed papers.
Next session: Coming soon
09/03/2026
Owen Crabtree, "Bias in partial maritime datasets: impact on network analysis", Sorbonne University & LIP6, ComplexNetworks Team
Charbel Alkhoury, "The impact of maritime traffic types on atmospheric pollution and local public health", University of Paris-Nanterre & University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Marc-Antoine Faure, "The structure of container networks,1977- 2024", University of Paris-Nanterre & University of Genoa
18/12/2025
8:30am-9am : Structure and dynamics of the global container shipping network, 1970s-2020s (Marc-Antoine FAURE, University of Paris-Nanterre & University of Genoa)
9am-9:30am : Differentiation of Link Streams: an investigation method for mining events in maritime traffic networks (Bastien LEGAY, Sorbonne University and LIP6)
9:30am-10am: Pricing marine insurance in early 19th century Liverpool (Guillaume WEGMUELLER, California Institute of Technology - Caltech)
10am-10:30am: Towards a multilevel port performance indicator encompassing economic development, and environmental health (Charbel ALKHOURY, University of Paris-Nanterre & Paris 1 Sorbonne)
10:30am-11am: Maritime connectivity in insular economies during the containerization era: Evidence from Macaronesia (1977-2017) (Paola MARRERO-RODRIGUEZ, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
11am-11:30am: Global and local perspectives on liner shipping network configurations (Ai BO, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)
11:30am-12am: Winners and losers: the impact of the Red Sea crisis on Italian ports (Fabio CREMASCHINI, University of Genoa & University of Paris-Nanterre)
12am-12:30am: The economics of port investments: Evidence from two historical events (Shotaro BEPPU, Harvard University, Boston)
2pm-2:30pm: The medium-sized port city, its evolutions and challenges: the case of Le Havre and Klaipeda (Jean-Michel BOAZ, University of Le Havre & UMR IDEES)
2:30-3pm: Port governance reforms in West Africa: what levers for the development of the ports of Abidjan, Dakar, Lomé, Cotonou and Kribi? (Atchou Olawolé HYACINTHE, University of Le Havre & UMR IDEES)
3pm-3:30pm: AIS data and geographical searches on ports and maritime transport (Ronan KERBIRIOU, University of Le Havre & UMR IDEES)
13/05/2025
Charbel Alkhoury, "Ports and the urgency of combating pollution for socio-environmental health", University of Paris-Nanterre & University of Le Havre
Claudia Ariza Santiago, "A data science analysis of the effects of the ETS on shipping patterns in Gibraltar Straits", NextPort
Fabio Cremaschini, "Winners and losers: The impact of the Suez Canal crisis on Italian ports", University of Genoa & University of Paris-Nanterre
26/02/2025
Paola Marrero Rodríguez, "Maritime trade costs and living standards in Macaronesia: a comparative study among the Canary Islands, Madeira and Cape Verde (1880-2020)", University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Sheng Zhang, "The influence of port proximity on pollution and public health at the world's cities", East China Normal University (ECNU)
Marc-Antoine Faure, "Shipping network research. A quantitative review", University of Paris-Nanterre & University of Genoa
29/10/2024
Shotaro Beppu, "Technology with unequal gains: steamship and globalization", Harvard University
César Ducruet, "Structural change in the world maritime network (1880-2020): globalization, optimization, and vulnerability", French National Centre for Scientific Research & EconomiX
Bastien Legay, "Disruptions analysis in networked infrastructures: a case study on maritime data", Sorbonne University & LIP6, ComplexNetworks Team