Prof. Stan Geertman is a Professor of Planning Support Science and Chair of Spatial Planning at Utrecht University. He has published widely in both national and international journals and has edited a range of books. He is also editor of the international peer-reviewed journal ASAP (Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy) and serves on the editorial boards of several other scientific journals, including CEUS (Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems). He has been a member or chair of several international conference organizations (EGIS; JECC; AGILE-2011; DDSS; CUPUM-2013) and is currently Chair of the International Board of Directors of CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management). He has participated in numerous interdisciplinary research projects, ranging from ‘Climate change and sustainable land use’ to ‘Spatial economic deconcentration’. He was scientific director of a spin-off of Utrecht University (Nexpri) for ten years and was one of the founding fathers and first program director of the inter-university (TUD, WUR, UU, ITC) Master program GIMA (Geographical Information Management and Applications). Since 2012 he has led the research program for Spatial Planning at Utrecht University.