is a platform for theoreticians and practicians who work on topics about aviation

is a discussion forum for everyone involved in aviation

        promotes the dialog between theory, practice and politics

supports academic works in the field of aviation

 

       

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About GARS

The German Aviation Research Society (GARS) is a platform for practitioners and academics who work in the aviation field. Since its first workshop in 2002 GARS has evolved into an international network for research in aviation. The society organises several workshops throughout the year and publishes books at Ashgate Publishing Co. on various aviation-related topics. GARS is a non-for-profit organisation that acts as a discussion forum, promotes a dialog between theory, practice and policy and promotes academic work in the field of aviation.

The workshops

In our workshops academics present their latest research and practitioners give their views on different issues pertaining to the aviation industry. These workshops have at least one overall topic which then provides the basis for discussion. In the past these, some of these topics have been: airlines and predatory pricing, regulation of airports, the economics of hubs, slot allocation, airport competition, liberalisation of the air transport market and benchmarking of airports. The topic is usually announced several months in advance before the workshop takes place.. A call for papers is published on the website and is sent to more than 200 researchers, consultants, airport and airline employees world-wide who are on the GARS mailing list.. Participant numbers at the workshops are usually around 50 people. Anyone who wishes to present a paper is asked to hand in an abstract of 300 words. The selection of the presenters takes place through a peer review among the board members of GARS. Additionally, each presenter is assigned a discussant who reads the final or interim paper prior to the presentation and provides comments on the paper. The views presented serve as a basis for the ensuing discussion with the participants.

Our special commitment to supporting students

Each year one of the workshops is devoted to students and young academics that are given the opportunity to present their research in progress, their PhD-thesis or their Master-thesis. Students can hand in work-in-progress as well as finished works and have the opportunity to present them to established aviation researchers in the field. In addition to the peer review, which was described above, the student is assigned an additional discussant who provides a written feedback on the paper. GARS disposes of a large pool of experts that my act as discussants. These include for example:

 

  •      David Gillen (University of British Columbia, Canada)

  •      William Morrision (Wilfried Laurier University, Canada)

  •      Peter Forsyth (Monash University, Australia)

  •      Dieter Wilken (German Aerospace Center, Germany)

  •      Hartmut Wolf (The Kiel Institute of World Economics, Germany)

  •      Hans-Martin Niemeier (University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany)

  •      David Starkie (Economics Plus Ltd., UK)

  •      Anne Graham (University of Westminster, UK)

  •      Jaap de Wit (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)