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Jeroen van den Bergh teaches and does research on the interface of economics, environmental science and innovation studies. His current interest is the application of evolutionary and innovation economics to stimulate a transition to a sustainable energy system, and the economics of climate change and policy. Since September 2007 he is ICREA research professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and (distinguished/“bijzonder”) professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at VU University Amsterdam. From 1997 to 2007 he was professor of Environmental Economics at VU University Amsterdam. He is an elected fellow of the Tinbergen Institute Research School and the Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE), and was a member of the Energy Council of the Netherlands, of the advisory council of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, and of the Committee Genetic Modification (COGEM), as well as an elected member of The Board of Directors of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE). He was chairman of various committees of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) in the fields of social sciences, climate change and environmental sciences. He is a member of the scientific board of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in Vienna, a member of the editorial board of six international journals, and editor of the book series “Advances in Ecological Economics” for Edward Elgar Publishers, UK. He was awarded the Royal/Shell Prize 2002 for research on 'Sustainable Development, Environment and Resources'. He has supervised 21 finished PhD theses and has published more than 160 articles in international journals as well as 16 books.

Website: www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/JeroenvandenBergh--424

Education

1991: PhD in economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

1988: Master degree in Econometrics (specialization in Operations Research), University of Tilburg, the Netherlands. 

Ancillary activities

  • ICREA | Barcelona Spanje | Onderzoekshoogleraar | 2007-09-01 - present

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

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