Researchers Department Environmental Economics
| ACADEMIC STAFF | |
| Dr Marije Schaafsma | Head of department |
| Prof. Pieter van Beukering | Professor Environmental Economics (Deputy Head) |
| Prof. Wouter Botzen | Professor Economics of Climate Change and Natural Disasters (Director) |
| Prof. Marjan Hofkes | Professor Environmental Economics |
| Prof. Roy Brouwer | Professor Water Economics |
| Prof. Richard Tol | Professor Economics of Climate Change |
| Dr Mark Koetse | Associate Professor |
| Dr Sanchayan Banerjee | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Jan Brusselaers | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Veronica Lupi | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Miguel Poblete Cazenave | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Peter Robinson | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Madeline Werthschulte | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Tomáš Baďura | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Dr Georges Farina | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Dr Liselotte Hagedoorn | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Dr Suzanne van Osch | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Dr Max Tesselaar | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Bibiana Cepeda Santamaria, MSc | Junior Researcher |
| PHD CANDIDATES | |
| Marta Buso, MSc | PhD research: Focus on the potential of carbon offsets to mitigate individual dietary emissions and how to increase people’s willingness to pay for them |
| Sem Duijndam, MSc | PhD research: Migration and adaptation under sea level rise |
| Daan van Ederen, MSc | PhD research: Climate-related risks and opportunities for the financial sector |
| Jorn van Elden, MSc | PhD research: Veen Vitaal project on exploring alternative business models for farmers on the Dutch peat lands |
| Thijs Endendijk, MSc | PhD research: Economic assessment climate change risks |
| Guillermo García Álvarez, MSc | PhD research: Nature-based solutions for insurance |
| Kevin Goes, MSc | PhD research: Behavioural research to stimulate energy efficiency in residential homes |
| Zsóka Halászová, MSc | PhD research: RESHAPE project on spatially explicit ecosystem service values and the economics of transitioning to different land uses in the Vecht and the Dommel watersheds |
| Shutong He, MSc | PhD research: The role of non-price measures for energy-efficiency investment and energy conservation behaviour of urban households in China |
| Michiel Ingels, MSc | PhD research: Flood insurance |
| Acel Jardón Kojakhmetova, MSc | PhD research: Environmental and economic growth within a spatial framework |
| Craig Leisher | PhD Candidate |
| Magdalena Lesch, MSc | PhD research: ARCADIA project: attitudes, preferences and economic values for nature-based solutions across European regions |
| Jason Levin-Koopman, MSc | PhD research: Climate change and economic fresh water resource modelling |
| Marjan Nikoloski, MSc | PhD research: Combining digital citizen engagement and tailored behavioural interventions to stimulate system-optimal clean energy investments at scale |
| Derk van Ree, MSc | PhD research: Sustainable development and management of the shallow subsurface |
| Elvia Rufo Jimenez, MSc | PhD research: Socio-economic impacts of chemicals on natural capital and ecosystem services |
| Teun Schrieks, MSc | PhD research: Climate change adaptation policies and human adaptation behaviour |
| Veerle Siegerink, MSc | PhD research: project PLUS Change (Participatory Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing world) |
| Louison Thépaut, MSc | PhD research: Align4Energy project |
| Anoek van Tilburg, MSc | PhD research: ACCREU project: focus on incorporating a broader well-being perspective in the economic appraisal of different flood adaptation strategies |
| Laurine de Wolf, MSc | PhD research: Socio-economic assessment of flood risk management measures |
| RECENTLY GRADUATED PHD CANDIDATES | |
| Dr Max Tesselaar (2024) | |
| Dr Markus Glatt (2023) | |
| Dr Hanna Dijkstra (2023) | |
| Dr Andreas Coester (2023) | |
| Dr Liselotte Hagendoorn (2022) | |
| Dr Peter Robinson (2020) | |
| Dr Theodore Chatzivasileiadis (2019) | |
| Dr Mehmet Kutluay (2019) | |
| Dr Hilary Ndambiri (2018) | |
| Dr Matteo Mattmann (2017) | |
| Dr Tewodros Kahsay (2017) | |
| Dr Bianca van der Kroon (2016) | |
| Dr Trond Husby (2016) | |
| Dr In Chang Hwang (2015) | |
| Dr Francisco Estrada Porrua (2015) | |
| VISITING FELLOWS | |
| Dr Harry Aiking | Senior Researcher |
| Prof. Jeroen van den Bergh | Professor Environmental and Resource Economics |
| Dr Julia Blasch | Assistant Professor |
| Dr Jetske Bouma | Senior Researcher |
| Prof. Michel den Elzen | Professor by special appointment |