Roy Brouwer is a professor in the department of Environmental Economics at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His main research interests are in water economics and environmental risk assessment.
In his work, he combines practical water policy experience (he worked outside academia in the Dutch Water Ministry for five years between 2000 and 2004) and scientific research (Wageningen Agricultural University, University of East Anglia, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, University of Waterloo).
He is also a visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) in Zürich, founding editor-in-chief of the journal Water Resources and Economics, member of the International Advisory Board of the Doctorate Program on Water Resource Systems at the Technical University of Vienna, and member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES).
Roy Brouwer is the Executive Director of the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute and full professor in the University of Waterloo’s Department of Economics, link to his personal page.
Expertise
Environmental Economics, Water Economics, Economic Valuation, Choice Models.