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Jeroen van den Bergh is ICREA Research Professor in the Institute of Environmental Science & Technology of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He is also professor of Environmental and Resource Economics in the Faculty of Economics & Business Administration and the Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam. Previously, he was professor of Environmental Economics (1997-2007) at VU University Amsterdam, and a member of the Energy Council of the Netherlands (2003-2007). He obtained a Master degree in Econometrics and Operations Research from Tilburg University, and a PhD in Economics from VU University Amsterdam. He published 16 books and more than 170 journal articles. He was awarded the Royal Shell Prize 2002 and the IEC Environmental Prize (Premi Sant Jordi de Medi Ambient) 2011, and received awards for several publications. He is editor-in-chief of the Elsevier journal "Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions": http://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-innovation-and-societal-transitions.
Research interests
The intersection of economics, environmental science and innovation studies. Past work covered integrated environmental-economic modelling, construction of aggregate performance indicators, contributions to the growth-versus-environment debate, economic aspects of dematerialization and recycling, and spatial and international aspects of environmental policy. Work in recent years is focused on environmental innovation (notably renewable energy), the design and cost of effective climate policy, carbon and energy rebound, and modelling the transition to a low-carbon economy. He makes frequent use of insights and approaches of behavioral and evolutionary economics.
Key Words
Environmental and resource economics | Energy and climate economics | Environmental science and ecological economics | Evolutionary economics and innovation studies | Spatial (regional, transport and urban) economics
Recent publications
- Drews, S., and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2016). Public views on economic growth, the environment and prosperity: Results of a questionnaire survey. Global Environmental Change http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378016300371
- Antal, M., and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2016). Green growth and climate change: Conceptual and empirical considerations. Climate Policy 16(2): 165-177.
- Calvet-Mir, L., Maestre Andrés, S., J.L. Molina, and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2015). Participation in protected areas: A social network case study in Catalonia, Spain. Ecology and Society 20(4): http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07989-200445.
- van den Bergh, J.C.J.M. (2015). Climate treaty: Pricing would limit carbon rebound. Nature 526: 195.
- Gsottbauer, E., I. Logar and J. van den Bergh (2015). Towards a fair, constructive and consistent criticism of all valuation languages: Comment on Kallis et al. (2013). Ecological Economics 112: 164-169.
- Drews, S., and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2015). What explains public support for climate policies? A review of empirical studies. Climate Policy, DOI:10.1080/14693062.2015.1058240.
- van den Bergh, J., C. Folke, S. Polasky, M. Scheffer and W. Steffen (2015). What if solar energy becomes really cheap? A thought experiment on environmental problem shifting. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14: 170-179.
- Garcia-Sierra, M., J. van den Bergh and C. Miralles (2015). Behavioural economics, travel behaviour and environmental-transport policy. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 41: 288-305.
- van den Bergh, J.C.J.M., and F. Grazi (2015). Reply to the first systematic response by the Global Footprint Network to criticism: A real debate finally? Ecological Indicators 58: 458-463.
- Grazi, F., and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2014). Footprint Policy? Land use as an environmental indicator. Journal of Industrial Ecology 18(1): 10-19.
- Antal, M., and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2014). Re-spending rebound: A macro-level assessment for OECD countries and emerging economies. Energy Policy 68: 585-590.
- van den Bergh, J.C.J.M., and W. Botzen (2014), A lower bound to the social cost of CO2 emissions. Nature Climate Change 4(April): 253-258.
- Gsottbauer, E., and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2014). Environmental policy when pollutive consumption is sensitive to advertising: Norms versus status. Ecological Economics 107: 39-50.
- Subtil Lacerda. J., and J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (2014). International diffusion of environmental innovations: Lessons from the lead markets for wind power in China, Germany and USA, Energies 7: 8236-8263.
- Kreibich, H., J.C.J.M. van den Bergh, L.M. Bouwer, P. Bubeck, P. Ciavola, C. Green, S. Hallegatte, I. Logar,V. Meyer, R. Schwarze, and A.H. Thieken (2014). Costing natural hazards. Nature Climate Change 4(May): 303-306.
