P.j.h. Van Beukering
Professor
Institute for Environmental Studies
Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
Netherlands
Biography
Pieter van Beukering is a Dutch economist with more than 20 years of experience in research and teaching in environmental economics. In 1993 he started as an economic research associate at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the VU University, Amsterdam. In the March 2001, he successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on the economics of trade, recycling and the environment. His main research interests are natural resource management and economic valuation focused on ecosystem services and renewable energy. Between 2003 and 2009 worked as the director of the PREM research programme, aiming at strengthening capacity in developing countries for environmental economic research. Since 2009 Pieter van Beukering is an Associate Professor lecturing environmental economics at the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences (FALW) of the VU University. In 2015, he became the department head of the Environmental Economics Department as well as the deputy director of IVM. Since 2015 Pieter also acts as the director of the MSc programme Environment and Resource Management (ERM).
Research Interest
Environmental Studies
Publications
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Wichmann, S., Brander, L. M., Schafer, A., Schaafsma, M., van Beukering, P. J. H., Tinch, D., & Bonn, A. (2016). Valuing peatland ecosystem services. In A. Bonn, T. Allott, M. Evans, H. Joosten, & R. Stoneman (Eds.), Peatland Restoration and Ecosystem Services - Science, Policy and Practice (pp. 316-340). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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van Oorschot M, Wentink C, Kok M, van Beukering PJH, Kuik OJ, van Drunen MA et al. The contribution of sustainable trade to the conservation of natural capital: The effects of certifying tropical resource production on public and private benefits of ecosystem services. The Hague: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 2016. 100 p.
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Student J, Papyrakis E, van Beukering PJH. Buildings behaving badly: a behavioral experiment on how different motivational frames influence residential energy label adoption in the Netherlands. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 2016;1-26. Available from, DOI: 10.1007/s10901-016-9500-y Access to Document 10.1007/s10901-016-9500-y Powered by Pure, Scopus & Elsevier Fingerprint Engine™ © 2017 Els
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van Ree CCDF, van Beukering P, Boekestijn J. Geosystem services: a hidden link in ecosystem management. Ecosystem Services. 2017;26. 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.05.013. Available from, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.05.013
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Tigabu AD, Berkhout FGH, van Beukering PJH. Development Aid and the diffusion of technology: Improved cookstoves in Kenya and Rwanda. Energy Policy. 2017 Mar;102:593–601. Available from, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.12.039
