Bob van der Zwaan is senior scientist at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN, Amsterdam) and Columbia University's Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (Earth Institute, New York). He held positions at Harvard University (BCSIA), the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (IVM), Stanford University (CISAC), and the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), and was trained in economics (MPhil, 1997, University of Cambridge, King’s College), physics (PhD, 1995, CERN and University of Nijmegen; MSc, 1991, University of Utrecht), and international relations (Certificate, 1994, IUHEI, University of Geneva). His current research interest covers the fields of energy policy and environmental economics, climate change, technological innovation, and science and world affairs. He is (co-)author of about 90 articles in international scientific journals, among which Climate Policy, Climatic Change, Ecological Economics, Energy, Energy Economics, The Energy Journal, Energy Policy, Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Nuclear Technology, Physics Letters B, Resource and Energy Economics, Science, Solar Energy, Survival and Zeitschrift für Physik C. He published two refereed monographs, contributed chapters to several books, and is co-editor of two peer-reviewed volumes in the field of energy and sustainable development. He is a member of the Council of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.

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