Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Environmental and Resource Economics (since November 2013);
Co-editor, Resource and Energy Economics January 2012-2015);
Associate Editor, Environmental and Resource Economics (September 2007 - October 2013);
Member, Programme Committee of the annual conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (since 2006);
Invited expert, National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA), initiative to measure the state and value of ecosystem services in the United Kingdom led by Prof Ian Bateman (UEA), September 2009 – April 2011;
Invited expert, High–Level Workshop “Which Governance for Which Environment? Institutions, Social Preferences and Knowledge for Governing Environmental Issues”, Cargese, February 4–8, 2008;
Nominations and awards, research:
Winner, prize for the best paper published in the field of environmental and resource economics in the years 2009-2011, awarded by the Spanish Portuguese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, for the paper “On Reducing the Windfall Profits in Environmental Subsidy Programs”, published in 2009 in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (joint with Carmen Arguedas);
Nominated for the best paper in economics by Dutch economists 2012, Royal Economics Association Netherlands (KVS), for the paper “Can informational rents ever be avoided? Optimal conservation programs, endogenous investments, and heterogeneity in land owner preferences” (joint with Carmen Arguedas and Justin Dijk);
Nominated for the ENI Award 2008 (ENI S.p.A., Milan) for the paper “Does Oil Price Uncertainty affect Economic Activity?” (joint with Gerard Kuper);
Nominations, teaching:
Nominated for Best Teacher Award 2012, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics
CIVIC DUTIES
Invited expert for the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (ELI)’s workshop on nature management in the Netherlands (October 12, 2011) – key note address;
Invited expert for the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZ)’s project on the future of energy supply and demand in the Netherlands (2008);
Interviews for various radio programs (Radio 1, BNR Nieuwsradio, local stations) and newspapers (Volkskrant, AD, Trouw); about twice a year;
Chaired Tilburg University’s annual lecture on environmental issues (‘de Warandelezing’) in 2006; speakers Dr André Faaij and Prof.dr Lucas Reijnders;
Reviewed papers for the following journals: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Resource and Energy Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Environment and Development Economics, Ecological Economics, Energy Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Review of International Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, Empirical Modeling.