CURRICULUM VITAE - Kimmo Ollikka

July, 2021

Full name

Surname: Ollikka

First names: Kimmo Kalevi

Gender: Male

Contact information

VATT Institute for Economic Research

Arkadiankatu 7, P.O. Box 1279, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland.

Email: kimmo.ollikka@vatt.fi

Phone: +358 40 304 5505

Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/kimmoollikka/

Education and degrees awarded

2014. PhD. Environmental Economics. Department of Economics and Management. University of Helsinki. Thesis: Essays on auction mechanisms and information in regulating pollution. Grade: Pass with distinction.

2003. M.Sc. Environmental Economics. Department of Economics and Management. University of Helsinki.

Languages

Finnish: mother tongue

English: good written and spoken

German: moderate written and spoken

Swedish: moderate written and spoken

Working experience

Current position: 4/2018 onwards: Senior Researcher. VATT

1/2012 – 3/2018: Researcher. VATT

4/2009 – 12/2011: Researcher, Doctoral student. VATT / Helsinki University Centre for Environment, HENVI.

9/2008 – 3/2009: University lecturer. Environmental Economics. Department of Economics and Management. University of Helsinki.

8/2004 – 8/2008: Doctoral student. Environmental Economics. Department of Economics and Management. University of Helsinki.

1/2003 – 7/2004: Coordinator. Environmental Management Division. Department for Expert Services. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).

6/2001 – 12/2002: Research assistant. Research Programme for Environmental Policy. Research Department. Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).

Reference projects

2003: Drafting a background report to the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the connections between environmental permit system and a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading in EU.

2003-2004: Drafting a background report to the Ministry of the Environment of the Proposal for a Directive amending the Directive establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms - COM (2003)403.

2005-2007: Market Analysis and Risk Management of EU Emissions Trading - POMAR / MARMET. Research project, University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University of Technology.

2009-2011: The effectiveness and efficiency of traditional and new policy instruments in climate policy, while accounting for imperfect markets. Research project, VATT and Helsinki University Centre for Environment (HENVI).

2012-2015: Economics of Aquatic Foodwebs (ECA), Research project, research consortium led by University of Helsinki, funded by the Academy of Finland.

2015-2016: Mechanisms to enhance climate change mitigation ambition in the UNFCCC context: Messages from the economic literature. Research project, VATT and Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), funded by the Ministry of the Environment.

2015-2016: Assessment of the 2011 Finnish Energy Tax Reform. Research project, VATT, funded by the Prime Minister's Office Finland.

2015-2021: SET – Smart Energy Transition – realizing its potential for sustainable growth for Finland’s second century, research project, research consortium led by the Aalto University, funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) at the Academy of Finland.

2018-2019: Impact of corporate subsidies on global competitiveness. Research project, ETLA and VATT, funded by the Prime Minister's Office Finland.

2020-2026: 2035Legitimacy – Leaving No One Lost in Transition: Citizens and the Legitimacy of Finland’s Transition to a Carbon Neutral Welfare State, research project, research consortium led by the University of Eastern Finland, funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) at the Academy of Finland.

Grants

2004 Fortum Foundation, 2005 Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation.

Teaching

Finnish Environmental Policy (2005, 2006, 2008).

Basic Course in Environmental and Resource Economics (2008).

Intermediate Environmental Economics (2007, 2008, 2009).

Referee for

Energy Efficiency, European Review of Agricultural Economics, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Resource and Energy Economics, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of Forest Economics, Ecological Economics, Climate Policy, Energy Journal, Journal of the Finnish Economic Association, Clean Energy.

Positions of trust

Member of the steering group, NutriTrade research project, 2015-2018.

Member of the national delegation, Paris climate negotiations UNFCCC, 2015.

Member of the board, Finnish Association of Energy Economists, since 2017.

Invited expert opinions

Commerce Committee (Parliament of Finland), Finance Committee (Parliament of Finland), Environment Committee (Parliament of Finland), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

Publications

See Research.