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Bob van der Zwaan, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of International Relations

Based in Bologna, Italy
Bologna Center 204

Background and Education

Serves as a senior scientist at the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and at the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy; was formerly a research associate at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, research scientist at the Institute for Environmental Studies of VU University, science fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and research scientist at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales; co-director of the International Energy Workshop; a member of the Council of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; Lead Author for Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; a member of several scientific advisory boards and academic review committees; Ph.D., physics, CERN and University of Nijmegen
RSS

"US Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe after NATO’s Lisbon Summit: Why Their Withdrawal is Desirable and Feasible," co-author, in International Relations (2012); "Learning Curves for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells," co-author, in Energy Conversion and Management (2012); "Cost Reductions for Offshore Wind Power: Exploring the Balance between Scaling, Learning and R&D," co-author, in Renewable Energy (2012); "Modeling Uncertainty and the Economics of Climate Change: Recommendations for Robust Energy Policy," co-author, Environmental Modeling and Assessment (2012); "Evaluating Uncertain CO2 Abatement over the Very Long Term," co-author, in Environmental Modeling and Assessment (2012); "The Impact of Uncertainty in Climate Targets and CO2 Storage Availability on Long-Term Emissions Abatement," co-author, in Environmental Modeling and Assessment (2012); co-author of around 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles in journals such as Climate Policy, Climatic Change, Ecological Economics, 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; has 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

Topics
Energy Issues
Environmental Issues
Climate Change
Foreign Languages
Dutch