Professor
Economics
Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
Netherlands
Marjan Hofkes is full Professor of Environmental Economics at Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEWEB) and Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). Additionally, she serves as Head of Studies Economics of the new Bachelor programme Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at VU Amsterdam. In that capacity she is also member of the management team of the John Stuart Mill College (JSM) in which the PPE programme is embedded. Marjan Hofkes obtained her doctoral degree in Econometrics in 1987 (cum laude) and she received her PhD in Mathematical Economics in 1991, from VU Amsterdam. She is former head of the department of Environmental Economics of IVM, former acting director and chair of the management board of the same institute as well as former deputy director of IVM. Previously, she was a policy advisor to the Minister of Finance. Among other advisory roles, she was member of the committee on Sustainable Development of the Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER).
Economics