Curriculum vitae Johan Eyckmans - HUBRUSSEL.net

Curriculum vitae
Johan Eyckmans
(last update: February 2013)
personal information
name:
Eyckmans
first names: Johan, Maria, Jozef
sex:
male
nationality: Belgian
date of birth: July 18, 1967
place of birth: Mortsel (Belgium)
civil status: married with Sara Ochelen on November 8, 1997
children: Jef (June 1, 2000) and Aline (May 17, 2002)
home address Weergalmlaan 2
B - 3010 Kessel-Lo
Belgium
tel: + 32 16 35.31.53
work address: Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel - HUB
Center for Research on Economic Markets and their
Environments CREME
Warmoesberg 26
B - 1000 Brussel,
Belgium
tel: + 32 2 609.82.59
fax: + 32 2 217.64.64
e-mail: johan.eyckmans@HUBrussel.be
http://www.hubrussel.net/cedon/JohanEyckmans
University studies
Kandidaat in de Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen,
(Candidate in Applied Economic Sciences)
Universitaire Faculteiten St.-Ignatius te Antwerpen (U.F.S.I.A.)
Licentiaat in de Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen,
(Licence in Applied Economic Sciences)
Universitaire Faculteiten St.-Ignatius te Antwerpen (U.F.S.I.A.)
Master of Arts in Economics,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Doctor in de Economische Wetenschappen,
(Ph.D. in economics), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
"On the incentives of nations to join international environmental agreements"

Current affiliation
Professor at Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel HUB
(hoogleraar aan de Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel HUB)
[since September 2003]
Associated professor (geassocieerd hoogleraar) at the Center for Economic Studies
(C.E.S.) of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)
[since March 2009]
Teaching experience
Regular teaching tasks
­ Environmental Economics (milieu economie),
HUB
several introductory and advanced courses on environmental economics in
different educational programs at master level
­ Industrial Organization (industriële economie),
HUB
introductory course industrial organisation at bachelor level
­ Micro Economics (micro economie),
HUB
undergraduate introductory course micro economics at bachelor level
­ Managerial Economics,
HUB, campus Dubai
advanced micro economics within the course of managerial economics in
the master program
Invited teaching tasks
­ Advanced environmental economics,
CODE, Universtitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
invited lecturer for 20 hours advanced graduate course on environmental
economics for Ph.D. students
­ Advanced environmental and transportation economics,
KU Leuven, Department of Economics, Master of Science program
replacing Prof. Dr. Stef Proost during his sabbatical leave
­ Summer school “Game Theory and the Environment”,
Lavagna (Italy), September 2002
10 hours post graduate course on “Climate change: empirical models and
simulation results”
­ Inleiding tot de Economie,
KU Leuven, campus Kortrijk, 1998 - 2004
60 hours undergraduate introductory course general economics
(microeconomics and macroeconomics) for first year law students
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Research interests
economics of climate change, emissions trading, applications of game theory to the
formation of international environmental agreements, economics of waste, resource
economics, valuation of environmental externalities, cost benefit analysis, general
equilibrium and integrated assessment modeling, evaluation of environmental
policies, industrial organization and normative economic theory.
Research projects
01/10/1992-04/06/1997 Paul-Henri-Spaak Aspirant van het NFWO
01/10/1998-30/09/2001 Postdoctoraat onderzoeker van het FWO-Vlaanderen
01/10/2001-30/09/2004 Postdoctoraat onderzoeker van het FWO-Vlaanderen,
eerste verlenging
Coordinator (together with Prof. Dr. S. Proost) of the CLIMNEG 2, Climate
Negotations, project
financed by: Belgian Federal Science Office,
Timing: 2001-2005,
total budget: 215,000€ / year,
partners:
o Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centrum voor Economische Studiën,
werkgroep Energy, Transport and Environment (Prof. Dr. S. Proost en
Prof. Dr. J. Eyckmans)
o Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and
Econometrics (Prof. Dr. H. Tulkens, Prof. Dr. C. d’Aspremont and
Prof. Dr. Thierry Bréchet)
o Université catholique de Louvain, Institut d'Astronomie et de
Geophysique Georges Lemaître (Prof. Dr. J.-P. van Ypersele)
Subcontracting for Deloitte & Touche Management Solutions (main contractor)
for the feasibility study Olympic Games 2016 in Flanders (“Haalbaarheidsstudie
Olympische Spelen 2016 Vlaanderen”)
financed by: Cabinet of the Flemish Minister-President, Mr. Bart Somers.
timing: Februari 2004 – Juni 2004
Evaluation of environmental subsidies in Flanders, (TWOL, Toegepast
Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Leefmilieu, project 2003-00164: ontwikkeling van
een coherent beleidskader voor de evaluatie van leefmilieugerelateerde financiele
tegemoetkomingen (vooral subsidies) en toepassing van dit evaluatiekader op een
aantal cases)
Financed by:
Ministry of the Flemish Community, AMINAL (Administratie
Milieu, Natuur en Leefmilieu)
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timing: January 2005 – December 2005
partners: EHSAL (main contractor) and Ecolas nv (subcontractor)
Prospective study price and income elasticities of environmental goods and
services in Flanders (“Verkennende studie naar prijs- en inkomenselasticiteiten
van milieugerelateerde goederen en diensten in Vlaanderen”)
Financed by: Flemish Environment Agency VMM (Vlaamse Milieu
Maatschappij)
timing: September 2005 – June 2006
partners: Ecolas nv (main contractor), TMLeuven (subcontractor) and
EHSAL (subcontractor)
Partner in the CLIMNEG 3, Climate Negotiations, project
financed by: Belgian Federal Science Office,
Timing: 2005-2008,
partners:
o Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and
Econometrics (Prof. Dr. Thierry Bréchet)
o Université catholique de Louvain, Institut d'Astronomie et de
Geophysique Georges Lemaître (Prof. Dr. J.-P. van Ypersele)
o EHSAL, European University College Brussels, (Prof. Dr. J.
Eyckmans)
Coordinator of the ZWOP (Zwaartepuntonderzoeksprogramma) Duurzame
Economie (Sustainable Economics)
ZWOP Duurzame Economie is a research network of the Associatie KU Leuven
and gathers about 25 researchers in the field of environmental economics and
sustainability of KU Leuven, EHSAL and VLEKHO.
Timing: 2006-…
Coordinator of AGORA project of the Belgian Federal Science Policy office for
constructing a competition monitoring instrument for the Belgian Federal Ministry
for Economic Affairs (Monitoring Markten en Sectoren MMS). Other partners
from HUB (Stijn Kelchtermans and Stijn Vanormelingen) and KULeuven (Frank
Verboven).
Budget: 337,500 € in total of which 328,050 € for HUB to finance junior
researchers (Daniel Neicy and Cherry Cheung) and subcontracting.
Timing: 2009-2011
Consultancy project “Second opinion on the business plan of the Closing the
Circle project” for Group Machiels nv and REMO nv
Partners: Johan Eyckmans (HUB) and Steven Van Passel (UHasselt)
Partner in IOF-KP project SMART-PRO2 (Sustainable Materialization of Residues
from Thermal Processes into Products) lead by Prof. Tom Van Gerven (KU
Leuven-CIT).
Budget: about 800,000 € in total of which about 200,000 to finance a PhD student
(Maarten Dubois) under supervision of Johan Eyckmans (budget managed via KU
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Leuven – Industrieel Onderzoeksfonds IOF)
Timing: 2009-2013
Partner of National Bank of Belgium project Climate Change and Energy
Perspectives,
promoter prof. dr. Stef Proost (KU Leuven)
partners: prof. dr. Johan Eyckmans and prof. dr. Guido Pepermans (HUBrussel)
timing: 2009 - 2010
Partner of National Bank of Belgium project Building a composite indicator to
evaluate the functioning of markets in the Belgian economy,
promoter prof. dr. Frank Verboven (KU Leuven)
partners: prof. dr. Stijn Kelchtermans, prof. dr. Johan Eyckmans, prof. dr. Tom
Van Puyenbroeck (HUBrussel)
timing: April 2010 - September 2011
Promoter (together with Prof. Dr. Sandra Rousseau) of PhD project (BOF
KUBrussel) Complex interactions between firms and local communities: Impact
on environmental valuation techniques
Budget: about 200,000€ in total to finance a PhD student (Marieke Franck)
Timing: 2010-2014
Partner in TWOL (Toegepast Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek voor Leefmilieu)
project on Tradable Certificates for Recycling financed by OVAM (Flemish waste
and material agency)
Promoter: VITO (Vlaams Instituut voor Technologische Ontwikkeling), Mol
Timing: February 2012 – September 2012
Partner in Steunpunt Duurzaam Materialenbeheer (policy support center
Sustainable Management of Materials SuMMa)
Promoter Prof. Karel Van Acker (KULeuven)
Co-promoters HUB: Johan Eyckmans (RL 7) and Marc Craps (RL 9)
Budget: about 2,500,000€ in total of which about 200,000€ for HUB to finance
one PhD student with Marc Craps. Johan Eyckmans is co-promoter (together with
Steven Van Passel, UHasselt) of another PhD project of which the budget is
managed by UHasselt.
timing: January 2012 – December 2015
Expert input for project Leuven Klimaatneutraal 2030
Promoters Prof. Peter Tom Jones en Han Vandevyvere (KU Leuven)
timing: March 2012 – June 2013
Partner in Industrieel Onderzoeksfonds IOF Kennisplatform (KU Leuven IOF-KP)
Research Platform for the Advanced Recycling and Reuse of Rare Earths (RARE 3 )
Budget: about 800,000 € in total of which about 200,000 to finance a PhD student
for the economics and Life Cycle Analysis of recycling of rare earth elements.
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Promoter: Prof. Dr Koen Binnemans (KU Leuven, Chemistry Department)
Johan Eyckmans is co-promotor of a PhD student (together with Prof. Dr Karel
Van Acker, KU Leuven Engineering Department)
Other relevant university experience
Visiting research fellow at Université catholique de Louvain, Center for
Operations Research and Econometrics, UcL-CORE (2002-2003)
Fellow of the CESifo network Munich, Germany
(Climate Energy cluster lead by Prof. M. Hoel, University of Oslo)
Fellow of the CREE, Centre for Research on Environmentally friendly Energy,
Oslo, Norway
Referee for Environmental and Resource Economics, Resource and Energy
Economics, Environmental and Development Economics, Journal of Public
Economics, Review for Economic Studies, European Economic Review, Journal of
Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Spanish
Economic Review, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
European Journal of Operations Research, Ecological Economics, Climate
Policy, Journal of Public Economic Theory, International Environmental
Agreements, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics,
Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, International Tax and Public Finance,
Tijdschrift Economie en Management
Member of EAERE (European Association of Environmental and Resource
Economists) and AERE (Association of Environmental and Resource Economists,
USA)
Former council member and auditor of the EAERE (European Association of
Environmental and Resource Economists), 2004-2005.
Vice Program Chair of the 14 th Annual EAERE Meeting (European Association of
Environmental and Resource Economists), June 2005, Bremen.
Member of scientific committee of the 9 th annual EAERE meeting (June 1999,
Oslo), the 12 th annual EAERE meeting (June 2003, Bilbao), the 13 th annual
EAERE meeting (June 2004, Budapest), the 14 th annual EAERE meeting
(June 2005, Bremen), the 3 th World Conference AERE-EAERE meeting
(July 2006, Kyoto), 15 th annual EAERE meeting (June 2007, Thessaloniki), 16 th
annual EAERE meeting (June 2008, Gothenburg), 17 th annual EAERE meeting
(June 2009, Amsterdam), the 5 th World Conference of Environmental and
Resource Economists (June 2010, Montreal), 18 th annual EAERE meeting
(June 2011, Rome), 19 th annual EAERE meeting (June 2012, Prague)
Co-founder and organizer of BEED, the Belgian Environmental Economics Day.
Project evaluator for:
o European Commission, DG Research in the 6 th and 7 th Framework
Program
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o NWO (Dutch national science council), Netherlands
o SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation), Switzerland
o ACRP (Austrian Climate Research Programme), Austria
o Research Council KU Leuven
o Research Council Economics HUBrussel
o Industrial Research Fund IOF KU Leuven
o Doctoral Jury of VITO (doctoraatsjury Vlaams Instituut voor
Technologisch Onderzoek, Mol)
Research stays abroad:
o University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA,
invited by Prof. C. Kolstad
September 15, 1999 – November 10, 1999
o Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei FEEM, Venice, Italy
invited by Prof. C. Carraro
April 2000
o Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at the Norwegian Academy of
Science and Letters in Oslo, Norway,
participation in the project “Environmental economics: policy
instruments, technology development, and international cooperation”
led by Prof: Dr: M. Hoel (University of Oslo),
February 1, 2006 – May 1, 2006
o Ragnar Frisch Center, Oslo, Norway,
invited by Dr S. Kverndokk
January 27, 2008 – Febuary 4, 2008
o University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
invited by Prof. M. Finus
May 11, 2008 – May 17, 2008
o University of Exeter, UK,
invited by Prof. M. Finus
February 1, 2010 – February 5, 2010 & April 5 – April 11, 2011
o Ragnar Frisch Center, Oslo, Norway
invited by Dr S. Kverndokk
September 18, 2011 – September 22, 2011
o Grantham Institute for Climate Change,
Imperial College & London School of Economics, London, UK
invited by Prof. Samuel Fankhauser
Planned for May 21, 2012 – May 25, 2012
o Ragnar Frisch Center, Oslo, Norway
invited by Dr S. Kverndokk
November 25, 2012 – November 28, 2012
Member of several doctoral supervisory committees:
­ Nicolas Porteiro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-CODE)
April 17, 2002
­ Vincent van Steenberghe (Université catholique de Louvain-CORE),
May 12, 2003
­ Laszlo Koczy (KU Leuven, FETEW)
September 2003
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­ Helena Kim (KU Leuven, FETEW)
November 2005
­ Juan Carlos Altamirrano (University of Wageningen, Netherlands)
February 2007
­ Tadele Ferede Agaje (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
September 2010
­ Jörg Leib (Imperial College London, UK)
September 7, 2012 (viva)
Supervisor of the doctoral work of
­ Simon De Jaeger (HUB, Brussels, Belgium), defended May 13, 2011
­ Maarten Dubois (KU Leuven, Belgium), expected 2013
­ Marieke Franck (HUB, Brussels, Belgium), expected 2014
­ New PhD student in framework of SuMMa (Steunpunt Duurzaam
Materialenbeheer), expected 2015
­ New PhD student in framework of RARE³ project, expected 2016.
Administrative Duties
Vice dean research at HUB, faculty of economics and business
Chairman of Research Council Economics (Onderzoeksraad Economie) of HUB
Member of Research Policy Bureau (Bureau Onderzoeksbeleid BOB) of HUB
Member of Doctoral Jury of VITO (doctoraatsjury Vlaams Instituut voor
Technologisch Onderzoek, Mol)
Former research director of the Center Center for Research on Economic Markets
and their Environments CREME of HUB [ended 08/2012]
Former Member of the Permanent Educational Commission (leerlijn coördinator
Economics & Finance in POC Handelsingenieur) at HUB [ended 08/2012]
Former member of Research Council (Onderzoeksraad) of KU Leuven [ended
08/2012]
Former member of the Industrial Research Fund IOF (Industrieel
Onderzoeksfonds) of KU Leuven [ended 08/2012]
Publications
See separate document
Software
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Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
Scientific editing: Latex
Statistical software: Stata
Optimization: GAMS, Mathematica, Maple
Programing languages: C++, HTML
mastery of languages
verbal communication written communication
Dutch (mother tongue) excellent excellent
English very good very good
French good good
German very good good
Spanish basic basic
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