2025 Energy and Climate Economics and Business Days
The Centre of Energy Business and Economics Research (CEnBER) of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) of the University of Groningen and the University of Groningen Business School (UGBS) are pleased to announce the 2025 Energy and Climate Economics and Business Days on 25 and 26 March 2025.
Leading experts, interested practitioners, PhD candidates, alumni of both FEB and UGBS, and researchers at all career levels will present and discuss innovative research on energy transition and climate policy in an economic or business context.
Conference program and registration
You can find more details about the conference below, click on each title to read more.
Conference Program
The conference starts on Tuesday afternoon, March 25, and ends Wednesday March 26 at the end of the afternoon.
There will be two plenary sessions, one focused on the economics of climate policy and the other on business aspects of energy transition. Both plenary sessions will have an academic keynote speaker and a discussant from government or business, followed by a plenary discussion.
Keynote speakers
The academic keynote speaker in the plenary session on climate policy is prof. dr. Grischa Perino, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Hamburg. His presentation will be on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the interaction with overlapping climate regulation, combined with some reflections on the EU ETS 2.
The academic keynote speaker in the plenary session on the dynamics of energy systems is prof. dr. Asgeir Tomasgard, professor of operations research at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Overview of the conference program
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Tuesday 25 March
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Time
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Topic
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Room
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13:00 – 14:00
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Registration / coffee, tea
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Duisenberg Plaza
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14:00 – 14:15
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Blauwe zaal
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14:15 – 15:30
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Plenary session on climate policy with prof. dr. Grischa Perino, chairs: Prof. Machiel Mulder and dr. Roweno Heijmans
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Blauwe zaal
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15:30 – 16:00
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Coffee/tea break
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Duisenberg Plaza
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16:00 – 18:00
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Concurrent session 1: Climate Finance
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Room 5412.0025
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Concurrent session 2: Electricity market
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Room 5412.0031
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Concurrent session 3: Panel session “Beleid voor huishoudens in de energietransitie”
(in Dutch) Chairs: Peter Mulder and Vincent Schippers |
Room 5412.0040
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18:15 - ...
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Conference diner
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Duisenberg Plaza
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Wednesday 26 March
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Time
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Topic
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Room
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8:45
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Coffee, tea
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Duisenberg Plaza
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9:00 – 11:00
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Concurrent session 4: Distributional effects
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Room 5412.0025
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Concurrent session 5: Climate Policy
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Room 5412.0031
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Concurrent session 6: Climate, energy and operations
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Room 5412.0040
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11:00 – 11:20
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Coffee/tea break
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Duisenberg Plaza
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11:20 – 12:50
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Concurrent session 7: Industry and labour market
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Room 5412.0025
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Concurrent session 8: Regional analysis
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Room 5412.0031
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Concurrent session 9: Consumer behaviour
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Room 5412.0040
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12:50 – 13:30
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Lunch
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Duisenberg Plaza
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13:30 – 14:45
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Plenary session on dynamics of energy systems with prof. dr. Asgeir Tomasgard, Chairs: Prof. Evrim Ursavas and dr. Arpan Rijal
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Blauwe zaal
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14:45 – 15:00
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Plenary closing session with with Prof. Machiel Mulder and Prof. Evrim Ursavas
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Blauwe zaal
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15:00 – 17:00
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Closing drinks + vegetarian snacks
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Duisenberg Plaza
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Venue
Conference sessions will take place at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Duisenberg Building at the University of Groningen’s Zernike Campus.
Costs
Registration fee for both days, including drinks, lunch, and dinner, is 75 euros.
Scientic Committee
The scientific committee in charge of organizing the sessions and reviewing submissions is composed of faculty members from the University of Groningen Faculty of Economics and Business.
The members of this committee are:
Dr. Thijs Broekhuizen
Prof. dr. Marco Haan
Dr. Pim Heijnen
Dr. Roweno Heijmans
Dr. Michaela Kesina
Prof. dr. Machiel Mulder
Prof. dr. Bert Scholtens
Prof. dr. Ward Romeijnders
Dr. Arpan Rijal
Prof. dr. Evrim Ursavas
Organization Team
The organizers are prof. dr. Machiel Mulder, prof. dr. Evrim Ursavas, dr. Roweno J.R.K. Heijmans, and dr. Arpan Rijal, supported by Selma Bakker from the University of Groningen Business School. For practical questions, you may reach out to Selma Bakker (s.m.bakker@rug.nl).
This page will be frequently updated with information about the program and speakers.
| Last modified: | 25 February 2025 3.04 p.m. |