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Papers by Eise Spijker
Science Shop of Economics, Management & Organization vii Abstract In 2001 the European Council in... more Science Shop of Economics, Management & Organization vii Abstract In 2001 the European Council in Lisbon set the strategic goal of transforming the European Union, (EU) by 2010, into the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. A comprehensive restructuring of the European research landscape towards a true internal research market is needed to create high levels of mobility, competition, and research excellence within the EU. An important role in this restructuring process has been identified for the European universities, which are seen as the ‘engines of growth’ for the economy. Within Europe scientific researchers conduct high quality research, implying that sufficient amounts of knowledge is created, nevertheless, it appears to be that the transfer of that knowledge to industry is hampered, for Europe lags behind the US and Japan in terms of innovativeness. The apparent ‘mismatch’ in industry-science relations, has become known as the “European Paradox”...
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2019
Abstract Expanding photovoltaics (PV) is important for reaching Dutch renewable energy and climat... more Abstract Expanding photovoltaics (PV) is important for reaching Dutch renewable energy and climate targets. In this paper, we assess risks of scaling up PV in the Dutch electricity sector and economy. With a computable general equilibrium model setup to analyse scenarios until 2050, we show that increasing PV shares initially lead to higher costs of electricity supply and thus retail prices. Until 2025, large storage investments will be required, leading to lower consumption possibilities presenting a critical barrier to initiate PV expansion. However, from 2025 onwards PV installation costs are expected to become competitive to wind power, leading to lower costs of electricity supply and electricity retail prices, with positive macroeconomic effects. Overall, we find positive long-term effects of PV expansion on GDP, welfare and employment from 2025 until mid-century. With stakeholders we then investigate system-level obstacles for PV expansion in the Netherlands. A key observation is that inconsistent policy mixes are an obstacle to successful PV implementation.
The 8th Annual International Sustainable Places Conference (SP2020) Proceedings, 2020
This workshop brought together a selection of H2020 EU-funded projects involving experts from the... more This workshop brought together a selection of H2020 EU-funded projects involving experts from the biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, and heat pump sectors to discuss a common strategy for increasing the use of renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling for buildings and industry.
This dataset contains the underlying data for the following publication: <strong>van Vliet,... more This dataset contains the underlying data for the following publication: <strong>van Vliet, O., Hanger, S., Nikas, A., Spijker, E., Carlsen, H., Doukas, H., & Lieu, J. (2020). The importance of stakeholders in scoping risk assessments—Lessons from low-carbon transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 35, 400-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2020.04.001.</strong> Full details of methods used to create the dataset and provided within this publication.
Narratives of Low-Carbon Transitions, 2019
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2020
Identifying the risks that could impact a low-carbon transition is a prerequisite to assessing an... more Identifying the risks that could impact a low-carbon transition is a prerequisite to assessing and managing these risks. We systematically characterise risks associated with decarbonisation pathways in fifteen case studies conducted in twelve countries around the world. We find that stakeholders from business, government, NGOs, and others supplied some 40 % of these risk inputs, significantly widening the scope of risks considered by academics and experts. Overall, experts and academics consider more economic risks and assess these with quantitative methods and models, while other stakeholders consider political risks more. To avoid losing sight of risks that cannot be easily quantified and modelled, including some economic risks, impact assessment modelling should be complemented with qualitative research and active stakeholder engagement. A systematic risk elicitation facilitates communication with stakeholders, enables better risk mitigation, and increases the chance of a sustainable transition.
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2019
This paper provides the results of a combined qualitative and quantitative assessment of key impa... more This paper provides the results of a combined qualitative and quantitative assessment of key impacts for two low-emission transition pathways for the Dutch livestock sector. These impacts or side-effects can be positive or negative. Both pathways were designed to meet a sector specific methane emission reduction target of 33 % in 2030 (relative to 2005). The qualitative assessment with stakeholders resulted in developing off-model quantifications to better reflect expected changes in system dynamics and development of more realistic transition pathways used for macro-econometric (E3ME) and atmospheric (TM5-FASST) modelling. We found that each low-emission transition pathway has a unique footprint of positive and negative impacts. This footprint is largely shaped by the combination of existing and new technologies, infrastructure used, and practices deployed. We consider the analysis and results relevant for climate policy and governance processes where there is a need to develop transition pathways that are optimised to meet different sustainable development goals.
De economiestudenten Eise Spijker en Remco Wammes onderzochten, met behulp van gegevens van de VS... more De economiestudenten Eise Spijker en Remco Wammes onderzochten, met behulp van gegevens van de VSNU over de periode 1992 – 2001, hoe universiteiten presteren op contractonderzoek door de overdracht van wetenschappelijke kennis naar het bedrijfsleven en overheidsinstellingen in kaart te brengen. De berekeningen van de studenten geven aan dat de RUG tot de minst ondernemende universiteiten behoort. Daarnaast blijkt dat de zeven grote universiteiten minder ondernemend zijn dan de kleinere universiteiten. Een mogelijke verklaring hiervoor kan zijn dat de grotere universiteiten eenvoudigweg meer reguliere onderzoeksfinanciering krijgen en daardoor minder afhankelijk zijn van contractonderzoek of dat deze universiteiten meer onderzoek verrichtten in opdracht van de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO). Bij de RUG blijkt een groot deel van het wetenschappelijk personeel onderzoek in opdracht van het NWO te verrichten. Alleen bij de Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen en de Universiteit van Amsterdam is dit aandeel groter. Om te onderzoeken in hoeverre de ontwikkeling van contractonderzoek door de scheve beoordelingsstructuur wordt geremd hebben de studenten vervolgens een onderzoek naar de contractactiviteiten binnen de diverse RUG faculteiten uitgevoerd. Hiervoor hebben zij gebruik gemaakt van een database met alle onderzoekscontracten van de RuG over de periode 1992-2003. Hieruit blijkt dat er grote verschillen bestaan tussen faculteiten in het verrichten van contractonderzoek; hetgeen kan duiden op een structurele ‘bias’ in het beoordelingssysteem. Andere verklarende factoren hiervoor kunnen zijn: het sterk groeiende aantal studenten per docent, de minder sterk ontwikkelde ondersteunende infrastructuur en het universiteitsbeleid. Uit interviews blijkt dat een aantal RUG faculteiten groei in contractonderzoek (universiteit-industrie) mogelijk achten; echter de huidige beoordelingsstructuur heeft sommige faculteiten doen besluiten contractactiviteiten te reduceren. Zie ook de notitie van prof. Oosterhaven ‘Academische impacts vanuit regionaal perspectief’
Energy Efficiency, 2011
Emission reduction activities in the European Union (EU) in-and outside the European Trading Syst... more Emission reduction activities in the European Union (EU) in-and outside the European Trading System (ETS) thus far have largely taken place separately. One possibility to combine the two is through linking NonETS offset project-based crediting schemes in the form of Joint Implementation or domestic offset (DO) projects with the EU ETS. Linking would allow nonETS offset project-based CO 2 credits to be traded within the ETS market. This paper discusses the merits and drawbacks of the implementation of a DO scheme in the built environment in the Netherlands. The built environment can be characterised as a sector with a great diversity and significant energy savings potential. Emphasis is paid on the modalities for estimating energy savings under DO projects. The authors discuss if next to existing EU, national or regional policies in the Netherlands, DO could spur initiatives in sub-sectors or market areas that are difficult to reach with conventional policy instruments. Thus, despite the existing policy framework in this sector, there could be still space for DO to reach the untapped energy savings potential. DO can support activities and technologies that are not covered by other policy instruments, either because they are not part of the instruments focus or are above the minimum requirements of the incumbent policy targets. It is expected that some lessons from this study in the Netherlands can be taken into account also by other countries facing similar market circumstances, which have implemented several policy instruments and are considering DO schemes as an alternative for capturing part of the untapped energy saving potential in their end use sectors. Another possible advantage of DO is that is has the potential to reduce public spending on existing policy goals, when it is considered in conjunction with existing public financing instruments. In order to tap into this potential, there are a series of hurdles in place, like additionality and the current CO 2 price levels, while transaction and administration costs must be kept low.
Environmental Policy and Governance, 2011
Energy Policy, 2011
There are several technoeconomic modeling approaches that provide quantitative results such as co... more There are several technoeconomic modeling approaches that provide quantitative results such as costs and the level of achievement of certain renewable energy (RE) policy targets. These approaches often do not consider other important factors for policy implementation (such as socio-political aspects and stakeholders&#x27; preferences). Recent multicriteria analysis (MCA) approaches attempt to integrate these multiple aspects in decision making process. In this respect, aim of this paper is to combine technoeconomic modeling and MCA approaches in a general analytical framework incorporating multiple aspects. Each method in an RE policy interaction problem can feed in the necessary policy information for the subsequent steps of an ex-ante and an ex-post assessment in a decision tree, starting from recognizing the need for implementing a new policy in parallel to the incumbent ones, assessing the actual policy costs and finally identifying the social acceptability of these RE policies.
Although the production of this newsletter has been done with utmost care, the project management... more Although the production of this newsletter has been done with utmost care, the project management is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information from this newsletter. The authors express their own view and they do not necessarily reflect the views of the project management or the other project partners. No guarantee is given that the information provided in this newsletter is correct, complete, and up-to-date. Upcoming Events
Science Shop of Economics, Management & Organization vii Abstract In 2001 the European Council in... more Science Shop of Economics, Management & Organization vii Abstract In 2001 the European Council in Lisbon set the strategic goal of transforming the European Union, (EU) by 2010, into the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. A comprehensive restructuring of the European research landscape towards a true internal research market is needed to create high levels of mobility, competition, and research excellence within the EU. An important role in this restructuring process has been identified for the European universities, which are seen as the ‘engines of growth’ for the economy. Within Europe scientific researchers conduct high quality research, implying that sufficient amounts of knowledge is created, nevertheless, it appears to be that the transfer of that knowledge to industry is hampered, for Europe lags behind the US and Japan in terms of innovativeness. The apparent ‘mismatch’ in industry-science relations, has become known as the “European Paradox”...
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2019
Abstract Expanding photovoltaics (PV) is important for reaching Dutch renewable energy and climat... more Abstract Expanding photovoltaics (PV) is important for reaching Dutch renewable energy and climate targets. In this paper, we assess risks of scaling up PV in the Dutch electricity sector and economy. With a computable general equilibrium model setup to analyse scenarios until 2050, we show that increasing PV shares initially lead to higher costs of electricity supply and thus retail prices. Until 2025, large storage investments will be required, leading to lower consumption possibilities presenting a critical barrier to initiate PV expansion. However, from 2025 onwards PV installation costs are expected to become competitive to wind power, leading to lower costs of electricity supply and electricity retail prices, with positive macroeconomic effects. Overall, we find positive long-term effects of PV expansion on GDP, welfare and employment from 2025 until mid-century. With stakeholders we then investigate system-level obstacles for PV expansion in the Netherlands. A key observation is that inconsistent policy mixes are an obstacle to successful PV implementation.
The 8th Annual International Sustainable Places Conference (SP2020) Proceedings, 2020
This workshop brought together a selection of H2020 EU-funded projects involving experts from the... more This workshop brought together a selection of H2020 EU-funded projects involving experts from the biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, and heat pump sectors to discuss a common strategy for increasing the use of renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling for buildings and industry.
This dataset contains the underlying data for the following publication: <strong>van Vliet,... more This dataset contains the underlying data for the following publication: <strong>van Vliet, O., Hanger, S., Nikas, A., Spijker, E., Carlsen, H., Doukas, H., & Lieu, J. (2020). The importance of stakeholders in scoping risk assessments—Lessons from low-carbon transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 35, 400-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2020.04.001.</strong> Full details of methods used to create the dataset and provided within this publication.
Narratives of Low-Carbon Transitions, 2019
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2020
Identifying the risks that could impact a low-carbon transition is a prerequisite to assessing an... more Identifying the risks that could impact a low-carbon transition is a prerequisite to assessing and managing these risks. We systematically characterise risks associated with decarbonisation pathways in fifteen case studies conducted in twelve countries around the world. We find that stakeholders from business, government, NGOs, and others supplied some 40 % of these risk inputs, significantly widening the scope of risks considered by academics and experts. Overall, experts and academics consider more economic risks and assess these with quantitative methods and models, while other stakeholders consider political risks more. To avoid losing sight of risks that cannot be easily quantified and modelled, including some economic risks, impact assessment modelling should be complemented with qualitative research and active stakeholder engagement. A systematic risk elicitation facilitates communication with stakeholders, enables better risk mitigation, and increases the chance of a sustainable transition.
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 2019
This paper provides the results of a combined qualitative and quantitative assessment of key impa... more This paper provides the results of a combined qualitative and quantitative assessment of key impacts for two low-emission transition pathways for the Dutch livestock sector. These impacts or side-effects can be positive or negative. Both pathways were designed to meet a sector specific methane emission reduction target of 33 % in 2030 (relative to 2005). The qualitative assessment with stakeholders resulted in developing off-model quantifications to better reflect expected changes in system dynamics and development of more realistic transition pathways used for macro-econometric (E3ME) and atmospheric (TM5-FASST) modelling. We found that each low-emission transition pathway has a unique footprint of positive and negative impacts. This footprint is largely shaped by the combination of existing and new technologies, infrastructure used, and practices deployed. We consider the analysis and results relevant for climate policy and governance processes where there is a need to develop transition pathways that are optimised to meet different sustainable development goals.
De economiestudenten Eise Spijker en Remco Wammes onderzochten, met behulp van gegevens van de VS... more De economiestudenten Eise Spijker en Remco Wammes onderzochten, met behulp van gegevens van de VSNU over de periode 1992 – 2001, hoe universiteiten presteren op contractonderzoek door de overdracht van wetenschappelijke kennis naar het bedrijfsleven en overheidsinstellingen in kaart te brengen. De berekeningen van de studenten geven aan dat de RUG tot de minst ondernemende universiteiten behoort. Daarnaast blijkt dat de zeven grote universiteiten minder ondernemend zijn dan de kleinere universiteiten. Een mogelijke verklaring hiervoor kan zijn dat de grotere universiteiten eenvoudigweg meer reguliere onderzoeksfinanciering krijgen en daardoor minder afhankelijk zijn van contractonderzoek of dat deze universiteiten meer onderzoek verrichtten in opdracht van de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO). Bij de RUG blijkt een groot deel van het wetenschappelijk personeel onderzoek in opdracht van het NWO te verrichten. Alleen bij de Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen en de Universiteit van Amsterdam is dit aandeel groter. Om te onderzoeken in hoeverre de ontwikkeling van contractonderzoek door de scheve beoordelingsstructuur wordt geremd hebben de studenten vervolgens een onderzoek naar de contractactiviteiten binnen de diverse RUG faculteiten uitgevoerd. Hiervoor hebben zij gebruik gemaakt van een database met alle onderzoekscontracten van de RuG over de periode 1992-2003. Hieruit blijkt dat er grote verschillen bestaan tussen faculteiten in het verrichten van contractonderzoek; hetgeen kan duiden op een structurele ‘bias’ in het beoordelingssysteem. Andere verklarende factoren hiervoor kunnen zijn: het sterk groeiende aantal studenten per docent, de minder sterk ontwikkelde ondersteunende infrastructuur en het universiteitsbeleid. Uit interviews blijkt dat een aantal RUG faculteiten groei in contractonderzoek (universiteit-industrie) mogelijk achten; echter de huidige beoordelingsstructuur heeft sommige faculteiten doen besluiten contractactiviteiten te reduceren. Zie ook de notitie van prof. Oosterhaven ‘Academische impacts vanuit regionaal perspectief’
Energy Efficiency, 2011
Emission reduction activities in the European Union (EU) in-and outside the European Trading Syst... more Emission reduction activities in the European Union (EU) in-and outside the European Trading System (ETS) thus far have largely taken place separately. One possibility to combine the two is through linking NonETS offset project-based crediting schemes in the form of Joint Implementation or domestic offset (DO) projects with the EU ETS. Linking would allow nonETS offset project-based CO 2 credits to be traded within the ETS market. This paper discusses the merits and drawbacks of the implementation of a DO scheme in the built environment in the Netherlands. The built environment can be characterised as a sector with a great diversity and significant energy savings potential. Emphasis is paid on the modalities for estimating energy savings under DO projects. The authors discuss if next to existing EU, national or regional policies in the Netherlands, DO could spur initiatives in sub-sectors or market areas that are difficult to reach with conventional policy instruments. Thus, despite the existing policy framework in this sector, there could be still space for DO to reach the untapped energy savings potential. DO can support activities and technologies that are not covered by other policy instruments, either because they are not part of the instruments focus or are above the minimum requirements of the incumbent policy targets. It is expected that some lessons from this study in the Netherlands can be taken into account also by other countries facing similar market circumstances, which have implemented several policy instruments and are considering DO schemes as an alternative for capturing part of the untapped energy saving potential in their end use sectors. Another possible advantage of DO is that is has the potential to reduce public spending on existing policy goals, when it is considered in conjunction with existing public financing instruments. In order to tap into this potential, there are a series of hurdles in place, like additionality and the current CO 2 price levels, while transaction and administration costs must be kept low.
Environmental Policy and Governance, 2011
Energy Policy, 2011
There are several technoeconomic modeling approaches that provide quantitative results such as co... more There are several technoeconomic modeling approaches that provide quantitative results such as costs and the level of achievement of certain renewable energy (RE) policy targets. These approaches often do not consider other important factors for policy implementation (such as socio-political aspects and stakeholders&#x27; preferences). Recent multicriteria analysis (MCA) approaches attempt to integrate these multiple aspects in decision making process. In this respect, aim of this paper is to combine technoeconomic modeling and MCA approaches in a general analytical framework incorporating multiple aspects. Each method in an RE policy interaction problem can feed in the necessary policy information for the subsequent steps of an ex-ante and an ex-post assessment in a decision tree, starting from recognizing the need for implementing a new policy in parallel to the incumbent ones, assessing the actual policy costs and finally identifying the social acceptability of these RE policies.
Although the production of this newsletter has been done with utmost care, the project management... more Although the production of this newsletter has been done with utmost care, the project management is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information from this newsletter. The authors express their own view and they do not necessarily reflect the views of the project management or the other project partners. No guarantee is given that the information provided in this newsletter is correct, complete, and up-to-date. Upcoming Events