Co-directors
In June 2009 three new co-directors were elected by the Steering Committee to run the International Energy Workshop:
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Dr. Geoffrey Blanford, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA
E-mail: gblanford@epri.com
Dr.
Geoffrey Blanford is Program Manager for EPRI's research on Global
Climate Change Policy Costs and Benefits. The program conducts analysis
of the economic and environmental implications of domestic and
international climate policy proposals, with emphasis on the principles
of efficient policy design, the role of technology, and the value of
R&D. Dr. Blanford's research activities include development of the
MERGE model for integrated assessment and its application to issues
such as technology policy and international climate agreements.
Before joining EPRI, Dr. Blanford worked for the Global Climate and
Energy Project (GCEP) and the Energy Modeling Forum at Stanford
University, and at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in
College Park, MD. He has served as an expert reviewer for the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the International
Energy Agency (IEA).
Dr. Blanford earned a BA degree in mathematics from Yale University and
an MS degree in operations research from Columbia University. He
received a PhD degree in management science and engineering from
Stanford University.
Dr. Massimo Tavoni, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE) and Politecnico of Milan, Italy
E-mail: massimo.tavoni@eiee.org
Massimo
Tavoni is the Director of EIEE. He is also full professor at the School
of Management of Politecnico di Milano. He coordinated the Climate
Change Mitigation programme at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
between 2015 and 2018. He has been fellow at the Center for Advanced
Studies in Behavioural Sciences at Stanford University, and post
doctoral fellow at Princeton University. His research is about climate
change mitigation policies, and has appeared in major scientific
journals. He is a lead author of the IPCC (5th and 6th assessment
reports), co-directs of the International Energy Workshop and was
deputy editor for the journal ‘Climatic Change’. He is a recipient of a
grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He has advised several
international institutions on climate change matters, including the
OECD, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank.
Dr. Bob van der Zwaan, TNO Energy Transition (TNO)
E-mail: bob.vanderzwaan@tno
Dr. Bob van der Zwaan senior scientist at the Energy Transition department of TNO, Professor of Sustainable Energy Technology at the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam, and Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna. From 2007 to 2013 he was visiting senior research scientist at Columbia University’s Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (Earth Institute) in New York. He is co-director of the International Energy Workshop (IEW), member of the Council of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, and lead author for Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 4th and 5th Assessment Reports). He held several visiting professorships, most recently at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Stockholm, 2010) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IFW, 2008), and held research positions at Harvard University (Cambridge, 2002-2005), the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1999-2001), Stanford University (Paolo Alto, 1999-2000), the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI, Paris, 1997-1999) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN, Geneva, 1992-1995). He was trained in economics (MPhil, 1995-1997, University of Cambridge, King’s College), physics (PhD, 1991-1995, CERN/NIKHEF, University of Nijmegen; MSc, 1987-1991, University of Utrecht) and international relations (Certificate, 1993-1994, IUHEI, University of Geneva). His research includes the fields of energy and climate change, integrated assessment modelling, environmental economics, and technological innovation. He is (co-)author of over 130 peer-reviewed scientific articles (2400 citations, h-index=30), and contributor to about a dozen books.