Dr. Peter Mulder (1974) holds degrees in economics (MSc. and Ph.D.) from the VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He wrote his Ph.D thesis at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the VU University Amsterdam and the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis. Currently he is assistant professor at the Department of Spatial Economics of VU University Amsterdam and a research fellow of the Tinbergen Institute. During the 2011 spring semester he holds a position as visiting assistant professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (USA).
After obtaining his Ph.D. in 2003 he has been an associate research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, and a post-doctoral researcher at the of VU University Amsterdam. In 2005 he temporarily interrupted academic life to work in Maputo, Mozambique, as a consultant/energy economist for the Danish International Development Agency (Danida), based at the Ministry of Planning & Development and the Ministry of Energy of the Government of Mozambique. In 2007 he returned to the Department of Spatial Economics of VU University Amsterdam.
His research interests include energy-economic issues, economic growth and development, the economics of cities and regions, and the role of culture in economic processes.
Teaching experience includes undergraduate courses in Environmental Economics, Microeconomics, Regional Economics, Urban Economics and International Economic Development. Also he is currently coordinating the minor Economics within the Bachelor programme Earth&Economics.
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