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.

 

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 Department of Spatial Economics of VU University Amsterdam. In 2005 he temporarily interrupted academic life to work in 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 where he holds a position as assistant professor.

His research interests include energy-economic issues, economic growth and development, regional economics, and institutional economics.

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