How is competition policy shaping the energy transition? What effects are environmental and energy policy having on the pace of transition? What insights can be gained from Europe’s policy approach to the energy transition?

Joining us in-person in Perth, Professor Frans de Vries, Chair in Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of Aberdeen, will be discussing his research on the role of policy in the energy transition. Frans will focus on the use of competition policy to steer the transition, as well as the role of other energy and environmental policies, such as emissions trading and fossil fuel subsidies. Frans will bring his years of expertise working in this area in the UK, Europe and beyond.

There will also be the option to join us online via Teams - please make sure you select the relevant option when registering.

ABOUT FRANS

Frans P. de Vries is a professor at the University of Aberdeen Business School and the Department of Economics where he holds the Chair in Environmental and Resource Economics. He is a member of the Scottish Experimental Economics Laboratory (SEEL), the Aberdeen Centre for Research in Energy Economics and Finance (ACREEF), and an affiliate of the North Atlantic Microplastic Centre (NAMC) in Norway.

Professor De Vries’s research is centred around the design and functioning of environmental markets and incentive-based policy mechanisms for pollution control and biodiversity conservation. Another focal point of his research relates to the interplay between environmental regulation, market structure and technological change. Across these domains, his research has been published in the European Economic Review and leading field journals, including the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Energy Economics.