Prof. dr. F.G.H. Berkhout

Summary

Frans Berkhout is Professor of Innovation and Sustainability, and Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) and the Amsterdam Global Change Institute, both at the VU University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Until 2004 he was with SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research), University of Sussex (UK). He holds a Geography BSc (University of Leeds, 1983) and a PhD in Science and Technology Policy Studies (University of Sussex, 1989). He did post-doctoral research at Princeton University (US). Among other advisory roles, Professor Berkhout will be a lead author in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (2013/14). Professor Berkhout has extensive research, management and research training experience across a number of fields.  His early research was concerned with the economic, political and security aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste management. His more recent work has been concerned with technology, policy and sustainability, with a specific focus on climate policy.

Academic training

1983	BSc Hons, Geography, School of Geography, University of Leeds.
1989	DPhil, Science and Technology Policy Studies, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex.

Professional employment history

2011-present	Director, Amsterdam Global Change Institute (AGCI), VU University, Amsterdam.
2004-present	Professor of Innovation and Sustainability, and Director, Institute for Environmental Studies/Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM), VU University, Amsterdam.
2002-2004	Director, UK ESRC Sustainable Technologies Programme.
1999-2000	Co-Director, UK ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme.
1996-2004	Senior Fellow and Leader, Environment Programme, SPRU-Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK.
1994-1996	Research Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK.
1992-1994	Research Associate, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and Lecturer, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, US.
1989-1992	Research Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK.
1985	Research Assistant, Department of Geography and Earth Science, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK.
1983-1985	Research Assistant, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK.

 

Selected publications

Link to full publication list at IVM since 2004

Recent journal articles

Berkhout, F. (2011). Adaptation to climate change by organizations. WIRE Climate Change (forthcoming).

Jordan, A., van Asselt, H., Berkhout, F., Huitema, D. and Rayner, T. (2011). Climate change policy in the European Union: Understanding the paradoxes of multi-level governing, Global Environmental Politics (in press).

Berkhout, F., Wieczorek, A.J. & Raven, R. (2011). Avoiding environmental convergence: a possible role for sustainability experiments in latecomer countries? International Journal of Institutions and Economics, 3(2), 367-385.

Berkhout, F. (2011). Eco-innovation: reflections on an evolving research agenda. International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, 11(3/4), 191-197.

Van Drunen, M.A., Van ‘t Klooster, S.A. & Berkhout, F. (2011). Bounding the future: the use of scenarios in assessing climate change impacts. Futures, 43(4), 488-496.

Van Vuuren, D.P., Isaac, M., Kundzewicz, Z.W., Arnell, N., Barker, T., Criqui, P., Berkhout, F., Hilderink, H., Hinkel, J., Hof, A., Alban, K., Kram, T., Mechler, R., Scrieciu, S. (2011). The use of scenarios as the basis for combined assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Global Environmental Change, 21(2), 575-591.

Berkhout, F. (2010). Contested boundaries and reason in the climate debate. Global Environmental Change, 20, 565-569.

Berkhout, F., Verbong, G., Wieczorek^, A. J., Raven, R., Lebel, L. & Bai, X. (2010). Sustainability experiments in Asia: innovations shaping alternative development pathways? Environmental Science & Policy, 13, 261-271.

Haug, C., Rayner, T., Jordan, A., Hildingsson, R., Stripple, J., Moni, S., Huitema, D., Massey, E., van Asselt, H. & Berkhout, F. (2010). Navigating the dilemmas of climate policy in Europe: Findings from a meta-analysis of policy evaluations. Climatic Change, 101, 427-445.

Haug, C. & Berkhout, F. (2010). Learning the hard way? European climate policy after Copenhagen. Environment, 52(3), 20-27.

Patt, A., van Vuuren, D.P., Berkhout, F., Aaheim, A., Hof, A.F., Isaac, M. & Mechler, R. (2010). Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand? Climatic Change, 99(3-4), 383-402.

Berkhout, F., Angel, D. & Wieczorek, A. (2009). Asian development pathways and sustainable socio-technical regimes. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 76(2), 218-228.

Dellink, R., den Elzen^, M., Aiking^, H., Bergsma^, E., Berkhout^, F., Dekker^, T. & Gupta, J. (2009). Sharing the burden of adaptation financing. Global Environmental Change, 19, 411‑421.

Mackerron, G. & Berkhout, F. (2009). Learning to listen: institutional change and legitimation in UK radioactive waste policy. Journal of Risk Research, 12(7-8), 989‑1008.

Hertin, J., Berkhout, F., Wagner, M. & Tyteca, D. (2008). Are EMS environmentally effective? The link between environmental management systems and environmental performance in European companies. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management,51(2), 259-283.

Kuik, O., Aerts, J., Berkhout, F., Biermann, F., Bruggink, J., Gupta, J. & Tol, R.S.J. (2008) Post 2012 Climate Change Policy Dilemmas: How Do Current Proposals Deal With Them? Climate Policy, 8(3), 317-336.

Berkhout, F., Hertin, J. & Gann, D.M. (2006). Learning to adapt: Organisational adaptation to climate change impacts. Climatic Change, 78, 135-156.

Young, O.R., Berkhout, F., Gallopin, G.C., Janssen, M.A., Ostrom, E. & van der Leeuw, S. (2006). The globalization of socio-ecological systems: An agenda for scientific research, Global Environmental Change, 16(3), 304-316.

Smith, A., Stirling, A. & Berkhout, F. (2005). The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions: a quasi-evolutionary model. Research Policy, 34, 1491-1510.

Books

Jordan, A., Huitema, D., van Asselt, H., Rayner, T. & Berkhout, F. (eds) (2010). Climate Change Governance in Europe: Confronting dilemmas of mitigation and adaptation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Berkhout, F., Leach, M. & Scoones, I. (eds) (2003). Negotiating Environmental Change: New Perspectives from Social Science. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Vellinga, P., Berkhout, F. & Gupta, J. (eds) (1998). Managing a Material World: Perspectives in Industrial Ecology. Amsterdam: Kluwer.

Albright, D., Berkhout, F. & Walker, W. (1997). Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium 1996: World Inventories, Capabilities and Policies, Oxford: SIPRI/Oxford University Press.

Socolow, R., Andrews, C., Berkhout, F. & Thomas, V. (eds) (1994). Industrial Ecology and Global Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.