Current work

- green economy transition - the energy transition - measures for the green economy at the national and global level - policies and regulatory changes for a transition towards sustainable consumption and production among key sectors - soft and hard law relevant to making the financial sector more sustainable via their investments - policies and their impacts on new business models in the smart grid and e-mobility innovation ecosystems

Biography

Dr. Van Vliet-Bürer is an expert in emissions trading, climate and energy policy as she has worked in the field of sustainability with a focus on climate and energy issues at the intersection of technology, policy, and economics since 1998. She started her career working on emissions trading for several organizations, including the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). After that, she became a Transportation Policy Analyst at the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) where she helped ensure the passing of vehicle CO2 standards in California. She later obtained her PhD in Economics in 2008 from the University of St. Gallen and worked in the area of sustainable finance when she joined the Investor Network for Climate Risk (INCR). In 2009 she also became a Scientific Officer for the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Dr. Van Vliet-Bürer holds a PhD in Economics from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and a Master of Engineering from UCLA. Currently Dr. Bürer serves as Senior Research Fellow at EPFL under the College of Management of Technology. She joined the Chair of Corporate Strategy and Innovation (CSI) in 2014 and then joined EPFL’s Green Economy and Resource Governance (GERG) Chair in 2016 where she now focuses her research there on policies for a green economy transition and the economic impacts of such a transition. Meanwhile at the Corporate Strategy and Innovation (CSI) Chair she is working on the energy transition in particular, and specifically the effect of policies in stimulating (or acting as a barrier) to new business models among new entrants or incumbents in energy sector.