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Detlef van Vuuren is a professor at Utrecht University, focusing on Integrated Assessment and Global Environmental Change. With over 460 published articles in high-profile journals such as Nature and Science, he has been recognized as one of the most highly cited researchers in his field and ranked 4th among the most influential climate scientists worldwide by Reuters. Van Vuuren has received several prestigious awards, including the Huibregtsenprijs for excellent science with high societal relevance in 2018 and the Spinozapremie, the highest scientific award in the Netherlands, in 2024. His research interests include climate change, scenario analysis, integrated assessment, energy system analysis, and environmental sciences. He actively participates in various research organizations related to environmental research and serves on the editorial boards of prominent journals. Additionally, he has played a significant role in the development of climate scenarios used by the IPCC, collaborating with a team to model future climate and environmental changes while considering socio-economic development dynamics.
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency • Netherlands
Leading the IMAGE integrated assessment modeling team, contributing to the development of models to analyze future climate and environmental changes.
Department of Psychology