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Peter Mulder is an Associate Professor at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development at Utrecht University and a Senior Researcher at TNO Energy Transition Studies. His research focuses on applied empirical economic research related to the distribution costs and benefits of the energy transition, utilizing a broad welfare perspective. He aims to combine insights from macroeconomics, energy economics, and spatial economics. Mulder finds the phenomenon of technology diffusion particularly fascinating, acknowledging that it is often costly, lengthy, and difficult to achieve technological innovation. His current research topics include energy poverty, transport poverty, and the income-employment effects of the energy transition, as well as indicators that measure energy inequality. His work is often conducted in close collaboration with the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and the VU Amsterdam Research Centre Education Labour Market (ROA) at Maastricht University. Beyond the economics of the energy transition, he is also interested in studying energy use within urbanization, the spatial structure of economic development, spatial inequality, and the role of institutions in governance related to economic growth. Additionally, Mulder's work on energy transport poverty has been quoted in the media, and he is involved in providing policy advice at both national and local levels.
Department of Psychology