Bert Willems' affilation and CV

Research Interests

9/2008	–	9/2012	Assistant Professor, TILEC and CentER, Tilburg University
9/2006	–	8/2008	Post-Doctoral Researcher, TILEC and CentER, Tilburg University
9/2006	–	8/2008	Post-Doctoral Researcher, Energy Transport Environment, Center for Economic Studies, K.U.Leuven (Part Time)
7/2006	–	8/2006	Visiting Researcher, Chair of Energy Economics and Public Sector Management, T.U.Dresden
1/2006	–	6/2006	Jean Monnet Fellow, Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, Florence
9/2004	–	12/2005	Senior researcher, Energy Transport Environment, Center for Economic Studies, K.U.Leuven
1/2004	–	8/2004	Visiting Post-Doc University of California Energy Institute, Berkeley
1/2000	–	12/2003	Research Assistant, Energy Transport Environment, Center for Economic Studies, K.U.Leuven
9/1998	–	8/1999	Research Assistant (Part Time), Applied Mechanics and Energy Conversion, K.U.Leuven, funded by the K.U.Leuven Energy Institute

		1/2004	Ph.D. in Economics, " Electricity networks and Generation Market power ", K.U.Leuven, Supervisor Stef Proost
		6/2001	Doctoral courses: Contract Theory and Industrial Organization, IDEI and Midi-Pyrénées School of Economics, U. Toulouse I
		6/2000	Master of Science in Economics, K.U.Leuven
		6/1999	Complementary Studies in Economics, K.U.Leuven
		6/1998	Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, option Energy, K.U.Leuven and T.U.Braunschweig
		6/1995	Bachelor of Science in Engineering, K.U.Leuven
		6/1993	Latin - Mathematics, Secundary School, Geel

9/2008	–	8/2010	Tilburg University, Marie Curie Fellowship, Intra European Mobility, The Netherlands
1/2006	–	6/2006	Florence School of Regulation, Jean Monnet Fellowship, EUI-Robert Schuman Centre, Italy
1/2004	–	8/2004	Visiting Research Associate, U. of California Energy Institute, Berkeley, USA
1/2001	–	6/2001	Marie Curie Fellowship, U. Toulouse I, France
9/1996	–	7/1997	Erasmus Scholarship, T.U. Braunschweig, Germany

2008	–	2009	Frontier Shift of Capital Cost, Report for TenneT B.V.
2008	–	2009	Regional congestion management in the Netherlands, Report for Essent N.V.
2008	–	2008	Green Energy Labeling, Report for Essent N.V.
2007	–	2008	Cross-subsidies in the Electricity sector, Report for Essent N.V.
2004	–	2005	CLIMNEG II: Project of the Belgian Science Policy on Climate Change, Belgian Science Policy
2004	–	2005	Numerical Simulation Model of the North-Western European Electricity Network, Belgian Electricity Regulator
2000	–	2004	Electricity Markets and Market Power, Fund of Scientific Research Flanders

Liberalization and Regulation: Advanced theory and cases (2007, 2008, 2009)
EES-UETP course on the use of models in market monitoring (2006), Milaan
Market Power in Electricity Markets (2006), Doctoral Course at YEES. T.U. Dresden
Reading Group: Market Power in Electricity Markets (2006), T.U. Dresden
Reading Group: Contract Theory (2006), T.U. Dresden
Energy Economics for Engineers (2005) K.U.Leuven
Excercises on Technical Thermodynamics (1999) K.U.Leuven

Member of the International Scientific Committee, 6th International Conference on the European Electricity Market, K.U.Leuven, 2009
Keynote speech at Conference at Applied Infrastructure Research, T.U. Berlin, October 2008
Member PhD commission Paul Nillesen, Tilburg University, 2008
Co-supervisor PhD Emmanuel de Corte, Law Department, Tilburg University
(with Pierre Larouche)
Co-supervisor PhD Bastian Henze, Economics Department, Tilburg University
(with Charles Noussair)
Representative of the junior researchers at the board of the faculty and the department, 2000-2003

Coordinator of Energy Research at TILEC, Tilburg University
Co-organizer of the Energy Economics Policy Seminar on Liberalization of the gas market: prices and investments, 2009, The Hague
Organizer Workshop on Energy regulation going forward: From cost efficiency to innovation and investment, 2009, Tilburg
Co-organizer of the Energy Economics Policy Seminar on European integration of Electricity Markets, 2008, The Hague
Co-organizer of the Energy Economics Policy Seminar on the promotion of wind energy, 2008, The Hague
Organizer of the Tilburg Energy Round Table, Trend, 2007, Tilburg
Organizer of the Climate Change Policy Conference (PDF), 2005, Leuven
Organizer of the Electricity modeling workshop of the Western European Market, 2005, Leuven
Organizer of the Spring Meeting for Young Economists, SMYE, 2003, Leuven

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