Thomas Douenne receives Veni grant for research on the interaction of inequality and climate policy
Economist and candidate fellow Thomas Douenne from the Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam receives a Veni research grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for project 'On the design of climate policy: improving fairness and public support'. With this project Douenne aims to answer how to design climate policies that are fair and supported by the public.
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Abstract
Climate change is one of the most important challenges facing society. Yet climate policies often fail to win public support due to their high and unevenly distributed costs. This research uses survey-experiments to understand how people think about climate policies and inequality, as well as macro-modelling tools to better understand how climate policy and inequality interact. More specifically, the aim is to answer the following question: How can we design climate policies that are fair and supported by the public?
About the Veni Grant
The NWO Veni grant, of up to 320.000 euro, is awarded to excellent researchers who have recently obtained their PhD, to conduct independent research and develop their ideas for a period of three years. Laureates are at the start of their scientific career and display a striking talent for scientific research.
Four fellows of Tinbergen Institute have received a Veni grant during this round: Thomas Douenne (University of Amsterdam) on the interaction of inequality and climate policy, Marina Fredrich (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) on climate research, Albert Jan Hummel (University of Amsterdam) on labor-market policies, and Matthijs Korevaar (Erasmus University Rotterdam) on rental housing policies. All laureates of the 2023 round have been published here.