University of Antwerp, Belgium

Steven Van Passel is full Professor Environmental Economics at the University of Antwerp (Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Engineering Management). He has a PhD in Agricultural Economics (Ghent University) and masters in Economics and in Bioscience Engineering (KU Leuven). He developed and applied the sustainable value approach to assess farm performance and developed systemic techno-economic assessments (TEA) of clean technologies. He measured the economic impact on climate change on agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian method and studied the economic benefits of climate change adaptation in agriculture. He applied and developed both revealed and stated preferences methods to value environmental externalities in both developed and developing countries.