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The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAERE) is now accepting nominations for the sixth edition of the EAERE Outstanding Achievement Awards. Nominations will be accepted until November 30th, 2015.
Awards are recognise excellence in achievement in two areas:
This Award recognises those who have devoted themselves productively and persistently to communicating and enriching our endowment of knowledge in environmental economics. Those eligible are those who:
- have already or are about to retire (It is accepted that for most nominees, the idea of 'retirement' is notional);
- have been significantly involved in the profession in Europe, e.g. by working here, or contributing regularly to our annual meetings and/or Summer School;
- have made an outstanding and sustained contribution to the field, including some combination of scholarship, institutional development and communication/dissemination.
The nomination form for this award can be accessed here
This Award recognises Practitioners in the policy or business arena who have made signal contribution in the application of economic ideas. Those eligible are those who:
- work or do substantive business in Europe
- have demonstrated courage and skill in successfully achieving the implementation of environmental economics' ideas.
The nomination form for this award can be accessed here
A Nominating Committee comprised of Lucas Bretschger (chair), Michael Hanemann, and Herman Vollebergh will evaluate the nominations. A final decision will be made by the EAERE Council. Winner(s) will be awarded by the President of EAERE at the 22nd Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, to be held in Zurich on June 22-25, 2016.