Organization
GreenREFORM started as a research project at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University in 2017. The project has since been expanded with a model group in the DREAM group.
The development of GreenREFORM is formally divided into a research project, which finances a research group comprised of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University, and a project funded by a grant from the Ministry of Finance in 2019, which finances a permanent model group at DREAM. There is close cooperation between the two groups, making the distinction less meaningful in practice.
The project group is comprised of 15-20 people, depending on how they are counted. There are four fulltime economists and four research assistants on the project in the DREAM group, but the project also takes advantage of modelling expertise from other parts of the DREAM group. At the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University, Professor Peter Birch Sørensen leads a research group of six PhD-students and an adjunct professor, who work on sector specific sub-models.
The project group is organized in working groups across the model group and the research group with responsibility for developing the respective sub-models and integrating them with the general equilibrium model. This website includes sections for each working group, where the development of the respective sub-models can be followed.
The research project has an Advisory Board, and in connection with the grant from the ministry a board of directors for the project has also been established. Both are presented below.
Research Group
The following table gives an overview of the research group.
| Name |
Title |
Kontakt |
| University of Copenhagen |
|
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| Rasmus Kehlet Berg |
PhD Student |
Link |
| Janek Bligaard Eskildsen |
PhD Student |
Link |
| August Twile Nielsen |
PhD Student |
Link |
| Peter Kjær Kruse-Andersen |
Adjunct Professor |
Link |
| Peter Birch Sørensen |
Professor |
Link |
| Jonathan Leisner |
PhD Student |
Link |
| Aarhus University |
|
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| Cecilie Marie Jørgensen |
PhD Student |
Link |
| Simon Christiansen |
PhD Student |
Link |
Model Group
There are eight permanent members of the model group. After the research director of the DREAM group, these are the first eight names listed in the table below. In practice, a number of other members of the DREAM group also contribute to the project to varying degrees. The members who are currently included in working groups are also listed below.
| Name |
Title |
| Peter Stephensen |
Research Director |
| Jens Sand Kirk |
Project Director |
| Ulrik Richardt Beck |
Chief Research Analyst |
| Asbjørn Kehlet Berg |
Research Analyst |
| Gustav Elias Dahl |
Research Analyst |
| Lucas Shine |
Student Assistant |
| Kevin Guldager Jensen |
Student Assistant |
| Julie Marie Deding Nielsen |
Student Assistant |
| Simon Jacobi Henriksen |
Student Assistant |
See contact information for members of the DREAM group
Working Groups
The following table gives an overview of the working groups for the project and the members included in each.
| Working group |
Members |
| General Equilibrium Model |
Peter Stephensen |
| |
Jens Sand Kirk |
| |
Asbjørn Kehlet Berg |
| Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry |
Ulrik Richardt Beck |
| |
Asbjørn Kehlet Berg |
| |
Cecilie Marie Jørgensen |
| |
Simon Christiansen |
| Energy |
Peter Stephensen |
| |
Jens Sand Kirk |
| |
Asbjørn Kehlet Berg |
| |
Rasmus Kehlet Berg |
| Transportation |
Peter Stephensen |
| |
Jens Sand Kirk |
| |
Ulrik Richardt Beck |
| |
Asbjørn Kehlet Berg |
| |
Janek Bligaard Eskildsen |
| Waste Management |
Peter Birch Sørensen |
| |
Peter Kjær Kruse-Andersen |
| |
Ulrik Richardt Beck |
| Abatement of Emissions |
Peter Birch Sørensen |
| |
Peter Stephensen |
| |
Gustav Elias Dahl |
| |
August Twile Nielsen |
| |
Jonathan Leisner |
Advisory Board
The following table provides an overview of the Advisory Board to the research project.
| Name |
Title |
Institution |
| Signe Anthon |
Team Leader |
Ministry of Environment and Food |
| Jørgen Elmeskov |
National Statistician |
Statistics Denmark |
| Jacob Møller |
Head of Department |
Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities |
| Lars Haagen Pedersen |
Deputy Permanent Secretary |
Ministry of Finance |
| John Smidt |
Head of Secretariat |
Secretariat of the Danish Economic Council |
| Jacob Krog Søbygaard |
Head of Secretariat |
Secretariat of the Danish Council on Climate Change |
Board of Directors
| Navn |
Titel |
Institution |
| Peter Birch Sørensen |
Professor |
University of Copenhagen |
| Jette Bredahl Jacobsen |
Professer |
University of Copenhagen |
| Jørgen Elmeskov |
Vice chairman |
Danish Council on Climate Change |
| Michael Svarer |
Professor |
Aarhus University |
| Mogens Fosgerau |
Professor |
University of Copenhagen |
| Las Gårn Hansen |
Professor |
University of Copenhagen |
| Lars Haagen Pedersen |
Deputy permanent secretary |
Ministry of Finance |
| Michael Skaarup |
Deputy permanent secretary |
Danish Ministry of Taxation |
| Lone Ank |
Director |
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs |
| Henrik Kjærgaard |
Deputy permanent secretary |
Ministry for Climate, Energy and Utilities |
| Jakob Møller Nielsen |
Deputy permanent secretary |
Ministry of Environment |
| Anders Holbøll |
Deputy permanent secretary |
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Claus Andersen |
Deputy permanent secretary |
Ministry of Transport |
| Jacob Krog Søbygaard |
Head of Secretariat |
Danish Council on Climate Change |
| Martin Nygaard Jørgensen |
Deputy Head of Department and Head of Macroeconomic Analysis
|
National Bank of Denmark |