PROJECT TEAM

Research

Prof. Dr. Joyeeta Gupta

Principal Investigator

Dr. Yang Chen

Postdoc

Stranded Assets

Augusto Heras

PhD Candidate

Low and Middle-income Countries

Clara McDonnell

PhD Candidate

Pension Funds

Frank de Morrée

PhD Candidate

Philanthropies

Janina Herzog-Hawelka

PhD Candidate

Multinational Oil&Gas Companies

Moataz Yakan Talaat

PhD Candidate

Debt Financiers

Opal Morales Asencio

Self-funded, External PhD Candidate

Public-Private Partnerships

Master Students

2025

Alice Rota

Research Master International Development Studies

Development, renewable energy, and fossil fuels in Tanzania

Anica Aguilera

Master Human Geography

Barriers to urban retrofitting (Chicago case study)

Emma Orazietti

Master Human Geography

Tax havens

Finn van der Straaten

Master International Development Studies

Carbon credit markets

Jitske Fransens

Master Human Geography

Investment in the military

Lauren Chatterton

Master International Development Studies

Nuclear energy as a delay tactic

Paula Haerle

Master Political Science

Debt and fossil fuel extraction in the Global South

Simone Heesakkers

Master Human Geography

Envisioning future urban mobility

Tim van der Vooren

Master Human Geography

Climate litigation against fossil fuel companies

2024

Ailyn Ceballos Jimenez

Master Human Geography

A Political Approach to Leave Fossil Fuels Underground: Lessons from Colombia

Aljoscha Karg

Research Master International Development Studies

Between ‘Paradigm Shift’ and ‘Business-As-Usual’ Climate Finance – The Just Energy Transition Partnerships: Towards A Just and Inclusive Fossil Fuel Phase Out in the Global South?

Casimir Krage

Master Human Geography

Empowering Youth in Global Climate Governance: Insights from COP28 and the UNFCCC

Jelmer Bruijn

Master Human Geography

Navigating Towards Sustainability: Unraveling Conditions for Port Authorities to Reduce Emissions and for Phasing Out Fossil Fuels
A case study of the Port of Amsterdam

Justin van Vuren

Master Human Geography

Municipal influence on households’ ability to reach Net Zero A case study of four municipalities located in the Randstad

Khalid Awni Mohammad Hawamdeh

Master Human Geography

Sustainable Energy Planning for Fossil Fuel Transition: Strategies and Policies for a Greener Dubai

Marit Heppe

Master Human Geography

Starting and Stopping New Oil and Gas Projects:
A Comparative Frame and Thematic Analysis of Mainstream Media and Activist Groups in the Offshore UK Cambo and Rosebank Oilfields

Mathijs Blom

Master Human Geography

SMEs in the Energy Transition: The impact of the CSRD on Dutch SMEs

Sean van Beek

Master Human Geography

Natural Gas: A Bridge to Nowhere? An analysis of the role of Natural Gas in Dutch Climate Policy, examining its potential as a Bridge Fuel for an Inclusive Transition away from Fossil Fuels while addressing the risks of Carbon Lock-In

Stijn van der Erf

Master Human Geography

Flying forward: Unraveling conditions for airports to reduce emissions and to phase out Fossil Fuels

Valentina Couceiro

Master International Development Studies

Unveiling Shadows: The Role of Lobbying Transparency Measures in Reinforcing Power Imbalances between Fossil Fuel and Green Interests Groups

2023

Bart de Looze

Master Human Geography

Framing Fossil Fuels: A case study of the German LNG Terminals

Bram Donker

Master Human Geography

Mediators stuck between Regulations: The Role of Dutch Utility Companies in Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Elise Granlie

Research Master International Development Studies

The Role of Civil Society Actors in Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground: A Case Study of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

Febe van Buren

Master Human Geography

Climate Action Commitments Communicated: A Comparison of Unilever’s Corporate Climate Policies and Public Messaging in the Global North and the Global South

Ingrid Ronglan

Research Master International Development Studies

Illuminating Inclusiveness: Promoting Electrification for an Inclusive Energy
Transition: The Role of Off-Grid Solar Systems

Janne Luise Piper

Research Master International Development Studies

“We Won’t Just Grab and Go”
– A Pathway to Just Transitions?
Exploring Africa-EU Cooperation regarding Energy Transition Mineral
Value Chains

Louis Siouw

Master Human Geography

Phasing out Fossil Fuels with Hydrogen Fuel: Energy Transition in the Netherlands

Luc van Vliet

Master Human Geography

Deconstructing Neo-Colonialism: Germany and Senegal’s Potential Gas Partnership and its Implications for Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground

Phani Varnava

Master Human Geography

What kind of challenges do European Union Member States face and under what conditions does it appear likely that they will be able to phase out fossil fuels? A case study of the small European Union Member State of Cyprus

Robin Hids

Master International Development Studies

A Changing Labor Market: Just Transition or Collateral Damage?: The role of labor in a socially inclusive Just Transition away from fossil fuels

2022

Blanca Reemst

Master Human Geography

The Energy Transition and Divestment of Fossil Fuel Assets

Chu Thuy Quynh Anh

Master Human Geography

Fossil Fuel Phaseout in the International Climate Regime: A Study on the Willingness to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Production in the Nationally Determined Contributions

Ellen Snaathorst

Master Human Geography

Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground: The Social Justice Implications Related to the Distribution of Fossil Fuels

Giuliana Gentile

Master International Development Studies

Purposeful Deception on the Verge of Delusion: Addressing the fossil fuels industry’s narratives causing the impasse within the energy transition

Glenn Dijks

Master Human Geography

Unlocking the Carbon lock-in in the Netherlands: A case study on the challenges and conditions for phasing out fossil fuels

Ines Boivin

Master International Development Studies

Working in Oil and Gas, at What Price? The Challenges International Organizations Face in Implementing an Inclusive Just Energy Transition Away from Fossil Fuels and its Impacts on Migrant Labour

Juliette Linn

Master International Development Studies

Time to Walk the Talk: Analysing the Contextual Conditions that Enable and/or Hamper an Inclusive Just Energy Transition in South Africa

Lynn Haasloop Werner

Master International Development Studies

A Carbon Lock-In is in the Pipeline: An analysis of how carbon lock-in caused by fossil fuel dependency influences an inclusive energy transition away from fossil fuels in a North-South context through a case study of Argentina