The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists is an international scientific association in the field of environmental and resource economics. According to Article 2 of the Statutes, the aims of the association are:
(a) to contribute to the development and application of environmental and resource economics as a science in Europe; (b) to improve communication and contacts between teachers, researchers and students in environmental and resource economics in the different European countries;
(c) to develop and encourage cooperation between teaching institutions of university level and research institutions in Europe.

History

The EAERE started its activities by organizing its First Annual Conference at the University of Venice in Italy in April 1990. More than 200 scholars from Europe and North-America participated. Because of the success of the meeting and the enthusiasm of the participants, the organizers decided to take formal steps to establish the association. During the Second Annual Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1991 candidates for the Presidency and the Council were announced. After an election by the members of the association, the first elected Council took office in January 1992. As of May 1992, the EAERE has its legal seat in Siegen, Germany. At the Third Annual Conference in Krakow, Poland, on 19 June 1992 the Statutes were approved. Six years later the EAERE returns to Venice, Italy, on the occasion of the First World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists in cooperation with the North-American AERE and the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
The first president was Henk Folmer, Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands. He was succeeded by Rüdiger Pethig, University of Siegen, Germany, for the term 1994-1995, then followed by Domenico Siniscalco, University of Turin, Italy, for the term 1996-1997. The last two presidents were assisted by the secretary-general Alessandro Lanza, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milano, Italy.

Annual Conferences

The main activity of the EAERE is to organize each year a conference in one of the European countries with keynote speakers and policy panels in plenary sessions and contributed papers in parallel sessions.
The number of participants is usually around 300, mainly from Europe but also from North-America and some from developing countries.
The General Assembly of the members of EAERE is also held at the annual conference.
Up to now eight meetings have been organized.

1990

First Annual Conference
University of Venice, Italy

1991

Second Annual Conference
Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

1992

Third Annual Conference
Krakow Academy of Economics, Poland

1993

Fourth Annual Conference
INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

1994

Fifth Annual Conference
University College Dublin, Ireland

1995

Sixth Annual Conference
Umeå University, Sweden

1996

Seventh Annual Conference
New University of Lisbon, Portugal

1997

Eighth Annual Conference
Tilburg University, the Netherlands

Workshops

In the autumn of 1991 and 1992 the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, under the auspices of the EAERE, organized workshops in Venice, Italy, where professors taught one week mini-courses to a group of doctoral students in environmental and resource economics from all over Europe.
In the autumn of 1995 and 1996, similar events took place at Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands, with financial support from the Dutch National Science Foundation.

Journal

The journal Environmental and Resource Economics is published by Kluwer Academic in cooperation with the EAERE. The president of the EAERE is member of the managing editorial board. The first issue of the journal in 1991 contained a selection of papers presented at the First Annual Conference of the EAERE in Venice, Italy, in 1990.

Newsletter

At irregular intervals the journal Environmental and Resource Economics contains a newsletter provided by the EAERE. News can also be found at the home page of the EAERE under center.kub.nl.

Membership

Membership of the EAERE supports the aims of the EAERE and entitles someone to a reduced personal subscription rate for Environmental and Resource Economics and Resource and Energy Economics, a reduced registration fee for the annual conferences, and the right to vote in the General Assembly and the Council elections.
Membership is divided into two categories:
- individual membership is open to persons who by their profession, training or function are involved in environmental and resource economics as a science - institutional membership is open to the public and private institutions that materially support EAERE.
Membership ends by a letter of resignation from the member; if membership fees are more than 12 months overdue; or by decision of the General Assembly. Membership fees can be paid for a period of one year or a period of three years. The current fee is 30 ECU per year. Persons from Eastern European and less developed countries can pay a reduced fee of currently 10 ECU per year. For persons under the age of 30 a free membership is available. The method of payment is by major credit card or by cheque.
Membership forms can be obtained at the annual conferences or from the EAERE secretariat.

EAERE Council 1998-1999

President

Aart De Zeeuw

Tilburg University
the Netherlands

Past-President

Domenico Siniscalco

University of Turin
Italy

Vice-President

Frank Convery

University College Dublin
Ireland

Other members of the Council

Lars Bergman

Stockholm School of Economics
Sweden

Charles Perrings

University of York
United Kingdom

Thomas Sterner

University of Göteborg
Sweden

Secretary-General

Erwin Bulte

Tilburg University
the Netherlands

EAERE Secretariat