Erwin Hendricus Bulte

Erwin Hendricus Bulte is a Professor of Development Economics at Wageningen University and Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at Tilburg University. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to the Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA) at the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's OxCarre, and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Department of Land Economy.

Education:

• Masters in Tropical Forestry, Wageningen Agricultural University (August 1992)
• PhD in Economics, Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE) and Wageningen Agricultural University (May 1997)

Research interests center on sustainable resource management, institutional economics, the resource curse, and paleoeconomics. His work bridges Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, and Natural Resource Economics, often addressing policy implications and institutional frameworks.

Publications trends highlight empirical studies in resource valuation, policy analysis (2005 paper), and paradoxes in resource-rich economies (2008 paper). These works intersect economics with environmental management and conflict studies.

Scientific awards & grants:

• 2010 Elsevier award for most-cited economics/finance papers
• 2009 Erik Kempe Prize for environmental/resource economics
• VICI grant (€1.5M, 2010-2012): Institutions/policies in post-conflict African agriculture
• Newton Trust Grant (€100K, 2010-2012): Field experiments on Sierra Leonean forest conservation
• NWO/USIP/DGIS grants (€75K-€4M, 2008-2013): Focus on Liberia/Sierra Leonean conflicts, tropical forest impacts, and terra preta management

Additional roles include associate editor for journals like Environment and Development Economics, Natural Resource Modeling, and Environmental & Resource Economics. He held prior academic appointments at Tilburg University (Associate Professor, 2000-2005; Assistant Professor, 1998-2000) and remains a KNAW researcher.