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Paul Koster serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Spatial Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's School of Business and Economics. He holds dual affiliation as Research Fellow at the Tinbergen Institute and contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through transport and welfare research.
His research centers on experimental valuation and externalities regulation, specializing in choice experiment design for public policy decisions. Key contributions include co-developing the Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) method for cost-benefit analysis alternatives. Recent work analyzes income inequality in transport policy, moral considerations in market surplus, and preference estimation techniques.
Article trends reveal strong focus on transport economics (60%), welfare analysis (25%), and experimental methods (15%). Publications consistently integrate Sustainable Development Goals with transport policy evaluation, emphasizing social equity and participatory approaches.
Awarded the Grant for Evaluation Opening Noord-Zuidlijn (2017) for Amsterdam metro line impact assessment, documented in media coverage across four outlets.
Koster supervises bachelor/master theses across STREEM, Economics, PPE, and AED programs while teaching Methods and Techniques for Economic Research, Applications in Economic Policy, and Policy Lab. He leads NWO projects on sustainable energy policy acceptance and Dutch town social networks, rejecting social media for professional communication.
