Dr. Albert Schram

Via Geve 4, Negrar (Verona)

I-37024 Italy

albertschram@gmail.com

http://vizualize.me/AlbertSchram



PROFILE

    • 24 years international work experience in international higher education of which 10 years in executive roles with board accountability, and as public and private sector consultant in environmental economics and policy.

    • PhD (1994) in Economic and Business History from European University Institute, thesis published with Cambridge University Press, 3 months researcher’s secondment at London School of Economics. Pioneering historian in use of Geographical Information System to analyze 19th century railway and port traffic data. First Dutch historian to publish on Italian history with Cambridge University Press.

    • Long-term appointments as Vice-Chancellor of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (8 years – ongoing) Associate Professor in Environmental Economics and Policy at ULACIT and University of Costa Rica (8 years total – 3 years full-time), Researcher/ Advisor Research Funding Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Maastricht University, The Netherlands (4 years), Post-Doc Researcher Ghent University Center for Environmental Economics and Management Belgium (3 years), Center Director & Senior Lecturer Environmental Economics and Policy School for Field Studies Costa Rica/Turks and Caicos Islands (2 years, open ended contract).

    • As Vice Chancellor, on track for provisional international accreditation process following Washington Accords in 2019, invested over US$30 million in campus infrastructure improvement, became first university in the world to have broadband internet through O3B satellite system.

    • Taught over 1.500 students, supervised 20 Masters and 5 PhD theses.

    • Worked in 15 different countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, India, China, 7 Central American countries, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Mexico and USA) and took up long-term residence in 6 countries.



EDUCATION

Aug 1990 – Nov 1994    EUI European University Institute

    Fiesole, Italy

Doctorate, Economic History (published with Cambridge University Press ISBN 978-0521571593). Three months research secondment at London School of Economics.



Aug 1982 - Nov 1988    Utrecht University

    Utrecht, Netherlands

MA. (doctorandus), Political History.



Aug 1985 - Nov 1988    Leiden University

    Leiden, Netherlands

Minor (bijvak), Political Science and Public Administration.



Aug 1976 – Jun 1982    Het Nieuwe Lyceum

    Bilthoven, Netherlands

Pre-university education that included 8 instead of 7 required subjects (Gymnasium-B): Mathematics, Advanced Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Latin, French, English and Dutch.





WORK HISTORY

Nov 2011- present    Vice-Chancellor, Papua New Guinea University of Technology UNITECH, Papua New Guinea

- Formulated and implemented strategic plan and obtained Council approval for campus Master Plan http://www.unitechpng.com

      - Facilitated campus infra-structure rehabilitation overseeing over 13 projects incl. building 23 staff houses, opening staff restaurant, ATM, road surfacing, etc.

- Obtained unqualified audit reports for first time in over 20 years, balanced budget for 2017, increased industry support with 1,000%.

- Built earth stations for O3B broadband internet satellite system, becoming first university in the world to adopt this system.

- Obtained approval by the Academic Board for institutional accreditation, and accreditation of engineering programs as per the Washington Accords.

- Signed over 22 MoUs e.g. AusAid, James Cook University, Queensland University of Technology, OK-Tedi Mining, and Newcrest.

- Started an EMBA program, Post Graduate Certificate of Student-Centred teaching, and the entrepreneurship program and business incubator.

- Appointed as Adjunct Professor of the Cairns Institute of James Cook University.



Sep 2007 – Jun 2011  Researcher / Advisor Research Funding to the Dean

Maastricht University, School of Business and Economics (AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS Accredited), Netherlands

- Increased research funding from less than €500.000 euros in 2007, to over €2.5 million in 2009 and 2010, and coordinated grant submission efforts of over €10M million annually. Responsible for total portfolio of about €40 million. Helped prepare around 45 grant proposals per year, among which around 15 Marie Curie Fellowships, and 10 VENI proposals for the Netherlands Science Foundation NWO.

- Represented Maastricht University and the Faculty abroad as member of University’s “Turkey Team”, lobbyist in Brussels for Maastricht University; and coordinator of a staff exchange programme coordinator with India.

- Recipient of Indian Council for Science Research (ICSSR)/ Netherlands Science Foundation NWO-WOTRO grant from 2 months of research at Indian Institute Management – Ahmedabad on “time-use and cell phones in Indian households”.

- Initiated and obtained EU funding for “Researchers Night” at Maastricht University in 2008.

- Invited lecturer (twice) University of Turabo Business School (AACSB accredited, Puerto Rico, USA) for course on “Doing Business in Europe” and master course “Corporate Social Responsibility” and doctoral course “Environmental Economics for Management”.

- Invited lecturer (twice) on CSR at BK Business School, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (India) and Institute Business Management and Sardar Patel University, Anand (India).

- Independent evaluator for the European Commission, on Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (EACI), Education Audiovisual and Culture Agency Executive Agency (EACEA), Environmental Policy (DG ENVIRONMENT) and Corporate Social Responsibility (DG RESEARCH -REA).

- Contributor to the Economics Webinstitute book on innovative economic policies for climate change mitigation, and member of the Board of Experts.

- Invited Speaker at the 7th Inter-American Development Bank conference on CSR on 3 December 2009 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

- Key note speaker at the conference on combating poverty and social exclusion at the Delegation of the European Commission in Lisbon, 28 May 2010.

- Participated in high-level management training offered by “De Baak”, and 4 staff training sessions on effective working, leadership of complex projects (provided by leading Dutch company Twynstra & Gudde), management and communication skills.

- Received 6 months personal executive coaching from Manpower, Brussels.

- Adjunct Professor at the University of Turabo Business School in Puerto Rico (USA).

- Author of policy review on CSR research for European Commission, presented 22 April 2010.

- Team leader for scoping study on “green economy” concept in EU external actions for the European External Action Service with cases studies for Canada, Tunisia, Mexico, Brasil, China and Thailand.



Sep 2006 – Sep 2007    Academic Director of Graduate Programmes, and Head International Affairs Office

    Maastricht Hotel Management School, Netherlands.

- Member of the School’s management team and advisory board, and managed a team of 5 staff members.

- As head of international office coordinated all international relations of the school, manage lecturer’s and students’ exchanges (among which Erasmus program).

- As head of graduate programs office, coordinated the MBA program with Hong Kong Polytechnic and Penn State University, and prepared for AMBA accreditation by 2008.

- Coordinated the joint MA program with ESADE business schools (Barcelona Spain) and Oxford Brookes University and set up joint quality management system.

- Responsible for international placements of 10 MBA and 40 Masters students annually.

- Developed and maintained quality management system for MA and MBA programs.

- Taught research skills and tourism courses in Masters and MBA programmes.

- Carried out research on environmental management systems in the hotel industry.



Jan 2006 – Sep 2006    Resident Lecturer Environmental Economics and Policy, and Acting Director

School for Field Studies (accredited by Boston University)

    South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands (British West Indies)

- Managed team of 4 Faculty, 3 staff and 3 interns in remote location, and shared all related responsibilities.

- Responsibility for around 40 resident students.

- Carried out research projects on the fishery industry, marine parks, marine pollution, and sustainable tourism in cooperation with TCI’s “Department of Environmental and Coastal Resources” and local NGO's and companies.

- Taught semester course on the economics of pollution control, fishery and tourism economics.

- Taught summer course on Marine Protected Areas and Environmental Impact Assessment and Culture of the British West Indies.

- Participated in numerous field exercises, including SCUBA diving.



Dec 2005 – Aug 2006    Adjunct Senior Lecturer

        NIMBAS – Bradford University (now TIAS/NIMBAS)

(AMBA and AACSB Accredited)

Utrecht, The Netherlands

- Taught the course “International Business Environment” in the full-time and part-time MBA programmes in 2005 and 2006.

- Prepared class-room simulations for teaching purposes.



Jul 2003 – Jan 2006    Research Fellow (part-time)

Center for Environmental Economics and Management, University of Ghent

Ghent, Belgium

- Prepared study on Sustainable Industrial Estates, EU-PIAV project.

- Team leader (50%) for “Valuation of non-market goods and services and cost/benefit analysis of forest resources” (BELSPO-FEFOCON project).

- Contributor to FP4 “Negotiated environmental agreements: policy lessons to be learned from a comparative case study”.

- Researcher (20%) in FP5 “Cost/benefit analysis of wave overtopping risks” (FP5-CLASH project).

- Contributor to FP6 “Information use by decision-makers in integrated coastal management and climate change” (FP6-COSTAS project).

- Presentation of policy evaluation study for European Commission Joint Conference of the Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Programme and Network of Experts on Benefits and Economic Instruments (NEBEI) of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, Policy Instruments to Reduce Air Pollution, Brussels, 11-12 November 2004.

- Prepared FP6-GLOBALRIVER project proposal on integrated river basins management for 17M euros in 5 years with 23 partners.

- Invited lecturer at “Shenyang Business School”, Liaoning Province, China (Dec. 2006).



Mar 2005 – May 2006    Consultant (part-time)

ECORYS

Amsterdam/Rotterdam, Netherlands

- Environmental Expert for Europe-AID evaluation mission: “Liaoning Integrated Environmental Programme”, China. Evaluation of Water Resources Management, Investment Promotion and Industrial Restructuring components of about 5M euros each.

- Prepared study on economically efficient parking rates, Netherlands.



Apr 2004 - Feb 2005     Senior Environmental Economist/Team Leader (part-time)

ECOLAS

Antwerp, Belgium

    - Created indicator based evaluation system for integrated management of the Scheldt estuary for Dutch and Flemish water authorities.

- Collecting data and developing information system for cross-border river management.

- Study on tourism in Netherlands and Flanders.

- Study on fisheries in the Netherlands and Flanders.

- Acquisition of new projects and presentations to clients.



Jan 1995 - Jan 2003    Professor of Environmental Economics / Senior Expert

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ University of Costa Rica - ULACIT

San José, Costa Rica

- Established research and teaching in Environmental Economics at leading Universities in Central America.

- Supervised 5 PhD theses, 15 MSc. theses, 10 Directed Research Projects, and gave around 10 courses on environmental economics for non-economists.

- Developed and taught courses on "Public Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment" organized by the UNDP in cooperation with Yale University (USA), “Climate and Environment” with the support of National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA), and “Environmental Economics for Non-Economist” with the support of UNDP .

- Wrote textbook on environmental economics and game theory in English and Spanish.

- Developed, organized en led economic experiments in cooperation with the University of Maryland.

- Published paper on economic experiments in peer reviewed Journal, Environment and Resource Economics.

- Developed and executed an environmental damage valuation study for river pollution for leading milk cooperative.

- Developed and led a valuation team on "willingness to pay for a reduction in mortality risk" study for national health system, presented at World Bank conference on health economics.

- Presented two papers at the Environmental Management Accounting Network (EMAN) conferences in 2002 and 2003.

- Presented two papers at International Environmental Economics Conferences, the first in 1998, on Costa Rican coffee mills in Rethymnon, Crete, and the second in 2002, on experimental economics and industrial pollution in Monterey, California.

- Attended Harvard workshop on market-based instruments for environmental regulation.

- Attracted more than $320.000 external funding for the University on a personal basis.



Jan 1993 - Jan 2003    Head Environment Dept. and Senior Consultant

SIDE, S.A. (part-time)

San José, Costa Rica

- Senior Consultant or Team Leader on various projects related to environmental and agricultural policies in Latin America, disaster risk, corporate social responsibility, institutional development and capacity building, environmental impact assessment, conservation area management, and environmental management and business development.

- Designed and developed market-based instruments of environmental regulation, in particular a water charge for Costa Rica which was enacted in 2004.

- Coordinated consultancy team in 7 Central American countries for a project on environmental certification in agriculture with ministers of Agriculture, ministers of Environment, and high-level decision makers from private and public sector.

- Invited by UN-FAO to give 2 courses on environmental impact assessment for Caribbean Foresters group for tourism projects (CATIE, Turialba, Costa Rica and Saint Lucia). Gave 1 course.

- Invited as guest lecture on environmental economics by CATIE social science department.

- Invited as key-note speaker to open the CATIE international conference in 1999.

- Coordinated Environmental Impact Assessment team for a waste water plant.



Jan 1996 - Jan 2003    Policy Advisor and Member of National Civil Society Commission (volunteer)

MINAE Ministry of the Environment

San José, Costa Rica

- Gave advice on international environmental and corporate social responsibility issues to three ministers (René Castro, Elizabeth Odio Benito, and José Manuel Rodríguez).

- Represented the Ministry in the National ISO environmental commission TC207 (ISO14000 norms).

- Represented auditors in Environmental Award Commission during three years, and developed corporate environmental audit scheme.

- Coordinated environmental monitoring & control topic in second national sustainability strategy exercise ECO-S.O.S. financed by IDB with national and international NGO’s.

- Developed national environmental audit scheme, and consulted for hotel and tourism certification scheme.

- Executed around 20 environmental audits, mostly concerning industrial energy and water management.





Dec 1995 - Jan 2003    Resident Lecturer of Environmental Economics

ICADS (US accredited)

San José, Costa Rica

- Taught courses on globalization and sustainable development in Central America.

- Replaced for Center Director during absences.

- Gave frequent lectures and participated in field trips.



Dec 1996 - Jul 1998    Short-Term Consultant

World Bank, Economic Development Institute

Washington, D.C./Central America

- Acted as resource person for two regional seminars with high-level decision makers and representatives from civil society.

      - Wrote two documents on sustainable development and the role of National Councils for Sustainable Development, for two regional conferences.

     



Dec 1997 - Jun 1998    Lecturer of Environmental Economics

SFS School for Field Studies

Salem, MA/Atenas, Costa Rica

- Taught course in Environmental Economics for Environmental Science Students and directed 10 field research projects.

- Maintained relations with external partners and local NGOs for conservation area management.

- Coordinated two field trips.

- Reorganized library with computer catalog.



Aug 1990 - Nov 1994    Research Assistant

EUI European University Institute

Fiesole, Italy

- Set-up and maintained GIS laboratory.

- Participated in project on historical atlas of European infra-structure.

- Prepared bibliography for project.





Oct 1988 - Jul 1989    Instructor Air Force Officers School

Royal Dutch Air Force

Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands

- Followed NATO officer's and leadership course and graduated as Lieutenant. Current rank: Captain.

- Prepared military personnel to deal with questions from civil society.

- Taught courses at Dutch Royal Air Force Officer's School on international relations, NATO defence policy and history.

- Followed 3 months course at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute "Clingendael" on international relations.

- Played Rugby with Royal Military Academy team.





PERSONAL GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS OBTAINED

- 2009: 1 year research grant for time-use research Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO) and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR); €7.000.

- 2001: obtained grant from the Inter-American Development Bank for the ECO-S.O.S environmental strategy for the Costa Rican Ministry of Environment: US$30.000.

- 2000: 4 years research grant for valuation of health benefits from Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA); $50.000.

- 1999: 1 year teaching grant for course on climate and economics, National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado USA); US$3.000.

- 1999: 1 year teaching grant for course on PPP in the urban environment, United Nations Development Project (UNDP) and Yale University (USA); US$3.000.

- 1998: 3 years grant for organization of regional workshops on environmental economics and policy from the Swedish International Development Agency and FAO; US$60.000

- 1998: 3 years supplemental expert in environmental economics from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs; €200.000.

- 1993: 3 months research grant for London School of Economics.

- 1990: 3 year Ph.D. Scholarship at the European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy; €35.000.

- 1988: 3 months research grant for MA thesis Netherlands Institute in Rome, €3.000.



In addition, from 2007-2011, as research funding advisor I was responsible for a acquiring and managing a research grants portfolio of over €40 million with €2.5 million of new funding yearly.





ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SKILLS

    • Born in De Bilt, The Netherlands September 2nd, 1964.

    • Citizenship: Dutch (The Netherlands).

    • Permanent residence: Italy.

    • Married, no children.

    • Full medical check-up and criminal background check for visa         application July 2013



• Highly computer literate: Windows, Ubuntu, Open office, statistical packages (SPSS, R), GIS (Atlas, Arc View), Google Classroom, Moodle and Blackboard Learning Management Systems (LMS).



• Member of various profit and non-profit boards: National Analytical Testing Laboratory NATL (PNG), PNG Program Executive Board of the PNG Redd+ program, Board of Experts of the Economics Webinstitute.

• ISO14001 environmental management systems internal auditor.



• Hobbies: sailing, fishing, windsurfing, diving (PADI rescue diver certification), camping, and swimming.



Publication List



    Journal Articles

    1. Schram, Albert (2009) “Análisis de Costo-Efectividad y Costo-Beneficio Programa de Detección Temprana de Cáncer Gástrico en Costa Rica” Población y Salud en Meso América, Vol. 6, No. 2 (http://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/revista/).

    2. Jan Jaap Bouma, Delphine François, Albert Schram, Tom Verbeke (2008) “Assessing Socio-economic Impacts of Wave Overtopping: an institutional perspective” Journal of Coastal Engineering (May 2008). [doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.03.008]

    3. Alpízar, Francisco, Till Requate and Albert Schram (2004) "Collective versus Random Fining: An Experimental Study on Controlling Non-Point Pollution" Environmental and Resource Economics. Vol. 29, No. 2, October 2004, pp. 231-252. [doi:10.1023/B:EARE.0000044608.66145.0c]



    Book and Chapters in Book

    4. Schram, Albert, Ionara Da Costa (2011) “Multi-Latinas” in Gabriele Suder Doing Business in Europe, Sage Publishers, ISBN: 9780857020857, http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book235103 (Chapter).

    5. Schram, Albert, Karen Hussey (2010) ‘Policy Integration and the Energy-Water Nexus: Accounting for, and managing, the links in Europe’, in Winand, P. and G. Pearman, Securing Sustainable Energy Futures in Europe and Australia, P.I.E Peter Lang Publishers, Brussels (Chapter).

    6. Schram, Albert (2009) Towards Greater Corporate Social Responsibility: conclusions of EU-funded research, Brussels, Publications office of the European Unioin, ISBN: 978-92-80-13819-5, doi: 10.2777/7, pp. 61. https://go.shr.lc/2q8ae4j (Book).

    7. Schram, Albert (2006) “Boek 2: Duurzame Bedrijventerreinen Economisch bekeken” (An Economic Perspective on Sustainable Industrial Estates) in: Greet van Eetvelde Groeiboeken Duurzame Bedrijven Terreinen, van den Broele, ISBN 9085843448 (Chapter).

    8. Schram, Albert, and Carlos Pomareda (2003). "Trends in the Beef Production Chain in Central America: towards more sustainable practices?" in: Teun Wolters (editor) Sustainable Chain Management: Transforming International Product Chains into Channels of Sustainable Production, Greenleaf Publishing. (Chapter).

    9. Schram, Albert (2003) “Chapter 8: Environmental Management Accounting, Eco-Efficiency Profiles and Effluent Charges for Costa Rican Coffee Mills” in: Environmental Management Accounting: Purpose and Progress, Martin Bennett, Páll M. Rikhardsson, Springer, 418 pages, ISBN 1402013655 (Chapter).

    10. Schram, Albert  (1999) “Posibles aplicaciones de la valoración económica de daño ambiental en Costa Rica”, pp. 163-178 in: Procuradoría de la Republica El papel de la procuraduría en el nuevo milenio. Memoria del seminario sobre daño ambiental, noviembre de 1999 y marzo del 2000. ISBN 9968985287 (Chapter).

    11. Schram, Albert (1997) Railways and the Formation of the Italian State in the Nineteenth Century, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 9780521571593) (Book)

    12. Albert Schram (1995) “L’Italie et l’Europe: une matrix du traffic ferroviaire du nord de l’Italie 1867-1884” pp. 363-384, in: Albert Carreras, Michèle Merger and Andrea Giuntini Les réseaux européens transnationaux, XIXe-XXe siècles. Quels enjeux?, Ouest Éditions, Nantes, 423 pp. ISBN 2908261545. (Chapter)



    Published Working Papers and Conference Papers

    13. Schram, Albert (2010) “Changamka Micro-Health in Kenya”, Case study.

    14. Schram, Albert & Karen Hussey (2009) “Climate Change and the Policy Integration Dividend: an open source policy dashboard to enhance energy, water and food policy coordination” International Symposium on Innovative Economic Policies for Climate Change Mitigation (Subiaco– Italy, 24-25 June 2009).

    15. Schram, Albert (2009) “Promoting Innovation in Health Care in Costa Rica” ISRICH conference Innovation and Change in Health Care Systems (Manchester UK, 4-5 June 2009).

    16. Schram, Albert (2008) “QALYs y el valor estadístico de una vida humana en países menos desarrollados. Un estudio de caso del programa de detección temprana de cáncer gástrico en Costa Rica” XXVIII Jornadas de Economía de la Salud (Salamanca, Spain, 28-30 May 2008).

    17. Schram, Albert (2008) “A Time Use Approach to Measuring the Economic Impact of Extreme Weather Events: the case of Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua in 1998”, Third International Workshop on Gender and Disaster, Kocaeli University, Turkey 8-11 October 2008, supported by USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA).

    18. Schram, Albert (2003) Teaching Environmental Economics, Institute of Economic Research, University of Costa Rica. Working Paper.

    19. Schram, Albert (2003) "Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions. A Case Study for the Early Detection of Gastric Cancer in Costa Rica". First Public Health Economics Seminar: Towards Consolidation of Public Health Services with Quality and Equity in Costa Rica for the 21st Century, Universidad Latina, San Pedro (Costa Rica).

    20. Francisco Alpízar, Till Requate and Albert Schram, (2002) “Collective versus Random Fining: An Experimental Study on Controlling Non-Point Pollution”. Second World Congress of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), Monterey (California, USA), 24-27 June, 2002.

    21. Schram, Albert (2002). "Environmental Management Accounting, Eco-Efficiency Profiles and Effluent Charges for Costa Rican Coffee Mills". Fifth Environmental Management Accounting Network Conference, Cheltenham UK, 11-12 February, 2002. Published in Environmental Management Accounting: Informal and Institutional Developments. Edited by: Martin Bennettt, Jan Jaap Bouma, Teun Wolters, 2002. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    22. Schram, Albert (2000) “Cleaning-Up the Coffee Processing Industry in Costa Rica: Strategic Behaviour and Pay-Offs for “Beneficios” (Coffee Mills). Xth Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (Rhethymnon, Greece) 30 June – 2 July, 2000.

    23. Carreras, Albert, Andrea Giuntini, Michael Goerke, Elena Cefis, Katia Martinez & Alberto Schram (1995) "The Development of European Transports (XIXth-XXth centuries). A Computerized Cartographical Project" Proceedings of the 17th International Cartographic Conference, Institut Català de Cartografia, Barcelona, pp. 2021-2031.



    Consultancy Reports

    • European External Action Services (2011) The “Green Economy” Concept in EU external actions, team leader.

    • DG Research (2010) Policy Review of RARE, RESPONSE, CSR Platform and ESTER Project on CSR , team leader.

    • ECORYS (2006) Final Evaluation EU-China LIEP Project: Water Resources Management, Investment Promotion and Industrial Restructuring components financed by EuropeAID.

    • Albert Schram, Tom Verbeke, Jan Jaap Bouma (2005) “Economic feasibility of forest conversion: forest rent and cost benefit analysis”, in: Feasibility of forest conversion: Ecological, Social and Economic Aspects, Final Report of the FEFOCON Research Project financed by Belgian Science Policy, pp. 69-81.

    • Schram, Albert, Bart de Wachter (2005) Long-Term Vision Scheldt River Basin. for ECOLAS.

    • Schram, Albert (2003) Een duurzaamheidsindex voor EFPRO proyecten, Provincie Gelderland.

    • Mijail Pérez (2003) et. al. “Biodiversidad y producción en sistemas silvopastoriles”. ASIES, Guatemala City (http://www.asies.org.gt/ca/documentos/).

    • Schram, Albert (2001) “Report on Environmental Monitoring and Control at the Participatory Sustainable Development Strategy in Costa Rica ECO-S.O.S.”

    • Schram, Albert (1998). “National Councils for Sustainable Development in Central America”. World Bank/Economic Development Institute, Washington D.C.

    • Schram, Albert, (1997) “Environmental Policies for Guatemala”. Report presented to Presidential Candidates produced with the Center for National Economic Research (CIEN).



    Other publications

    • González, Rafael, Albert Schram, and Sonia Zamora (2003) "Valoración Económica de Daño Ambiental para No-Iniciados" Boletín de la Asociación Costarricense para el Derecho Ambiental.

    • Schram, Albert (2003). "Adam Smith, pobreza, ambiente y experimentos económicos." Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Costa Rica.

    • Schram, Albert (2002). "Los Premios Nobel del 2003: Vernon Smith y Daniel Kahneman". Lecture for the Academia de Centroamerica, November 19th, 2002.

    • Schram, Albert (2000). “Bandera ecológica” Special Issue on Environmental Management, Ciencias Ambientales, Revista Ambiental de la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.

    • Schram, Albert (2001) Competitividad del sector agrícola mediante certificación voluntaria de empresas. las normas voluntarias ISO sobre calidad  (serie 9000) y ambiente (serie 14000). Semana Científica del Centro Agronómico Tropical de investigación y Enseñanza, 2001.

    • Schram, Albert (2000) Cambio climático y percepción de riesgo. Curso Regional sobre los Desastres Naturales y su Impacto Social en Centro América y México, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia (IPGH), Universidad de Costa Rica, Centro de investigaciones Geofísicas San José, 6-12 Noviembre 2000.

    • Schram, Albert. (1998) “Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.” Ambientico, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, No. 67, pp. 1-3.

    • Schram, Albert (1998) “¿Son las empresas centroamericanas demasiado pobres para ser limpias?” Ambientico No. 66, pp. 1-11.

    • Schram, Albert, (1998) “TEMA: Gestión ambiental empresarial. Rentabilidad y renuencias, Editorial.” Ciencias Ambientales, No. 20.

    • Sandra Suñol y Schram, Albert, (1997) “Logros y limitaciones de la gestión ambiental en Costa Rica” Ciencias Ambientales, No. 20.

    • Schram, Albert (1997) “Las negociaciones sobre cambio climático. Post-Kyoto y pre-Buenos Aires” Ambientico No. 62, 1-6.

    • Schram Albert (1996) “Barreras para el comercio Norte-Sur” Ciencias Ambientales, No. 14.

    • Schram, Albert (1995) “Historia ambiental. Información para no iniciados.” Ambientico no. 61,  1-9.

Courses Taught



Principal Courses Taught 1998-2010.

    • Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Life Sciences and Medicine (Spring 2011), with McMaster University (Canada), Global Health Master Programme, “Project management” and “Health care management” courses, distance learning through video conferencing in English.

    • University College Maastricht (fall 2010 - Netherlands), Full-Time Bachelor programme, “The Development of Multi-National Companies” in English.

    • Universidad Turabo (2009 - Puerto Rico), Doctoral programme “Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management” (May 2010) in Spanish.

    • Universidad Turabo (2009 - Puerto Rico), MBA programme “Corporate Social Responsibility” (August 2009) and “Doing Business in Europe” (planned Spring 2011) in Spanish.

    • Royal Tropical Institute (2008 - Amsterdam, Netherlands), Full-time Masters in International Public Health Management “Health Economics and Financing” in English.

    • Maastricht Hotel Management School (2007 - Netherlands), Full-Time MBA in tourism and hospitality management, “Research Skills” in English.

    • Maastricht Hotel Management School (2006 - Netherlands), International Hospitality Management Full-Time Masters Programme, “Research Skills” in collaboration with St. Ignaci-ESADE in English.

    • School for Field Studies (2006 – South Caicos, British West Indies) “Environmental and Natural Resource Economics” (semester course) in English.

    • School for Field Studies (2005 – South Caicos, British West Indies) “The Economics and Policy of Pollution Control” (summer course) in English.

    • School for Field Studies (2005 – South Caicos, British West Indies) “The Economics  of Fisheries” (summer course) in English.

    • School for Field Studies (2005 – South Caicos, British West Indies) “Tourism Economics and Policy” (summer course) in English.

    • School for Field Studies (2005 – South Caicos, British West Indies) “The Economics  of Fisheries” (summer course) in English.

    • School for Field Studies (2005 – South Caicos, British West Indies) “Marine Protected Area Management” (summer course) in English.

    • School for Field Studies (2005 – South Caicos, British West Indies) “History and Culture of the British West Indies” (summer course) in English.

    • Shenyang University (2005 - China), “China and the International Business Environment” (invited guest lecturer) in English.

    • NIMBAS (2004/5 - Netherlands), Full-Time MBA programme, “The International Business Environment” (3 months, twice), in collaboration with the University of Bradford (UK) in English.

    • Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro (2000 & 2001 - Costa Rica), Master's Program in Applied Meteorology, Research Center in Geo-Physics, “Climate and Economics” (3 months, twice), with financial support from National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado in Spanish.

    • Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro (2000 & 2001 - Costa Rica), Master's Program in Political Sciences, Public-Private Partnerships for the Urban Environment (3 months, twice) with the financial support from United Nations Development Program, “Public Private Alliances for the Urban Environment Program”, distance learning course developed by Yale University in Spanish.

    • UCA, Managua (2000 & 2001 - Nicaragua), “Environmental Economics and Economics of Pollution Control”, Master’s Program Economics (twice, 8 weeks) in Spanish.

    • Chapman University (1999 - California, USA), “Central America towards a more Sustainable Development” (guest lecture) in English.

    • ICADS (1999 – 2002 - Costa Rica), “Globalization and Poverty in Central America”, Course accredited in the USA (1 months course, two semesters) in English. Course accredited in the USA.

    • Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro (1999 - Costa Rica), Master's Program in Political Sciences, “Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development” (3 months) in Spanish.

    • Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro (1999 - Costa Rica), Master's Program in Mass Communication, “Environmental Economics for Journalists”, (2 months) in Spanish.

    • CATIE, Turrialba (1998 - Costa Rica), “Economic Valuation of Forest Resources” (1 week) in English.

    • School for Field Studies, Atenas (1998 - Costa Rica), “Environmental Economics” (3 months). Course accredited by Boston University USA in English.

    • Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Ciudad de Guatemala (1997 - Guatemala), Economics Faculty, “Principles of Environmental Economics” (summer course 1 months) in Spanish.

    • ICETEL, San José (1997 - Costa Rica), “Economic Valuation and Environmental Impact Assessment” (3 weeks) in Spanish.

    • ULACIT, (1996 - Costa Rica), “Advanced Topics in Environmental Economics, Doctorate program in Economics and Business” (semester course) in Spanish.

    • ULACIT, San José (1996 - Costa Rica), “Environmental Economics”, Doctorate Program (3 months) in Spanish.

    • European University Institute, Economic History Workshop, “Geographical Information Systems (1 week) in Italian.

    • Royal Dutch Air Force Officers’ School “International Relations and Security Policy” (3 semesters) in Dutch.

    • Royal Dutch Air Force Officers’ School “International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights” (3 semesters) in Dutch.



Principal Seminars and Presentations Given 1995-2010

    • Inter-American Development Bank (2009 IDB, Montevideo Uruguay) “Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe”, invited expert at the 7th CSR conference.

    • Secretaría Media Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (2003 - SEMARNAT, México, DF, México) “Policies for Stimulating Environmental Management” (1 day) in Spanish.

    • World Bank – Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (2002 San Pedro, Costa Rica) “Cost Benefit Analsyis for Health Programs”, key not speaker at first Central American Health Economics Conference.

    • Natural Resources Institute (2002 - INRENA), Lima (Perú), “Environmental Management and Eco-Business” (1 week) in Spanish.

    • Costa Rican Coffee Institute (2001 - ICAFE), Heredia (Costa Rica), “Cleaning-up Costa Rican Coffee Mils” (1 day) in Spanish.

    • SIDE, S.A, CCAD, CAC., Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador (2000) , “Results of Research on Cases of Successful Environmental Management and Certification in Central America” (3 days) in Spanish.

    • SIDE, S.A., CCAD, CAC, Belize (2000), “Trade Implications of Environmental Management and Certification” (1 days) in English.

    • Procuradoría General de la República/Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) (1999) Costa Rica “Legal Implications of Valuation of Environmental Damage” (1 day) in Spanish.

    • Asociación de Gerentes de Guatemala (AGG), Ciudad de Guatemala (1997 - Guatemala), “Being Green is Good Business” (1 day) in Spanish.

    • Asociación de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (1996 - ASIES), Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala), “Environmental Management in Central American Firms” (1 day) in Spanish.



Principal Seminars and Presentations Attended 1995-2010

    • From Sep. 2007 to present day, attended numerous major research and policy events in Brussels.

    • From 1995 to 2003, attended most major environmental policy events in San José Costa Rica.



Externally Financed Research

    • As a research funding advisor I developed numerous projects for other researchers in social sciences, economics and business administration. For my personal research I acquired funding from various agencies (Dutch Science Foundation NWO, SIDA, JICA, World Bank, UNDP, NCAR, Netherlands International Cooperation Agency, European Commission, private firms).

    • I also participated as a researcher in various European Projects in FP4, FP5, and FP6. As a coordinator and project manager I worked for 1 FP7 project.

    • National Science Foundation, Research for the Tropics (NWO-WOTRO, Netherlands) “Time-Use and Consumption in Indian Households” (2 months in collaboration with IIM-Ahmedabad) planned Winter 2009.

    • Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – Research Institute of Public Health (INISA), San José (Costa Rica), “Valuation of Diminished Mortality Risk in Gastric Cancer Prevention Program” (48 months). Coordinator of a team of about 20 people.

    • University of Maryland and University of Costa Rica, “Economic Experiments in Pollution Control” (1 day) in Spanish.

    • SIDE, S.A, CCAD, CAC., Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, “Environmental Management and Certification in Central America” (6 months, 1999-2000). Coordinate a team of 6 researchers/consultants.

    • Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Nacionales (CIEN), Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala), “Environmental Policies for Guatemala”. Report presented to Presidential Candidates (3 months, 1999) in Spanish.

    • World Bank/Economic Development Institute, Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala), “National Councils for Sustainable Development in Central America” (3 months, 1999) in English.

    • World Bank/Economic Development Institute, San Salvador (El Salvador), “Environmental Policies in Central America” (3 months, 1998) in English.



Students Supervised

ULACIT (San José, Costa Rica), Ph.D. Theses (5) in Economics and Business Administration in cooperation with University Carlos III (Madrid, Spain).

1.    Ronald Arias, on the application of the human development index in Central America.

2.    Lisette Brenes, strategic assessment of sustainable tourism in Costa Rica.

3.    Gloriana Lara, on education in Costa Rica.

4.    Raúl Lopez & Húberth Méndez, on water pollution regulation in Costa Rica.

5.    Sandra Suñol, on corporate environmental management.



Maastricht Hotel Management School, MBA, Theses (total 3)

1.    Luiginella Blanken The Reciprocity of Corporate Social Responsibility. The Impact on the Hotel Industry

2.    John Chirchir Tourism Marketing for Kenyan Tourism Board

3.    Randi Sieverink Are the Dutch Ready for the Chinese?



School for Field Studies, South Caicos Directed Research (3)

a-     Molly Goldsmith on handicrafts in the West-Indies

b-     Hugh Kramer on teaching environmental sciences in elementary school

c-     Betsy Stoner on jelly fish abundance and chlorine pollution



ESADE/St. Ignasi Tourism School & Maastricht Hotel Management School, Innovative Hospitality Management, M theses (8 - defended 27 Sep. 2007)

4.    Luuk Dijkhuis “Flexibility and Quality in the Catering Industry”

5.     Robert Bergmans “Outsourcing in the hospitality business, strategic choice or management relief?”

6.    Sabrina Albert “Rooms renovation: stakeholders requirements for the Marriot Hotel in Dubai”.

    7. Etienne de Hegt “What is the best marketing strategy when you start a guesthouse in Addis Abbaba?”.

8.    Bart Antonissen “Growing into the future. A market case study for the Hilton in Amsterdam”.

9.    Tessa Savelsberg “Identifying best practices: Renaissance Brussels Hotel”.

10.    Jenelle Davis “How has heightened onboard security affected passenger service?”

11.    Susanne Verkou “Bridging the gap between cultural borders within one company: does industry reality confirm Hofstede's theory?”

    12. Svetlana Dobrinova “Hilton Barcelona as an environmental friendly hotel”



School for Field Studies, Atenas Costa Rica, Directed Research (2)

d-     Ben Pomerol on environmental management in Atenas coffee-mill.

e-     Kathleen Esposito on organic vegetables.



University of Costa Rica, MsC thesis (4)

13.    Bernal Castillo (Panama), on the history of the Kuna people in Panama.

14.    Adrien de Bassompierre (Belgium), on climate change and reforestation.

15.    Giselle Garcia (Costa Rica/Ecuador), on natural disasters and communication.

16.    Anja Reissenberg (Germany) on climate change policies in Costa Rica.



ULACIT, Costa Rica, MsC thesis (2)

17.    Wenceslao Alfagemene (Costa Rica), on feasibility study of wind energy.

    18. Eddy Aburto (Nicaragua), on valuation of forest resources in Nicaragua. Universidad Centroamericana, Ms.C Thesis, Managua, Nicaragua.



       University College Maastricht (1)

    19. Ariane Fletcher, “Banter or Talk Mobile Phone Use in India A pilot survey among the urban population in Ahmedabad” June 2010.

    

Graduate School of Governance, College Maastricht University (1)

    20. Linda Wulff, “CSR in business to business markets: the case of the German paper industry.”