Johan Albrecht

Fellow

Johan Albrecht is a senior fellow and founding member at Itinera, and professor of environmental economics at the University of Ghent. His research at Itinera is focused on energy and health. Johan studied at the University Ghent and Oxford University and has served as an energy and technology policy advisor for several Belgian and international organisations. Johan Albrecht is the author of several books, including Coronashock (2020) and Investing in a Healthy Lifestyle (2020). In that book, he illustrates how prevention can have a positive impact on the health of a population and the cost of social security.

Written by Johan Albrecht

Report

Renewable energies in Flandres. What will be the extra cost per family in 2020 ?

Green energy has a cost and it is eventually supported by consumers. The expected expansion of green energy for 2020 could lead to a yearly additional cost between 106€ and 159€ for a family in Flanders.

25/07/2011

Johan Albrecht

Climate & Energy

Book

Housing in times of scarcity – Towards a renovated housing policy

Housing becomes ever more expensive for buyers as well as for renters. Johan Albrecht and Rob Van Hoofstat show – in a new Itinera Institute study – that the demand for new houses increases every year while construction of new buildings decreases.

27/06/2011

Johan Albrecht

Innovation & Digitisation

Report

Can a working couple still afford a new house?

With a relatively low interest rate, a new house building project of 220 000€ can be afforded by 20,6% of the households in our country as long as they manage to come up with 50 000€ own funding.

17/05/2011

Johan Albrecht

Climate & Energy

Innovation & Digitisation

Report

Looking for 24 000 new homes per year. Does supply follow the yearly increase in demand for housing?

The Belgian housing prices have increased by one third since 2005. Structural factors can partly explain this price explosion. The difference between the yearly increase in the demand for houses and the yearly increase in the supply of new houses is central to this analysis.

15/12/2010

Johan Albrecht

Innovation & Digitisation

Public Finance

Opinion piece

Why do we persist to underinvest in energy R&D?

Yes, we need better renewable energy technologies. Yes, free markets fail to provide appropriate incentives for radical energy R&D-projects. So yes, governments stepped in and created several incentive schemes.

19/07/2010

Johan Albrecht

Climate & Energy

Book

Energy Transition: fast track to a greener system?

Can we radically change the global energy system? What tools do we have available for this purpose? Which results will we achieve if we mobilise forces worldwide in order to meet the transition goals? What lessons can be learned from the most complete technological studies?

20/04/2010

Johan Albrecht

Climate & Energy

Report

Obesity, at what price?

In the United States, one out of three adults is obese (BMI>30) and another third of the adult population is overweight (BMI>25). In Belgium, almost half of the adult population is either overweight or obese, compared to one out of five children.

23/11/2009

Johan Albrecht

Care and Mental Well-Being

Report

Fiscal climate advantages in Belgium: only for high incomes

Improvisation is central in the Belgium climate policy. Popular measures like subsidies for efficient investments and CO2 bonuses for economical cars are coupled with big advantages, mainly for high income people.

28/10/2009

Johan Albrecht

Climate & Energy

Report

Poverty and social mobility: what do we have to know to act better?

With a poverty rate of 15.2% in 2007, Belgium should consider its fight against poverty and social inequality more seriously than it does now.

29/06/2009

Johan Albrecht

Poverty & Inequality

Education

Book

Climate Relativism

The popular climate story neglects the end of the fossil energy era. An energy transition is therefore necessary. This challenge requires a consistent policy answer. In the long run, it offers the potential for important future wealth creation.

05/11/2007

Johan Albrecht

Climate & Energy

Opinion piece

The digital gap does not exist

Approximately 90% of the Flemish between 18 and 45 years old dispose of a computer and access to the internet. Whereas the digital gap in terms of ICT possession was only recently filled, a new form of digital inequality suddenly emerges.

29/10/2007

Johan Albrecht

Innovation & Digitisation

Poverty & Inequality

Opinion piece

Policy Reform and the Price of Gradualism

The challenges of ageing, migration and globalisation are often perceived as internal and external threats that eventually will transform our socio-economic system. From a dynamic perspective however, every change offers opportunities.

21/06/2007

Johan Albrecht

Innovation & Digitisation

Society

Prosperity

Democracy & Good Governance

Regionale verschillen in politieke dichtheid tonen het besparingspotentieel van bestuurlijke vereenvoudiging en verbetering

Reports

Podcasts

Opinion pieces

Books

Webinars

Regionale verschillen in politieke dichtheid tonen het besparingspotentieel van bestuurlijke vereenvoudiging en verbetering

Johan Albrecht

Written by Johan Albrecht

Renewable energies in Flandres. What will be the extra cost per family in 2020 ?

Housing in times of scarcity – Towards a renovated housing policy

Can a working couple still afford a new house?

Looking for 24 000 new homes per year. Does supply follow the yearly increase in demand for housing?

Why do we persist to underinvest in energy R&D?

Energy Transition: fast track to a greener system?

Obesity, at what price?

Fiscal climate advantages in Belgium: only for high incomes

Poverty and social mobility: what do we have to know to act better?

Climate Relativism

The digital gap does not exist

Policy Reform and the Price of Gradualism