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Prof. Dr. Colin Vance
Professor of Quantitative Methods
School of Business, Social & Decision Sciences
Constructor University Bremen gGmbH
Res. IV | Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen
Res. IV | Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen
Phone number
+49 421 200-3410
Fax number
+49 421 200-3303
Email Address
cvance@constructor.university
Office
Research IV, Room 66
Research Interests
Colin Vance received a degree in International Relations from Boston University in 1993 and a Ph. D. in Economics from Clark University in 2000. His general fields of research are energy and transportation policy, economic development, and global environmental change. His specific research interests include the application of Geographic Information Systems and spatial econometric modeling, much of which has focused on explaining land use change in Mexico based on the linkage of satellite imagery and surveys from farm households. Colin concurrently serves as a senior analyst with RWI, an economics research institute in Essen. He was previously employed with the US Environmental Protection Agency and later with the German Aerospace Centre’s Institute of Transport Studies, where he served as an economic expert on several projects funded by the European Commission.
Funded Projects
“JUSTNature: Activation of Nature-Based Solutions for a Just Low Carbon Transition" European Commission – Horizon 2020, 2021-2025
"Human-Centric Energy Districts: Smart Value Generation by Building Efficiency and Energy Justice for Sustainable Living,” European Commission - MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS, 2019-2023.
Deep Transformation Scenarios for Informing the Climate Policy Discourse (DIPOL), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2018-2021.
Direkte, Indirekte, Psychologische und Makroökonomische Rebound-Effekte (License), Federal Ministry of Education and Research, (BMBF) 2018-2021.
Dynamic Modeling of Production Technologies, Project A3 of SFB832,.Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 2009-2021.
From Dusk till Dieselgate: Policy insights from a Comparison of Mobility in Germany and the United States, Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung, 2017-2020.
“Contributing to the Coral Commons”, Leibniz-Vorhaben im wettbewerblichen Verfahren im Rahmen des Paktes für Forschung und Innovation, 2014-2017.
“Evaluating Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Policies (Eval-MAP): The Need for a Household Energy Consumption Panel”, BMBF-Förderprogramm: Ökonomie des Klimawandels., 2012-2015.
European Commission’s Sixth Framework Programme, “REORIENT: Implementing Change in the European Railway Area.” Consortium of the German Aerospace Center, the Institute of Transport Economics, Isdefe, Napier University, Rand Europe, the University of Bologna, the University of Maryland, and subcontractors, 2005 – 2007.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, “Land-Cover and Land-Use Change in the Southern Yucatán Peninsula Region.” Consortium of Clark University, Harvard University, and El Colegio de la Frontera Sur,1997 – 2000.
Publications on Scopus
University Education
Clark University
Ph.D., Economics
1993 - 2000
Boston University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, International Relations
1988 - 1992
Work Experience
Deputy Director of Environment and Resources at RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Economist at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Economist at US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)