Coby van der Linde
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E-mail: cvdl@ciep.energy
Coby van der Linde was director of the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) from September 2001 until July 2024 2001.
Work experience:
1984-2005: University of Leiden (Assistant Professor International Economic Relations; 1991, Associate Professor International Economic Relations; 1995-1998 Jean Monnet professor of European Economic Integration; 2000-2005, (part-time) Professor International Political Economy and International Oil Markets) .
1990-1996: Guest Researcher at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; the Energy and Environment Programme, the Royal Institute for International Affairs ‘Chatham House’, Londen; Visiting Domingo Moreno Professor, Colorado School of Mines, Golden Colorado, USA; (part-time) Professor International Oil Markets at the University of Amsterdam.
1998-2011: (part-time) senior research fellow at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, The Hague.
2001- : Director of the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP).
2004-2016: (part-time) Professor of Geopolitics and Energy Management at the University of Groningen.
2018-2022 (31-10-2022): (part-time) Professor of Geopolitics and Energy Management, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen.
Other positions
2004 - 2014: member of the Dutch Energy Council (AER)
2007 - 4 March 2022 : non-executive director of Wintershall DEA Nederland B.V.
2004 - 3 March 2022: Member of the IGU Wise Person Group
2009 - 1 July 2019: non-executive director Alliander N.V.
2010 - 2018: member of the international advisory board KAPSARC
2007 - 30 June 2020: non-executive director Wintershall Noordzee B.V.
2009- to date: DBA Lark Holding B.V. and Lark Advisory B.V.
2020- to date: non-executive director Koole Terminals Holding B.V.
2020- 2022: member advisory council Platform H2
Education
MA degree in International Relations and Public Law (University of Amsterdam, 1984);
Doctorate in Economics (University of Amsterdam, 5 February 1991), Dynamic International Oil markets, Oil market development and structure 1860-1990 (Kluwer, 1991).
Languages
Dutch (mother tongue), English (fluent), German (fair), French (passive).