Professor, Department of Management, University of St Andrews; University of Groningen

Biography

Bert Scholtens’ research is directed at international financial intermediation and environmental finance and economics. He publishes in international academic journals and teaches about portfolio management, corporate governance, and credit risk analysis He coaches both Bachelor and Master students in completing their thesis. He also supervises several PhD-students.

Selected publications

Lyu, C., Scholtens, B., 2024. Integration of the international carbon market: A time-varying analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 191, 114102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.114102

Plantinga, A., Scholtens, B., 2024. The finance perspective on fossil fuel divestment. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 66, 101394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101394

Scholtens, B., Leveraging keystone agents in extractive industries to advance sustainability. Global Environmental Change, 84, 102794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102794

Trinks, A., Ibikunle, G., Mulder, M., Scholtens, B., 2022. Carbon intensity and the cost of equity capital. Energy Journal. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.43.2.atri

Trinks, A., Mulder, M., Scholtens, B., 2022. External carbon costs and internal carbon pricing. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 168 , 12 p. , 112780. DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112780

Xie, L., Homroy, S., Scholtens, B., 2023. Rebalancing climate finance: Analysing multilateral development banks’ allocation practices. Energy Research & Social Science 101, 103127.