Elbert Dijkgraaf is professor at the Erasmus School of Economics where he holds the chair "Empirical economics of the public sector". He teaches Economics of Sustainability and is coordinator of the master Economics of Sustainability. He is also fellow of the Tinbergen Institute. Finally, Elbert is owner of Dijkgraaf Strategisch Advies. Elbert was Member of Parliament for the SGP between 2010 and 2018. His research is organized around sustainable development, environmental policy, public sector economics, industrial organization, competition policy, regulation. The focus of his research is in analysing the effects of public policies. He worked for the European Commission, Dutch ministries (Education, Environment, Economic Affairs, Care, Finance), provincial and local governments, private companies (waste, energy, water) and sector organizations (water, waste, notaries, environment). Dijkgraaf published 34 articles in international scientific journals and more than a hundred other professional publications (national journals, policy reports, scientific papers and newspaper articles).