FOLMER, Henk

　　Title: Professor 

　　Education Background:

　　1981  Ph.D. Economics, University of Groningen, Netherlands

　　1975  M.Sc. Social Science, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands

　　1973  B.Sc. Economics, Tilburg University, Netherlands

　　Working Experiences:

　　2010-present  Professor, Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, China

　　2005-present  Professor of research Methods and Econometrics, Department of

　　Economic Geography, University of Groningen, Netherlands

　　1997-2004  Professor of Environmental Economics, Department of Economics, Tilburg University, Netherlands

　　1986-2010  Professor of Economics, Department of Sociology, Wageningen University, Netherlands

　　1980-1986  Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Groningen, Netherlands

　　1975-1980  Assistant Professor of Statistics and Research Methods, University of Groningen, Netherlands

　　1972-1975  Lecturer of Statistics and Research Methods, College of Traffic Management,  Tilburg, Netherlands

　　1971-1972  Researcher, Institute of Human Resources, Tilburg University, Netherlands

　　1970-1971  Researcher, Institute of Regional Economics, Tilburg, Netherlands

　　Research Interests:

　　Economic methodology, and integration of the social sciences and economics. In spatial econometrics he focuses on continuous time modelling, structural equation models and modelling spatial dependence.

　　Professional Activities:

　　Founder and first President of European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics

　　Fellow of the Regional Science Association International

　　Co-editor of The International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics,

　　Awards:

　　2010  Renowned overseas scholar, Chinese Ministry of Education, China

　　1999  Honorary doctorate, University of Gothenburg, Sweden