Professor of Applied Economics
prof. dr. Barbara Baarsma
Barbara Baarsma is a professor of applied economics at the University of Amsterdam. Barbara is frequently invited to participate in committees to think about policy issues for ministers.
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About Barbara Baarsma
Barbara Baarsma is a professor of applied economics at the University of Amsterdam and also holds various additional positions. She is the chair of the Bank Council of DNB and a member of the Monitoring Committee on Corporate Governance, the Dutch Committee for Entrepreneurship, the Advisory Board of the Taskforce Short Supply Chains, and a board member of the Alzheimer Foundation. From April 2012 until the summer of 2019, she was a Crown member of the Social and Economic Council (SER).
In 2022, Barbara Baarsma published her book ‘Green Growth’. In it, she answers the question of whether economic growth is meaningful or nonsensical. She explains why economic growth is not a panacea. She also illustrates what meaningful economic growth can look like and what is needed to achieve it.
Barbara is regularly invited to participate in committees to address policy issues for ministers. She was the chair of the Macroeconomic Control Instruments committee established by Minister Schippers in the field of medical specialist care and previously chaired the Vertical Integration in Healthcare committee set up by Minister Klink. She has also been a member of various committees, including the visitation committee for the National Public Broadcasting, the Committee on the Structure of Dutch Banks, the Home Service Committee, the Field Test Committee, and the Taskforce on Earning Capacity in Circular Agriculture.
Before 2016, she was the director of SEO Economic Research and served on the Supervisory Board of Loyalis NV, Espria, and Aon Group Netherlands BV, was a board member of the Foundation for Preferred Shares Kas Bank, and a member of the Advisory Board for Responsible Investment at PGGM. Prior to that, she was a commissioner/internal supervisor at Woonzorg, St. Elisabeth Two Cities Hospital, BNN, and a member of the audit committee of FNV Bondgenoten.
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