Carl Koopmans is an accomplished academic and researcher in the field of economics, currently serving as Research Director at SEO Amsterdam Economics and Professor of Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam since 2008. With a robust career that includes leadership roles such as Managing Director at KiM Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis and department head at multiple institutions, including CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Carl has significant expertise in economic policy analysis. Carl Koopmans holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Amsterdam and a Master's degree in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.