Author Archive for: Patrick Willemsen

Entries by Patrick Willemsen

Lucia van Geuns and Jilles van den Beukel | The role of oil and gas in the energy transition

“The green generation before us still thinks we are the centre of the world. Forget it. We’re becoming an afterthought,” warns Energy Analyst Jilles van den Beukel. Together with Energy Expert Lucia van Geuns he wrote a report on oil and gas in the energy transition. For Shell Venster, Monika Jak spoke at length with […]

In Memoriam – Yar Batoh

With immense sadness HCSS has learned of the passing of our dear friend and colleague Yar Batoh. Yar was a Research Fellow in our amazing HCSS Team Ukraine (HTU) from 2019 until March 2022, and managed the team since 2020. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of his home country in February 2022, he felt the call of duty and joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Yar was tragically killed in combat in Donetsk Oblast. He will not be forgotten. Thank you for everything, Yar.

Water, Peace and Security (WPS) and the World Water Week 2024

The Water, Peace and Security (WPS) partnership will take part in World Water Week 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden, and online. Institute delegates will speak at several events, and host an information booth. World Water Week 2024 is centered on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense. The theme, Bridging Borders: Water for […]

Keynote Lucia van Geuns | De energietransitie: Europa in een geopolitiek gure wereld

“De strijd tegen klimaatverandering, maar ook de zorgen over leveringszekerheid en betaalbaarheid van geïmporteerde energie vraagt om hetzelfde antwoord. En dat antwoord is: weg van de fossiele brandstoffen en naar meer duurzame energie,” stelt HCSS Strategic Advisor Energy Lucia van Geuns. “Dit betekent daarom dat we minder afhankelijk zullen zijn van landen buiten Europa.”

Lucia van Geuns en Jilles van den Beukel | De rol van olie en gas in de transitie

“De groene generatie voor ons, denkt nog dat wij het middelpunt van de wereld zijn. Forget it. Wij worden bijzaak”, waarschuwt energie-analist Jilles van den Beukel. Met energie-expert Lucia van Geuns is hij coauteur van een HCSS rapport over olie en gas tijdens de energietransitie, dat zich richt op de vraag hoe het afscheid van het oude, fossiele systeem eruit gaat zien. De auteurs schetsen het wereldwijde speelveld, de positie van fossiele producenten en markten en de Nederlandse situatie. Monika Jak sprak hen voor Shell Venster over de noodzaak van een brede blik op de energiewereld, waar macht aan het schuiven is.

Podcast Jong Beleggen | Defensie aandelen, met Patrick Bolder

Lang werd beleggen in de defensie industrie als onethisch gezien, maar door de Russische inval in Oekraïne is het besef gegroeid dat we niet zonder wapens kunnen om onze vrijheid te garanderen. Een wake-up call? “Wie vrede wil, moet zich voorbereiden op oorlog.” Podcast Jong Beleggen praat ons bij met HCSS defensie expert Patrick Bolder.

New HCSS Snapshot | Developing effective adaptation strategies to water scarcity: Lessons learned from Jordan

How can the water scarce Middle East and North Africa region develop strong strategies that adequately address challenges, build resilience and respond to the growing (climate) migratory flows of the coming decade? This new HCSS Snapshot provides insights through the analysis of the water challenges and resilience strategies developed during the 2013 Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan.

Jeffrey H. Michaels joins HCSS as Strategic Advisor in Defence and International Security.

HCSS is very proud to announce that Jeffrey H. Michaels has joined us as a (non-resident) Strategic Advisor in Defence and International Security! His research covers the fields of war studies, nuclear strategy, deterrence, U.S. foreign policy, NATO, intelligence, and Cold War history.

IPMU2024 | HCSS data scientist Maarten Vonk presents paper on Optimizing Causal Interventions in Hybrid Bayesian Networks

On July 23rd, HCSS data scientist Maarten Vonk presented his research at the International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU2024) in Portugal. In his peer-reviewed paper, “Optimizing Causal Interventions in Hybrid Bayesian Networks”, Maarten shows how heuristic optimization can be used to retrieve policy-interventions using a discretization and knowledge compilation approach.

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