Dirk Schoenmaker
Dirk Schoenmaker is a Non-resident Fellow at Bruegel. He specialises in banking and finance.
His research covers sustainable finance, sustainable banking, central banking, financial supervision and stability and European financial integration.
He speaks English and Dutch.
He is also a Professor of Banking and Finance at Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Research. Before joining RSM, Dirk was Dean of the Duisenberg school of finance from 2009 to 2015. From 1998 to 2008, he served at the Netherlands Ministry of Finance. Prior to that, he served at the Bank of England. He is a regular consultant for the International Monetary Fund, the OECD and the European Commission. He holds a PhD in Economics at the London School of Economics.
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Featured work
Measuring GDP at risk in the low-carbon transition
Our model provides a bird’s eye view of a country’s exposure to transition
What if central banks took the Paris Agreement seriously?
What can central banks do to take the Paris Agreement seriously?
Central banks should take a macro approach to managing system-wide risks stemming from the climate transition
How the financial sector can speed up the green transition
Is corporate finance really an obstacle to a more sustainable world?
All work
Working paper
25 August 2025
Measuring GDP at risk in the low-carbon transition
Our model provides a bird’s eye view of a country’s exposure to transition
Event
09 July 2025
EU Nature Restoration Law: How can EU countries restore ecosystems while balancing budgets?
What are the pathways to manage trade-offs?
Newsletter
04 November 2024
Policy Brief
30 October 2024
What can central banks do to take the Paris Agreement seriously?
Central banks should take a macro approach to managing system-wide risks stemming from the climate transition
Podcast
05 June 2024
How the financial sector can speed up the green transition
Is corporate finance really an obstacle to a more sustainable world?
First Glance
08 April 2024
Price stability is all about climate change
The European Central Bank should bring in cheaper greening funding for banks, to offset the impact of high interest rates on the energy transition
Report
14 November 2023
Annual meetings
06 September 2016
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2016, 6-7 September
The Annual Meetings are a high point in Bruegel's calendar.
Annual meetings
07 September 2017
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2017, 7-8 September
The Annual Meetings are Bruegel’s flagship event.
Policy Brief
23 September 2021
A new integrated-value assessment method for corporate investment
To contribute more to the green transition, companies should start to make investment decisions based on integrated-value assessment.