Dorian LITVINE, PhD.

Dorian LITVINE, PhD.
74 Rue des Litanies, 34830 Clapiers, +33(0)689151574
French-Brazilian, 35 years old, single
[email protected]
fr.linkedin.com/in/dorianlitvine
Researcher in Energy and Environmental Economics
11 years of research and teaching
march 2014
BIO
Dorian Litvine's 11 years of research and teaching experience encompass Economics, Energy, Environment and Behavior analysis.
Following his PhD in Environmental Economics and Energy (2008), he accomplished successfully two postdoctoral contracts into
worldwide research centers (CREDEN-WEC, CIRAD). These experiences led to substantive reports and scientific papers,
presented within several international conferences. He also developed a large experience in pedagogical activities, as well as in
organizing scientific events. Based on a strong international network, Dorian reinforces his applied activities by coordinating
various survey projects, mainly in the academic area but also in the private sector.
Dorian's research focuses on energy & environment, analysis of pro-ecological behaviors, preference and demand appraisal,
economic valuation, and survey methods. These themes are performed by combining originally Economics and Psychology.
RESEARCH FIELDS
• Analysis of decision and pro-ecological behaviors - green electricity purchase, reduction of CO2 emissions, use of biofuels
Construction and expression of preferences; demand estimation; economic valuation of environmental goods/services
Determinants of action (values, norms, attitudes, intentions); action barriers; role of price in the decision process
Application and incentives tools: behavioral change programs, marketing, labeling, information campaigns, etc.
• Energy sector, green electricity markets and renewable energies (industry, public policies, grid integration, wind projects)
• Survey methods – stated/revealed preference surveys; field experiments; questionnaire design; biases analysis; web-surveys
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2010-2011
Postdoctoral position, ART-Dev CIRAD (French Agricultural Research Centre for Development), "Exploring the
demand for vegetable oil fuel in rural areas of Burkina Faso – a 2 steps survey" (12 months)
2009-2010
Postdoctoral position, LASER-CREDEN (University Montpellier 1 and World Energy Council), “Citizens’ Willingness to
Voluntary Reduce CO2 Emissions via the Withdraw of EU-ETS Quotas – A Contingent Valuation web-survey
Extended to Environmental Psychology ” (18 months)
2007-2008
Teaching assistant in Economics – University Montpellier 3
2005
Teaching assistant in Microeconomics – University of Nimes
2002-2008
PhD student – University Montpellier 1
EDUCATION
2008
Doctorate in Economics, Summa Cum Laude, University Montpellier 1
Dissertation: Individual Preferences Revelation Mechanism And Incentive To Choose Green Electricity: An
Analysis Of The Consumer Decision Process ; Supervisor: Jacques PERCEBOIS / LASER-CREDEN (Research Center
in Energy Economics/ UM1)
2002
Post-graduate degree in Public decision, Magna Cum Laude, University Montpellier 1, Dissertation on Renewable
Energies Technologies: Dynamic of Environmental Innovations
2000
Two years before post graduation degree in International Economics, Summa Cum Laude, University Aix-Marseille
II, Dissertation on environment and developing countries
1998
Undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Physics and computing, Magna Cum Laude, University Aix-Marseille II
2007/ 2010
Additional training: Xlstat (data mining); Skills assessment (A new chapter of the thesis / BGA); Modules of
management and creativity processes (M. Brunier, manager of Jacques Vabre).
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GRANTS
2009
Research Grant from the World Energy Council, for “Citizens’ Willingness to Voluntary Reduce CO2 Emissions via
the Withdraw of EU-ETS Quotas – A Contingent Valuation Survey Extended to Environmental Psychology ”
2002-2005
Fellowship of the French Ministry of Education and Research for doctorial studies
1996-2002
Fellowship of the French Ministry of Education for under-graduate and post-graduate studies
PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
• Litvine D., Gazull L., Dabat MH., 2014. “Assessing the potential demand for biofuel by combining Economics and Psychology:
a focus on proximity applied to Jatropha oil in Africa”. Ecological Economics 100, 85-95
• Litvine D., Wüstenhagen R., 2011. "Helping light green consumers walk the talk: Results of a behavioural intervention survey
in the Swiss electricity market". Ecological Economics 70, 462-474
WORKING PAPERS and ONGOING WORK
• "How Social Psychology can improve preferences appraisal within Contingent Valuation - A web survey of citizens'
willingness to reduce CO2 emissions", with H. Andersson (TSE - LERNA, UT1, CNRS)
• "Complementarities between economic and psychological constructs in the investigation and estimation of proenvironmental demand", no co-author
• "French Companies willingness to voluntary switch to green electricity – A region-based web-survey extended to Social
Psychology", no co-author
• "Feed-in tariffs, what's next? Mixed-strategies of renewable electricity producers in the new market context", C. HirouxMarcy (RTE)
• Litvine D., 2011. "A structural critic of French feed-in tariffs for small-scale hydraulic plants", 2 parts in French :
- Identification de l’effet de seuil décourageant la rénovation des petites centrales ” (CREDEN - WP 11.03.89)
- Critique du mode de fixation/indexation des tarifs H07 et de son impact sur l’installation de petites centrales
hydrauliques" ” (CREDEN - WP 11.02.88)
• Litvine D., 2010. "Citizens' Willingness to Reduce CO2 Emissions via the Withdraw of EU-ETS quotas – A Contingent
Valuation Survey Extended to Environmental Psychology", in French, Repec (credwp 10.07.87)
ACADEMICAL REPORTS
• "Le marché potentiel des offres d'électricité verte parmi les entreprises du Languedoc Roussillon", CREDEN, 2011-2012
• "La demande potentielle d'huile végétale de Jatropha en substitution au gasoil - Une enquête en milieu rural du Burkina
Faso", CIRAD ART-Dev, 2011
• "La participation volontaire des citoyens sur le marché européen des permis d’émission de CO2 : Une évaluation contingente
élargie à la Psychologie environnementale", French Energy Council, 2010
• "Note visant à identifier l’effet de seuil observé dans les activités de rénovation des petites centrales hydrauliques en France",
Électricité Autonome Française, 2009
• "Les tarifs d’achat de la petite hydroélectricité : une critique structurelle", Électricité Autonome Française, 2009
• "Les technologies d’énergie renouvelable : dynamique d’une innovation environnementale", Post-graduate thesis, 2002
COMMUNICATIONS
• "Behavioral change drivers – The combined contribution of Economics and Social Psychology", DIFED, April 2013
• "Exploring the potential substitution demand for Jatropha oil fuel in rural areas – influence of the short-circuit organization”,
Seminar - ATP Envisud - CIRAD, October 2012
• "Exploring potential substitution demand for Jatropha oil fuel - first results of a 2-steps survey in the rural area of Burkina
Faso", ART Dev Seminar, September 2011
• "Identifier l’effet de seuil qui démotive les activités de rénovation des petites centrales hydrauliques en France", Électricité
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Autonome Française, DGEC (French ministry), January 2010
• “Helping light green consumers walk the talk: Results of a behavioural intervention survey in the Swiss electricity market”:
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Behavior Energy and Climate Change Conference (November 2009, Washington DC); 10 European IAEE Conference
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(September 2009, Vienna); 8 Biennial of Environmental Psychology (September 2009, Zurich).
• "Les tarifs d’achat de la petite hydroélectricité : une critique structurelle", governing board of Électricité Autonome Française,
March 2009 ; Master 2 Energy Economics (UM1), February 2009
• "Le choix de l’électricité verte sur le marché final: concrétisation des attitudes et intentions favorables", Master of Energy
Economics (UM1), November 2008 and February 2009.
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• “Overcoming barriers to purchasing green electricity – Empirical evidence form Swiss households”, 1 workshop Economie de
l’Energie et Développement Durable, January 2009, Karlsruhe; AEE-SE seminar, May 2008.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2013
Scientific Training : Survey optimization (response rate, design, biases) and online questionnaire process (Labex
Entreprendre – UM1)
2010-2011
Survey methodology support for Master students and Phd students (CIRAD)
2008-2009
Multiple conferences about my research results for the Master "Energy Economics" (UM1)
2007-2008
Teaching assistant, University Paul Valéry (UM3), Major economical problems (L1)
2005
Teaching assistant, University of Nîmes (1 semester), Introduction to Microeconomics (L1)
1998-2000
Private tutoring in pure Mathematics and Mathematics for Economics
SCIENTIFIC EVENTS & PROJECT MANAGER
• Organizer of scientific events: (1) workshop on web-surveys methods - Unipark (Montpellier 2010, with Pr Bosnjak; 50
participants) / (2) Organizing committee, Doctorial Meeting of Montpellier 2008 & 2009 (ADDEGeM) / (3) Main moderator
for a debate on renewable energies (2005)
• Scientific contribution : Expert for Enercoop - green power provider (since 2009) and REN 21 (Renewables Global Status
Report Update / 2009-2010) - Referee for Ecological Economics (2014 - Choice Experiment, green electricity, profile
segmentation) and for the Journal of Environmental Management (2009 - Contingent Valuation and climate mitigation)
• Coordinator of academic projects: (1) Enercoop Aquitaine (2014) "The French energy transition: assessing the municipalities'
needs to organize and develop energy projects and citizens' agenda" (phone survey) / (2) Enercoop LR (2011) "Estimating the
green electricity potential purchase among french firms" (phone and web survey) / (3) International Centre for Agronomy
and Development (2011) "Exploring potential substitution demand for Jatropha oil fuel in Africa" (2 steps face-to-face survey)
/ (4) World Energy Council (2010) "Citizens’ Willingness to Voluntary Reduce CO2 Emissions via the Withdraw of EU-ETS
Quotas – A Contingent Valuation Web-Survey Extended to Environmental Psychology" (2 steps web-survey) / (5) Industrial
union EAF (2008) “structural inability of French feed-in tariffs to develop small-scale hydraulic plants” (financial analysis) / (5)
SGSW (2006) “Incentives to the voluntary purchase of green electricity - Switzerland” (3 steps web-survey)
Coordination of international survey teams (2-9 members); project budgets (20k€ - 200k€); large samples (164 - 1730 obs)
• Academic/institutional expertise: (1) Enercoop, Administrator and voluntary expert since 2011 (non-profit-making green
electricity provider) / (2) CLER/WWF, contribution to the French label for green electricity EvE (2009) / (3) Ernst & Young,
critic and improvement of the questionnaire relative to green electricity in “Behavior, usage, and attitudes of their
customers” (2006) / (4) Agnès d’Artigues (CNRS), collaboration in “Frenchs’ willingness to pay for green electricity - A
Contingent Valuation survey”(2004)
• Professional membership: Administrator for Enercoop (green power) / International Association for Energy Economics
(IAEE)/ In charge of the Association of Capoeira Arte e Progresso (treasurer, communication, public relations) (2004-2007)/
Assistant manager for the WAC Art Festival in Macau (2003–2004).
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REFEREES
• Rolf WÜSTENHAGEN, professor in Economics and director of IWOE (University of St Gallen)
[email protected]
+41.71.224.25.87
• Jacques PERCEBOIS, professor in Energy Economics and director of CREDEN (ART Dev - UMR 5281 - University Montpellier 1)
[email protected] +33 (0)4.34.43.25.04
• David TRAFIMOW, professor in Social Psychology (New Mexico State University)
[email protected]
+1 575.646.4023
• Denis PESCHE, development sociologist and assistant director of ART-Dev (UMR n°5281 - CIRAD)
[email protected]
+33 (0)4.67.61.56.79
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