Elco Koks

Elco Koks is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His work focuses on disaster impact modeling, critical infrastructure, climate adaptation, network analysis and macroeconomics. He has contributed to major national and European research programs and received a prestigious VENI grant from the Netherlands Scientific Organization. Elco leads the Horizon Europe MIRACA project on climate adaptation of critical infrastructure systems and the NWO NGINFRA TASICI project on transformative adaptation of infrastructure systems. He frequently advises international organisations including the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank on climate risk assessments for critical infrastructure.