Assistant Professor — Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). Principal author of the 2023 Science study that used synthetic-control methods to demonstrate REDD+ projects produce vastly fewer real emission reductions than claimed — the paper that triggered the voluntary carbon market's 2023–24 integrity crisis.
Trellison / LedgerWell intersection. Methodology authority on retrospective verification — exactly what proof packs produce.
| Their methodology / role | Proof-pack / Trellison fit |
|---|---|
| Synthetic-control methodology for offset validation | Proof pack integrates counterfactual and synthetic-control inputs per tonne |
| Remote-sensing-based deforestation measurement | Proof pack includes satellite-derived biomass signatures with uncertainty |
| Retrospective methodology audit | Proof-pack audit chain enables after-the-fact methodology re-evaluation |
West's methodology as the audit standard; Trellison tooling as the operational pipeline. Target: Science / Nature.
Operationalise West's critique across a larger sample using standardised proof-pack outputs.
European workshop co-hosted with IVM and Wageningen (Keesstra).
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