Albert Schram is an Italian-Dutch economic historian and management consultant. He speaks 4 European languages fluently and some PNG Tok Pidgin, has lived and worked in 10 different countries and done assignments in over 30. His international academic career started in Costa Rica, where he became a professor at the Latin American University of Science and Technology (ULACIT). He taught history as well as management in various programs. In 2010 in the Netherlands, he was trained in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) at Maastricht University, one of the dozen or so PBL universities in the world. In 2018, he received all internal training from the University of Maryland Global Campus where he currently teaches. In 2019 and 2020, he participated in numerous professional development courses with QM. During his career he co-wrote 24 successful grant proposals for the European Commission framework programs, 11 for the Dutch Science Foundation and 9 other grants.
EDUCATION
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley (CA-USA) — Fellow Executive Leadership Academy
Graduate certifica
MARCH 2015
All aspects of University management and leadership.
European University Institute Florence (Italy) —
Doctorate (PhD)
NOV 1994
Doctorate in economic and business history. Won one of two competitive doctoral scholarships. Won research secondment
scholarship for 1 semester, London School of Economics.
Netherlands Institute for Foreign Relations
Clingendael The Hague (The Netherlands) —
Graduate Certificate International Relations
JUNE 1989
University of Utrecht, Utrecht (Netherlands) —
Masters
NOV 1988
Masters (MA) in History, with Minor in political sciences from Leyden University. Won annual scholarship for Netherlands Institute in Rome, for Masters thesis research.
Assessing socio-economic impacts of wave overtopping: An institutional perspective Jan Jaap Bouma, Delphine François, Albert Schram, Tom Verbeke Coastal Engineering, 2009 One way to address the assessment of strategies to control wave overtopping at seawalls and related coastal defence structures is to make use of Cost-Benefit Analysis. The institutional context in which Cost-Benefit Analysis takes place influences decisions on the types of values that are taken into consideration and the subsequent selection of valuation methods. We suggest to consider Cost-Benefit Analysis in a broad institutional framework when decisions are to be made on coastal defence strategies. It is argued that the institutional context provides the rules of the game on how a balance can be found between social, economic and ecologic functions of projects that protect societies against overtopping.
Collective versus random fining: An experimental study on controlling ambient pollution Francisco Alpízar, Till Requate, Albert Schram Environmental and Resource Economics, 2004 This paper presents an experimental study oftwo different pollution compliance games:collective vis-à-vis random fining as ameans to regulate non-pointpollution. Using samples from both Costa Ricancoffee mill managers and Costa Rican students,we find that the two games perform equivalentlybut, although they lead to efficient outcomesthrough Nash play in the majority of cases, theobserved frequency of Nash play is lower thantheoretically predicted. Moreover, we rejectthe hypothesis that managers and studentsbehave equally. Off the equilibrium, managerstend to over-abate, whereas students tend tounder-abate. This result suggests theimportance of considering subject pooldifferences in the evaluation of environmentalpolicies by means of experiments, particularlyif those policies involve certain forms ofmanagement decisions.
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Method or media: 10 do’s and some don’ts for using media in online post-secondary education A Schram European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Conference Proceedings, 71-79 , 2021 2021 Citations: 1
Culture and Diversity in Management Practice: Case Study of Students of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology A Schram Proceedings of 3rd European Business Research Conference, Proceedings of 3rd … , 2014 2014
Leadership, Strategic Planning and Strategic Management for Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries A Schram World Business and Economics Research Conference, 24-25 , 2014 2014 Citations: 24
Developing KPIs for the Papua New Guinea University of Technology MA Satter, A Schram, J Pumwa, V Thomas The Proceedings of the 7th Huon Seminar. November 13 14, 280-288 , 2013 2013 Citations: 1
The Global Expansion Of Higher Education: Are Low Income Countries Catching Up? A Schram Lae, Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea University of Technology. http://bit … , 2013 2013
Climate change and the policy integration dividend: an open source policy dashboard to enhance energy, water and food policy coordination K Hussey, A Schram Lulu , 2012 2012
Development Challenges for Universities in Developing Nations Lecture delivered at University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea 8 June 2011 A Schram 2011
Managing the Links between Climate, Energy, Water and Food in Europe: The Need for Better Policy Integration and Coordination K Hussey, A Schram Energy and the Environmental Challenge 245 (268), 245-268 , 2011 2011
The Social Responsibility of the University as Producer of New Knowledge A Schram Proceedings of the World Universities Congress, Canakkale Onzekiz Mart … , 2010 2010 Citations: 2
The Issue of Trust in Developing Countries: Was Adam Smith Right and Are Modern Economists Wrong? M Berre, A Schram International Conference of Political Economy: Adam Smith Today, Kocaeli … , 2009 2009
Promoting I nnovation in Health Care in Costa Rica A Schram Education (yrs) 14, 14 , 2009 2009
Trends in beef production chain in central America: towards more sustainable practices? A Schram 2009
Assessing socio-economic impacts of wave overtopping: An institutional perspective JJ Bouma, D François, A Schram, T Verbeke Coastal engineering 56 (2), 203-209 , 2009 2009 Citations: 19
Análisis de costo-efectividad y costo-beneficio Programa de Detección Temprana de Cáncer Gástrico en Costa Rica A Schram Población y Salud en Mesoamérica 6 (2), 3 , 2009 2009 Citations: 2
Análisis de Costo-Efectividad y Costo-Beneficio Programa de Detección A Schram Temprana de Cáncer Gástrico en Costa Rica” Población y Salud en Meso América … , 2009 2009
Sustainable industrial estates: an economic approach A Schram Ghent University , 2006 2006
Cost-benefit analysis of forest transformation in Belgium A Schram Ghent University , 2006 2006
Socio-economic impacts of wave overtopping JJ Bouma, A Schram, D François Ghent University , 2004 2004
Collective versus random fining: an experimental study on controlling ambient pollution F Alpízar, T Requate, A Schram Environmental and Resource Economics 29 (2), 231-252 , 2004 2004 Citations: 74
Report on socio-economic impacts JJ Bouma, A Schram, D François CLASH WP6 report, Ghent University, Belgium , 2004 2004 Citations: 6
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Railways and the Formation of the Italian State in the Nineteenth Century A Schram Cambridge University Press , 1997 1997 Citations: 139
Collective versus random fining: an experimental study on controlling ambient pollution F Alpízar, T Requate, A Schram Environmental and Resource Economics 29 (2), 231-252 , 2004 2004 Citations: 74
Leadership, Strategic Planning and Strategic Management for Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries A Schram World Business and Economics Research Conference, 24-25 , 2014 2014 Citations: 24
Assessing socio-economic impacts of wave overtopping: An institutional perspective JJ Bouma, D François, A Schram, T Verbeke Coastal engineering 56 (2), 203-209 , 2009 2009 Citations: 19
Report on socio-economic impacts JJ Bouma, A Schram, D François CLASH WP6 report, Ghent University, Belgium , 2004 2004 Citations: 6
Environmental Management Accounting, Eco-Efficiency Profiles, and Effluent Charges for Costa Rican Coffee Mills A Schram Environmental Management Accounting—Purpose and Progress, 129-148 , 2003 2003 Citations: 6
Historia Ambiental. Información para no iniciados A Schram Ambientico 67 (2-99), 1-9 , 1995 1995 Citations: 6
¿ Historia económica o economía histórica? A Schram Reflexiones 43 (1), 1 , 1996 1996 Citations: 4
Collective versus Random Fining: An Experimental Study on Controlling Non-Point Pollution F Alpízar, T Requate, A Schram Essays on Environmental Policy-Making in Developing Countries: Applications … , 2002 2002 Citations: 3
The Social Responsibility of the University as Producer of New Knowledge A Schram Proceedings of the World Universities Congress, Canakkale Onzekiz Mart … , 2010 2010 Citations: 2
Análisis de costo-efectividad y costo-beneficio Programa de Detección Temprana de Cáncer Gástrico en Costa Rica A Schram Población y Salud en Mesoamérica 6 (2), 3 , 2009 2009 Citations: 2
Pesticidas en Costa Rica: patrones de uso y adicción A Schram 2000 Citations: 2
Method or media: 10 do’s and some don’ts for using media in online post-secondary education A Schram European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Conference Proceedings, 71-79 , 2021 2021 Citations: 1
Developing KPIs for the Papua New Guinea University of Technology MA Satter, A Schram, J Pumwa, V Thomas The Proceedings of the 7th Huon Seminar. November 13 14, 280-288 , 2013 2013 Citations: 1
Culture and Diversity in Management Practice: Case Study of Students of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology A Schram Proceedings of 3rd European Business Research Conference, Proceedings of 3rd … , 2014 2014
The Global Expansion Of Higher Education: Are Low Income Countries Catching Up? A Schram Lae, Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea University of Technology. http://bit … , 2013 2013
Climate change and the policy integration dividend: an open source policy dashboard to enhance energy, water and food policy coordination K Hussey, A Schram Lulu , 2012 2012
Development Challenges for Universities in Developing Nations Lecture delivered at University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea 8 June 2011 A Schram 2011
Managing the Links between Climate, Energy, Water and Food in Europe: The Need for Better Policy Integration and Coordination K Hussey, A Schram Energy and the Environmental Challenge 245 (268), 245-268 , 2011 2011
The Issue of Trust in Developing Countries: Was Adam Smith Right and Are Modern Economists Wrong? M Berre, A Schram International Conference of Political Economy: Adam Smith Today, Kocaeli … , 2009 2009
