Dr. Tim Boersma is a partner at Brabers corporate counsel, and is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. Previously, Boersma helped set up the Sustainability & Strategy Advisory within the corporate investment bank of ABN AMRO USA, was a Senior Research Scholar and Natural Gas Program Director at Columbia University, a Fellow and Acting Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and worked in the Dutch electricity sector. He (co-)authored three book manuscripts, published in Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Foreign Affairs, and other leading journals, and holds a Ph.D. in International Relations (2013) from the University of Groningen.