Mikael Skou Andersen is a full professor of environmental policy analysis at Aarhus University in Denmark, where he obtained his PhD as a visiting scholar to Science Center Berlin. He is a member and vice-chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency. He is the author of Governance by Green Taxes (1994). He has researched carbon pricing for more than 25 years. He is co-organizer of the annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation.