Wouter Bam

(He, Him, His)

Assistant Professor

Manufacturing, School of Engineering
Other Titles: Dr.
Office: EME3271
Email: wouter.bam@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor


Research Summary

Decision support systems; sustainable development; economic complexity; multi-objective optimization; regional development; applied machine learning; industrial policy; circular supply chains; location decisions; global value chains

Courses & Teaching

Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability (MANF 450); Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering Design (APSC 169)

Biography

Wouter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering on the Okanagan Campus.

Learn more about his research at https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/2023/11/13/assessing-the-impact-of-resource-extraction/

Websites

Personal Website 
Google Scholar
ResearchGate
LinkedIn
GitHub

Degrees

Joint PhD (Industrial Engineering) Stellenbosch University, 2019
Joint PhD (Economics) KU Leuven, 2019
MPhil (Industrial System, Manufacturing and Management) University of Cambridge, 2014
BEng (Industrial Engineering) Stellenbosch University, 2012

Research Interests & Projects

Wouter’s research focuses on developing quantitative and qualitative decision-support tools for industrial development-related decision-making. These tools aim to shed light on the environmental, social and economic impacts of different developmental pathways. The tools also uncover the feasibility of developmental routes and the actions stakeholders need to take to enable them. Opportunities to join the research group are posted to his personal site. 

Selected Publications & Presentations

Articles related to the quantitative analysis of development

  • Bam, W., & De Bruyne, K. (2019). Improving Industrial Policy Intervention: The Case of Steel in South Africa. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(11), 2460–2475. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1528354
  • Bam, W., & De Bruyne, K. (2022). The product space, sustainability, and GVC oriented industrial policies: The case of iron and steel in the SACU. Africa Journal of Management, 8(1), 15–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2021.2001289
  • Bam, W. G., De Bruyne, K., & Laing, M. (2021). The IO–PS in the context of GVC-related policymaking: The case of the South African automotive industry. Journal of International Business Policy, 4(3), 410–432. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00081-7
  • De Bruyne, K., Bam, W., & Engelbrecht, D. (2023). South Africa’s titanium industrial policy: A product space perspective. South African Journal of Economics, 91(1), 3–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/saje.12333
  • Du Plessis, J. A., & Bam, W. G. (2017). Scoping Phase Comparison of Development Opportunities by Making Use of Publicly Available Sustainability Information. Procedia Manufacturing, 8, 207–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.02.026
  • Du Plessis, J., & Bam, W. (2018). Comparing the Sustainable Development Potential of Industries: A Role for Sustainability Disclosures? Sustainability, 10(3), 878–878. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030878
  • Du Plessis, M., & Bam, W. (2022). iops: A Python package for the Input-Output Product Space methodology. 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International Association For Management of Technology (IAMOT) Joint Conference, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033299

For other themes, visit my personal site.

For a full list of publications, please visit my Google Scholar site.

 

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