Phoebe Koundouri

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About Phoebe Koundouri

Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri, a world renowned pioneer in innovative, human-centric, interdisciplinary systems for the sustainable interaction between nature, society, and the economy. Listed in Stanford University Top 2% of world scientists. Professor in Economics and Director of ReSEES Laboratory, School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business. Research Professor, Technology, Management and Economics Department, Technical University of Denmark. Director, Sustainable Development Unit, ATHENA Information Technology Research Center. Holds MPhil and PhD in Economics from University of Cambridge, held academic positions at University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Reading, London School of Economics. She has published 19 monographs and edited books, more than 400 scientific papers (and 200 articles in public press) in Nature, the Lancet, top ranked economics, econometrics and sustainability science journals. Co-edited several prestigious academic journals, including Nature: Climate Action and Environmental and Resources Economics. Organized >70 international scientific conferences, supervised >30 PhD students, gave keynote speeches and public lectures across the world. 2019 elected President of European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) and since 2023 chairing World Council of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA). Founder and Chair Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aeiphoria (AE4RIA), linking 5 research centers, 5 innovations accelerators and numerous science-policy networks, with >200 researchers and >100 large interdisciplinary competitively funded projects (with applications in >120 countries). Chair of UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Global Climate Hub and co-chair of SDSN Europe universities involved). Honored by inclusion in European Invest Bank Climate Leaders and advisor to the UN, World Bank, European Commission, EIB, EBRD, OECD, NATO and others. 2019 Commissioner Lancet Commission COVID19 Recovery, member of Fraternal Economy of Integral and Sustainable Development of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. 2022 received prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant, 2023 Academy of Athens Excellence in Science Award. 2022 member and trustee World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), 2022 member Academia Europae, 2023 member European Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2023 member InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), and 2019 member of the Nominating Committee for the Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences.