Phoebe Koundouri (PhD Cambridge University) is full Professor in Economics and Econometrics and Director of Research Laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability, Athens University of Economics and Business. She is also part-time Research Professor in Environmental Economics at the Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark co-leaing the Climate and Energy Division of the Technology, Management and Economics Department. She is also Director of the Sustainable Development Unit at ATHENA Information Technologies Research Center. In the past she taught at the University of Cambridge (UK), University College London (UK), University of Reading (UK) and the London School of Economics (UK). She is elected President European Association of Environmental Resource Economists, Chair of the World Council of Environmental Resource Economists Association, Chair of UN SDSN Global Climate Hub, co-Chair of SDSN Europe & SDSN Greece and Founder of the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aeiphoria (AE4RIA). AE4RIA brings together all of the above institutions, in addition to a number of innovation incubators/ accelerators and science-policy networks that Prof. Phoebe Koundouri leads or co-leads. AE4RIA employs about 200 researchers, working on more than 100 large international research projects, influencing policymaking across Europe and beyond. Professor Koundouri advises the World Bank, European Commission, EIB, EBRD, OECD and other multilateral/international organizations, governments, and foundations across the world.  

Professor Koundouri is listed in the Stanford University list of Top 2% most cited scientists in the world. Among many academic distinctions, she has received the prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant and the 2023 Award of Excellence in Science of the Academy of Athens (given every four years) she is elected fellow of Academia Europae, member of Board of the Trustees of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) ,  member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, member of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) , and member of the selection committee of the Nobel Prize in Economics. She has given numerous scientific keynote speeches and public lectures in more than 120 countries.