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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri

Education

  • 1994: MPhil in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK (Peterhouse Scholarship of Excellence, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship of Excellence)
  • 2000: PhD in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK (Peterhouse Scholarship of Excellence, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship of Excellence)

History of Academic Positions

  • 1995–1996: Statistics Supervisor, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 1996–1997: Research Assistant, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 1999–2000: Affiliated Lecturer in Economics, School of Public Policy, University College London (UCL), UK
  • 2000–2005: Lecturer (A and B with tenure) in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK
  • 2000–2005: Senior Research Fellow, Department of Economics & CSERGE, University College London (UCL), UK
  • 2005–present: Professor in Economics, School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Greece
  • 2013–2016: Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
  • 2022–2025: Research Professor (part-time), Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Academic Director

  • Director, Research Laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability (ReSEES), Athens University of Economics and Business
  • Director, Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), ATHENA Research Center
  • Founder and Scientific Director, Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aeiphoria (AE4RIA)

Association Leadership

  • Chair, World Council of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA)
  • President Past and Council Member, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
  • Chair, SDSN Global Climate Hub
  • Co-Chair, SDSN Europe
  • Co-Chair, SDSN European Green Deal Senior Working Group
  • Co-lead, Academia Europaea Task Force on Environment, Sustainability, and Climate (TFESC)
  • Co-lead, Scientific Committee, IAP statement on Human Security

Fellowships and Scientific Honors

  • Fellow: Academia Europaea; World Academy of Art and Science (Trustee); European Academy of Sciences and Arts; Academy of Engineering and Technology of the Developing World; InterAcademy Partnership (IAP); European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists;  European Forest Institute
  • Honors: Member of the Nominating Committee for the Nobel Prize in Economics; ERC Synergy Grantee; Academy of Athens Best Scientist Award

Committees and Advisory Roles

International and European Institutions:
United Nations | G20 | World Bank | European Commission | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | World Health Organization (WHO) 

Expert Advisory and Leadership Roles:
Ambassador for the European Research Council (ERC) | EU Climate Pact Ambassador | Member, European Investment Bank (EIB) Climate Leaders Network | Member, Leading Women for the Ocean (LWO) | Commissioner, Lancet COVID-19 Commission | Member, Fraternal Economy of Integral and Sustainable Development, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences | Member, Special Scientific Committee on Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Energy of Greece | Member, National Board for Research and Innovation (NBRI), Cyprus | Member, Regional Action on Climate Change International Advisory Committee (RACC-IAC), affiliated with STS Forum | Member, Scientific and Conservation Council, Tour du Valat – Institute of Research for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands | Representative, Academia Europaea to the G20 S20 Task Force 2 on Bioeconomy | Representative of Greece to the International Climate Councils Network (ICCN) | Observer, EAERE to the 7th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | Scientific Stakeholder, IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities

Editor Roles

  • Editor, Elements Book Series in Environmental and Resource Economics, Cambridge University Press
  • Co-Editor, Environmental and Resource Economics (Official Journal of EAERE), Springer Nature
  • Associate Editor, Nature: Climate Action, Nature Portfolio Journal, Springer Nature
  • Associate Editor, Annual Reviews of Resource Economics
  • Senior Editor, Cambridge Prisms: Water, Cambridge University Press
  • Field Chief Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Economics

About

Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri is a world-renowned pioneer in innovative, human-centric, interdisciplinary systems for the sustainable interaction between nature, society, and the economy. She is included in the Stanford University list of top 2% world scientists and is a member of the Nominating Committee for the Nobel Prize in Economics. She is  Professor at the School of Economics and Director of the ReSEES Laboratory at the Athens University of Economics and Business. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She is the  Director of the  Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) at ATHENA Information Technology Research Center. She is founder and director of the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aeiphoria (AE4RIA), linking the research and innovation work of research centers, innovations accelerators, and numerous science-policy networks and scientific academies, which Professor Koundouri leads, directs or chairs, with more than 200 researchers and 100 large, interdisciplinary, competitively funded research projects, with case studies in more than 120 countries. She is chair of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Global Climate Hub and co-chair of SDSN Europe, with 2000 universities involved.

She holds an MPhil and a PhD in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Politics, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, and held academic positions at the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Reading, London School of Economics and Politics, and the Technical University of Denmark.  She has published 19 monographs and edited books, more than 400 scientific papers (and 200 articles in public press) in the following fields of research: Economics and Econometrics, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Sciences and Philosophy of Science,  including publications in Nature, the Lancet, and top-ranked economics, econometrics, and sustainability science journals. She edits and co-edits several prestigious academic journals, including Nature: Climate Action, Environmental and Resources Economics, and Frontiers in Environmental Economics. She has organized numerous international scientific conferences, supervised more than 30 PhD students, and given keynote speeches and public lectures across the world, including speeches in all major multilateral and high-level fora.

Professor Koundouri is an academician, elected fellow of prestigious academies including Academia Europaea, World Academy of Art and Science, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, InterAcademy Partnership, Academy of Engineering and Technology of Developing World, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences – Program on the Fraternal Economy, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), European Forest Institute.  In 2020, she received the prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant, in 2021, she received the EAERE ERC Award of scientific excellence, and in 2023, she was awarded the Academy of Athens Award for Scientific Excellence, awarded every four years to the most impactful scientist of Greece.

In 2019, she was elected President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) the biggest scientific association in the field, with more than 1500 member institutions, from more than 75 countries and she is now chairing the World Council of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA), including the USA, the Latin American, the European, the African, the Asian and the Oceanian Associations of Environmental and Resource Economists, with many thousands of member scientists from more than 160 countries.

Professor Koundouri’s international impact is also evident through her advisory work in the multilateral space, including Academia Europaea Representative to S20 Task Force 2 on Bioeconomy of the G20 Heads of States, Commissioner for the Lancet Commission on COVID-19 Recovery, member of the Fraternal Economy of Integral and Sustainable Development of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the European Investment Bank Climate Leaders Network,  the Leading Women for the Ocean (LWO),    the National Board for Research and Innovation (NBRI) of Cyprus, the Special Scientific Committee on Climate Change of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy and its representative in the International Climate Councils Network (ICCN), the Regional Action on Climate Change International Advisory Committee (RACC-IAC) associated with the STS Forum funded by the overnment of Japan; Earth-Humanity Coalition (EHC), EU Climate Pact Ambassador,  Scientific and Conservation Council, Tour du Valat Institut de Recherche pour la Conservation des Zones Humides Méditerranéenne, EAERE observer for the 7th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) and scientific stakeholder to IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, and Ambassator for the European Research Council (ERC). She acts as an advisor to the United Nations, G20, World Bank, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, OECD, World Health Organization, governments across the world, and many others, including public and private international and national companies.

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AE4RIA Research Seminar: What Climate Repair & Biodiversity Can Learn from AI Driven MedTech Translation

9th Seminar on 11/06/2025. The AE4RIA Research Seminar Series, a webinar organised by Resees, Research Laboratory AUEB and Sustainable Development Unit – ATHENA RC, hosted by Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri.

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AE4RIA Research Seminar: Diet quality, groundwater depletion and the Sustainable Development Goal 2

8th Seminar on 10/06/2025. The AE4RIA Research Seminar Series, a webinar organised by Resees, Research Laboratory AUEB and Sustainable Development Unit – ATHENA RC, hosted by Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri.

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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri on the Environmental Stakes of the U.S.–China Rivalry

Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is honored to be featured in the National Herald of New York (Ethnikos Kirikas & The National Herald Inc.), discussing the global

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AE4RIA Research Seminar: Evidence from Economic Behavioral Experiments with African Farmers and Consumers: Methods, Insights, and Lessons Learned

7th Seminar on 20/05/2025. The AE4RIA Research Seminar Series, a webinar organised by Resees, Research Laboratory AUEB and Sustainable Development Unit – ATHENA RC, hosted by Prof. Dr. Phoebe

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The Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aeiphoria (AE4RIA) is an unofficial umbrella for the collaboration of the following institutions:

  • Research and Innovation Centres:
  • ReSEES LABORATORY -AUEB
  • S.D.U-ATHENA
  • DTU Management Department of Technology, Management and Economics Climate and Energy Policy Division
  • Stochastic Modeling and Applications Laboratory - AUEB
  • Innovation Acceleration Hubs:
  • SDSN Global Climate Hub
  • MENA Maritime Accelerator
  • Black Sea Accelerator
  • BRIGAID Connect Association
  • EIT Climate- KIC
  • Science - Policy Networks
  • Sustainable Development Solutions Network
  • SDSN Global Climate Hub
  • Sustainable Development Solutions Network Europe
  • Sustainable Development Solutions Network Greece
  • NEXUS Cluster
  • WATER EUROPE
  • Scientific Associations and Academies
  • European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
  • World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA)
  • Academia Europaea
  • World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)
  • InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)
  • European Academy of Sciences and Arts

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