Phoebe Koundouri

Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri, is a pioneer of world-renowned human-centric, interdisciplinary systems for sustainable interaction between nature, society, and economy. A University of Cambridge MPhil and PhD, she held academic positions at the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Reading, and London School of Economics and Politics. She is currently a Professor in Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and at the Technical University of Denmark. She is ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University (19 books, 650 published papers) and she is member of the Nominating Committee for the Nobel Prize in Economics. She is the founder of the  Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aeiphoria (200 researchers, 100 research projects in 120 countries, incubating 300 spin-offs ), President past of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Chair of the World Council of Environmental Resource Economists Association, Director of Research Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability Laboratory at AUEB and the Sustainable Development Unit at Athena Information Technology Research Center, Chair of the SDSN Global Climate Hub (working in 195 countries), Co-chair of SDSN Europe (900 universities). She advises numerous international organizations including the UN, G20, World Bank, European Commission, EIB, EBRD, OECD, WHO, the Lancet COVID-19 Commission and governments worldwide. Her scientific honors include European Research Council ERC Synergy Grant, Academy of Athens Award, fellow of 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 - Fraternal Economy Section, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), European Forest Institute.