Phoebe Koundouri, is a world-renowned environmental economics professor and global leader in sustainable development.
She is widely recognized as a pioneer in innovative, human-centric, interdisciplinary systems for the sustainable interaction between nature, society, and the economy.
She is listed in the most-cited women economists in the world, included within the official Stanford University list of the Top 2 % of world scientists, with 15 published books and more than 500 published peer reviewed scientific articles, book chapters, research and policy reports.
She is elected member of the World Academy of Art & Science,
She is President of the European Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists
She has received numerous international awards for academic excellence, including the prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant (2020).
With 100 European/Global research projects/initiatives and a team of 200 researchers, her work defines policies and supports human well-being across the globe.
She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has been affiliated as researcher and lecturer with Cambridge, UCL, LSE, University of Reading.