Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri is recognized as a world-class pioneer in innovative, human-centric, interdisciplinary systems for the sustainable interaction between nature, society, and the economy. She is Professor in Economics at the School of Economics and Director of ReSEES Laboratory at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). She is also Research Professor at the Technology, Management and Economics Department at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) co-leading the Climate and Energy Division. She is Director of the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) at ATHENA Information Technology Research Center.
She holds a MPhil and a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge and has held academic positions at the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Reading, and London School of Economics. She has published 15 books and more than 600 scientific papers, including publications in Nature, the Lancet, and top ranked economics and econometric journals. She co-edited several prestigious academic journals, including Nature Climate Action and Environmental and Resources Economics. She organized numerous international scientific conferences, supervised more than 30 PhD students, and gave keynote speeches and public lectures across the world.
In 2019, she was elected President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) and she is now chairing the World Council of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists Associations (WCERE). She is the director of the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aeiphoria (AE4RIA), linking the research and innovation work of 5 research centers, 5 innovations accelerators and numerous science-policy networks, with more than 200 researchers and 100 large interdisciplinary competitively funded projects involved (with applications 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 is commissioner for the Lancet Commission on COVID19 Recovery and an invited member of the Program on Fraternal Economy of Integral and Sustainable Development of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. In 2022 she received the prestigious European Research Council Synergy Grant and in 2023, she was awarded the Academy of Athens Excellence in Science Award, given every four years. She is elected fellow of Academia Europae, World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) , European Academy of Sciences and Arts, InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) , and member of the Nominating Committee for the Prize in Economics Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, The Royal Swedish Academy of Science.
