RESEES: Research tEam on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability

RESEES: Research tEam on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability

Director: Assistant Professor (Dr.) Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

RESEES does theoretical and empirical research that supports the understanding and implementation of Sustainable (Green) Development (SD). SD is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. We perceive SD to mean the achievement of: (a) Environmental/ Ecological Sustainability and (b) Socio-Economic Sustainability.

RESEES's main research areas:

Environmental and Natural Resources Economics and Management, focusing on Water Resources, Climate Change, Fisheries, Forests, Biodiversity, Waste.

Economic Sustainability, Cost-Benefit Analysis of Long-Term Effects, Long-Run Discounting, focusing on Climate Change.

Applied Micro-Econometrics: Measurement of preferences under uncertainty.

Experimental Economics: Lap experiments in valuing public goods.

Non-Market Valuation: Choice Experiments, Hedonic Price Analysis, Contingent Valuation.

Agricultural Economics and Finance.

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Natural Resources Management and Policy.

Director: Assistant Professor (Dr.) Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International and European Economic Studies.

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Assistant Prof. Dr. Phoebe Koundouri holds a PhD (2000), MPhil (1995) and MSc (1996) in Economics from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a BA in Economics (1994) from the University of Leicester (UK).

She is Assistant Professor at the Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece) since 2005, while in 2009 she was elected tenured Assistant Professor in the same department. She is also the Director of the Athens University of Economics and Business Research tEam on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability (www.aueb.gr/users/koundouri/resees/). She is also elected Council Member of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE, www.eaere.org) and EAERE Newsletter Editor (www.eaere.org/newsletter.html). She is also Core Member of the Scientific Committee of the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation (http://www.latsis-foundation.org/en/102/projects_2012_-_scientific_evaluation_committee.html). She was College Lecturer at the University of Cambridge (1996-1999), Lecturer at the Economics Department of University College London (1999-2000) and Lecturer B (with tenure) at the Economics Department of the University of Reading (2000-2005). She was Research Associate at University of Cambridge, University College London, London Business School and University of Cyprus. She was a visiting Professor at the Université Toulouse 1 Sciences Sociales (France) and The Cyprus Institute (Cyprus).

Her main research interests are: Environmental and Natural Resources Economics and Management focusing on Water Resources, Climate Change, Fisheries, Forests, Biodiversity, Waste. Long-Run Discounting, Economic Sustainability and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Long-Term Effects, focusing on Climate Change. Applied Micro-Econometrics: measurement of preferences under uncertainty. Experimental Economics: Lab experiments in valuing public goods. Non-Market Valuation: Choice experiments, hedonic price analysis, contingent valuation. Agricultural Economics and Finance. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Natural Resources Management and Policy.

She has published 10 edited books and more than 180 articles in edited volumes and academic journals (including leading journals such as: Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Economic Policy, Land Economics, Ecological Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Water Resources Research, Southern Economic Journal, etc.) mainly in the field of environmental and resource economics, as well as in the field of applied econometrics, economic development and policy. She has also presented more than 200 papers in scientific conferences (published in relevant proceedings). She is ranked among the top 5% authors in IDEAS: http://ideas.repec.org/e/c/pko155.html according to the criteria of distinct number of works. She is a highly cited author in her scientific field and associate editor and editorial board member in eight academic journals, including the journal of Economics-ejournal, Environmental Science and Technology, the Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Environment and Development Economics (2005-2010). She has coordinated and/or participated in more than 40 research projects on natural resources management issues funded by the European Commission (mainly DG Research and DG Environment), the World Bank, OECD, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, UN, NATO, WHO as well as many other international and national organizations and governments of developed and developing countries. She has organized a number of international conferences mainly in the field of water resource economics and management. She has given public and academic lecturers all over the world, and received scholarships and prizes for academic excellence from various academic institutions and foundations. She is included in various Who’s Who. She has recently received the 2009 Publication Award of the European Association of Agricultural Economists.

Phoebe Koundouri was born in Cyprus in 1974. She is married to Prof. Nikitas Pittis. They have two daughters, Chrysilia and Bellie, and live in Kifisia, Athens.

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