About the Editor and Contributors
The Editor
Phoebe Koundouri holds a PhD and MPhil in Economics and Econometrics from
the University of Cambridge (UK). She is Professor (Chair) of Economics in the
School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece), and
she is the elected President of the European Association of Environmental and
Natural Resource Economists (EAERE) (with more than 1200 scientific member
institutions, from more than 75 different countries). Prof. Koundouri is listed in the
most-cited women economists in the world, with 15 published books and more than
300 peer reviewed scientific papers.
Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is the Founder and Scientific Director of the Research
laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability (ReSEES, https://
www.dept.aueb.gr/en/ReSEES) at Athens University of Economics and Business.
She is also Affiliated Professor at the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center
(Greece), where she directs EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece (https://www.climate-kic.
org/) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, focusing on accelerating innovations for the transition to a climate neutral economy. She is also the
Co-chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Network Europe
(UN SDSN Europe, https://www.unsdsn.org/), Chair of the Scientific Advisory
Board of the International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy
(ICRE8, http://icre8.eu/), and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the
European Forest Institute (https://efi.int/).
In the past, Professor Koundouri has held academic positions at the University of
Cambridge, University College London, University of Reading and London School
of Economics. She acts as an advisor to the European Commission, World Bank,
EIB, EBRD, OECD, UN, NATO, WHO, etc. numerous national and international
foundations and organizations, as well as national governments in all five continents.
She is one of the Commissioner of the Lancet Commission on COVID-19 (https://
covid19commission.org/commissioners) for which she co-chairs the “Jobs-based
Green Recovery Task Force”, she co-leads the UN SDSN Sustainable Ports and
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The Editor
Phoebe Koundouri holds a PhD and MPhil in Economics and Econometrics from
the University of Cambridge (UK). She is Professor (Chair) of Economics in the
School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece), and
she is the elected President of the European Association of Environmental and
Natural Resource Economists (EAERE) (with more than 1200 scientific member
institutions, from more than 75 different countries). Prof. Koundouri is listed in the
most-cited women economists in the world, with 15 published books and more than
300 peer reviewed scientific papers.
Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is the Founder and Scientific Director of the Research
laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability (ReSEES, https://
www.dept.aueb.gr/en/ReSEES) at Athens University of Economics and Business.
She is also Affiliated Professor at the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center
(Greece), where she directs EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece (https://www.climate-kic.
org/) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, focusing on accelerating innovations for the transition to a climate neutral economy. She is also the
Co-chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Network Europe
(UN SDSN Europe, https://www.unsdsn.org/), Chair of the Scientific Advisory
Board of the International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy
(ICRE8, http://icre8.eu/), and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the
European Forest Institute (https://efi.int/).
In the past, Professor Koundouri has held academic positions at the University of
Cambridge, University College London, University of Reading and London School
of Economics. She acts as an advisor to the European Commission, World Bank,
EIB, EBRD, OECD, UN, NATO, WHO, etc. numerous national and international
foundations and organizations, as well as national governments in all five continents.
She is one of the Commissioner of the Lancet Commission on COVID-19 (https://
covid19commission.org/commissioners) for which she co-chairs the “Jobs-based
Green Recovery Task Force”, she co-leads the UN SDSN Sustainable Ports and
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