Jasper Kenter

Reverend Professor Jasper Kenter is an Honorary Fellow at the University of York and Professorial Research Fellow at Aberystwyth University. He directs Ecologos Research Ltd, a social enterprise, and serves as a spiritual counsellor and One Spirit Interfaith Minister. His work bridges ecological economics, environmental management, and interdisciplinary sustainability research, focusing on values around nature and transformative economic frameworks.

Kenter’s research explores how values shape environmental decision-making, integrating economics, ethics, and spirituality. He has led major projects like the EU Horizon PERICLES and MERIKA initiatives, contributing to marine and coastal sustainability. His leadership in the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (2012-2014) and IPBES Values Assessment (2018-2022) underscores his global impact. He holds adjunct roles at multiple universities and has been recognized with awards from the European Society for Ecological Economics and Society for Conservation Biology.

• Education & Roles: Former Reader in Deliberative Ecological Economics at York, Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh (2015-2018), and Principal Investigator at the Scottish Association for Marine Science.
• Research Focus: Sustainable development, cultural ecosystem services, and participatory methods for integrating values into policy. Notable contributions include deliberative monetary valuation and frameworks for plural values.
• Awards: Awards for work in the Solomon Islands and nominations for Royal Town Planning Institute awards. Recognized for cross-disciplinary environmental values research.
• Grants & Projects: Funded by EU, UK, Norwegian, and Finnish research councils. Led projects on maritime heritage, marine renewables, and ecosystem-based management.
• Labs/Teams: Ecologos Research Ltd, a platform for applied sustainability research and community engagement.

His 50+ peer-reviewed publications span transformative economics, cultural heritage, and deliberative valuation methodologies. Kenter advocates for holistic wellbeing in policy, emphasizing the need for systemic change in economic paradigms to address global crises.