Phoebe Kountouri

Professor Phoebe Kountouri serves as Professor in the Department of International and European Economic Studies at Athens University of Economics and Business, Visiting Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Cambridge, and Senior Research Fellow at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge.

Her educational background includes an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge. She has held faculty positions at Cambridge, UCL, LSE, Reading (UK), and the Technical University of Denmark.

Professor Kountouri specializes in developing human-centered mathematical systems for sustainable interactions between nature, society, and the economy. Her research spans environmental economics, climate policy, and resource management, with emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to global sustainability challenges. She has influenced socio-economic strategies across 120 countries through integrated research and policy implementation.

Her major awards include the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant, the quadrennial Academy of Athens Best Scientist Award, and the World Ambassador of Happiness and Peace title awarded by the Indian government. She also serves as ERC Ambassador.

• President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
• President of the UN Global Climate Hub - SDSN (2,000 universities)
• Co-President of SDSN Europe (900 universities)

Professor Kountouri advises the United Nations, G20, World Bank, European Commission, EIB, EBRD, OECD, and WHO. She directs the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Aephoria (AE4RIA) with 200 researchers and participates in the Lancet COVID-19 Commission and Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.