CyI Seminar: Sustainable (Green) Development: An Applied Socio-Economic Framework

Dates: 
2 September, 2010 - 18:00
Speaker(s): 
Dr. Phoebe Koundouri, Assistant Professor at the Dept. of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Venue: 
The Cyprus Institute, Guy Ourisson Building, Athalassa Campus, Nicosia (former Higher Technical Institute - HTI, grounds)
Abstract

The implementation of Sustainable (Green) Development is very high in the agenda of most countries of the developed and developing world, as well as most International and National Organizations. However, there is little guidance as to how a government can practically implement such a development model.
This is an artefact of the confusion that is documented in the relevant theoretical and applied literature. In this seminar Dr. Koundouri will propose an explicit and readily implementable socio-economic framework, which can guide an economy's way towards implementing environmentally, economically and socially sustainable (green) development (at various spatial and time scales).

Short Biography

Dr. Phoebe Koundouri holds a BA from the University of Leicester, UK, (1994) and an MPhil (1995), MSc (1996) and PhD (2000) in Economics from the University of Cambridge, UK. During 1997-2005, she has held academic positions (as lecturer A and B) at the Economics Departments of the University of Cambridge, London Business School, University College London, and University of Reading. She has published eight books and more than eighty articles in edited volumes and academic journals (including leading journals such as: The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Economic Policy, Water Resources Research, etc.) mainly in the field of environmental, resource and agricultural economics, as well as in the field of applied econometrics, economic development and policy. She has coordinated a number of research projects and has been a consultant to the European Commission, the World Bank, OECD, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, UN, NATO, as well as many other international and national organizations and governments of developed and developing countries. She has given public and academic lecturers all over the world, and received scholarships and prizes for academic excellence from various institutions and foundations.

For more information contact Christina Roditou, tel. +357 22208600, email. c [dot] roditou [at] cyi [dot] ac [dot] cy