Associate Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science
Alexandros Gasparatos
Profile
Alexandros Gasparatos is Associate Professor at the Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), University of Tokyo. Before joining IR3S he conducted research at the University of Oxford (2011-2013), the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University (UNU-IAS) (2008-2011) and the University of Dundee (2006-2008). During this period he has held a Marie Curie Research Fellowship (University of Oxford), a James Martin Research Fellowship (University of Oxford), a JSPS-UNU Research Fellowship (UNU-IAS), a Canon Foundation Research Fellowship (UNU-IAS) and an EPSRC-funded research position (University of Dundee). His background is in Chemistry (BSc, University of Patras, 2004), Environmental Sciences (MSc, Imperial College London, 2005) and Ecological Economics (PhD, University of Dundee, 2009).
Research interests
As an ecological economist I am interested in the development, refinement and application of sustainability assessment and ecosystem services valuation tools. I have applied such tools in different topics such as biofuels, food/energy security, energy policy, green economy, natural disasters, urban biodiversity and urban metabolism and in geographical contexts as diverse as Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Malawi, Mozambique, Philippines and the UK.
Research Projects
- Unraveling biofuel impacts on ecosystem services, human wellbeing and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa (jointly with the University of Oxford, SEI Stockholm, CSIR South Africa and CARD Malawi)