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Biography

Dr. Robert Costanza is a professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Resilience Center, an Affiliate Fellow at the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, a deTao Master of Ecological Economics at the deTao Masters Academy, China, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Royal Society of Arts (UK), and an Ambassador of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll)
Professor Costanza’s transdisciplinary research integrates the study of humans and the rest of nature to address research, policy and management issues at multiple time and space scales, from small watersheds to the global system. His areas of expertise include: ecological economics, ecosystem services, landscape ecology, integrated ecological and socioeconomic modelling, energy and material flow analysis, environmental policy, social traps and addictions, incentive structures and institutions.
He is co-founder and past-president of the International Society for Ecological Economics, and founding editor of the society’s journal, Ecological Economics. He currently serves on the editorial board of ten other international academic journals. He is also founding editor-in-chief of Solutions a unique hybrid academic/popular journal and editor in chief of The Anthropocene Review.
Professor Costanza is the author or co-author of over 600 scientific papers and 28 books. His work has been cited more than 130,000 times in Google Scholar with an h-index of 135. More than 350 interviews and reports on his work have appeared in various popular media and he has written over 75 articles for the popular press.

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Employment (6)

University College London: London, GB

2022-01-01 to present | Professor (Institute for Global Prosperity)
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Australian National University: Canberra, ACT, AU

2013-01-09 to 2021-12-31 | Professor and Chair in Public Policy (Crawford School of Public Policy)
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Portland State University: Portland, OR, US

2010 to 2012 | Distinguished University Professor of Sustainability (Institute for Sustainable Solutions)
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University of Vermont: Burlington, VT, US

2002 to 2010 | Professor and Director (Gund Institute for Ecological Economics)
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University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Cambridge, MD, US

1988 to 2002 | Professor (Chesapeake Biological Lab)
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Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge, LA, US

1980 to 1988 | Associate Professor (Coastal Ecology Lab)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

1975 to 1979-06-09 | Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering Sciences)
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University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

1973 to 1974 | MA (Architecture)
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University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

1971 to 1973 | BA (Architecture)
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Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN, US

1968 to 1970 (Aerospace Engineering)
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Peer review (6 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Ambio. (1)
Review activity for Ecological economics. (1)
Review activity for Environmental management. (1)
Review activity for Journal of cleaner production. (2)
Review activity for Ocean and coastal management. (1)