Chapter 1: Introduction to the Oceans of Tomorrow: The Transition to SustainabilityCorresponding author: Phoebe Koundouri
Other Authors: Vassiliki Manoussi, Lydia Papadaki
Chapter 2: Stakeholder involvement in technological design: Lessons learned from the MERMAID and TROPOS projects
Corresponding author: Marian Stuiver
Other Authors: Sander van den Burg, Wenting Chen, Claire Haggett, David Rudolph,
Chapter 3: Comparative Financial Analysis of marine multi-purpose platforms projects: MERMAID and TROPOS projects
Corresponding author: Saúl Torres-Ortega Other Authors: Pedro Díaz-Simal, Fernando Del-Jesus, Raúl Guanche, Phoebe Koundouri
Chapter 4: Social acceptance and socioeconomic effects of Multi-Use Offshore Developments: Theory and Applications in MERMAID and TROPOS projects
Corresponding author: Wenting Chen
Other Authors: Phoebe Koundouri, Osiel González Dávila, Claire Haggett, David Ruldoph, Shiau-Yun Lu, Chia-Fa Chi 8, Jason Yu8, Lars Golmen1, Yung-Hsiang Ying
Chapter 5: An interdisciplinary web-based Decision Support System for socio-economic assessment of marine investments: The MERMAID project Corresponding author: Evita Mailli
Other Authors: Petros Xepapadeas, Phoebe Koundouri
Chapter 6: Techno- and socio-economic models of production with application to aquaculture: Results from the BlueBRIDGE Project
Corresponding author: Gerasimos Antzoulatos
Other Authors: Charalampos Dimitrakopoulos, Eleni Petra, Stella Tsani, Phoebe Koundouri
Chapter 7: Increasing land-sea synergies and coastal-rural collaboration for a healthy ocean: The COASTAL project
Corresponding author: Ebun Akinsete Other Authors: Alice Guittard, Phoebe Koundouri
Chapter 8: Monetary and Non-Monetary Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services in Marine Protected Areas
Corresponding author: Lydia Stergiopoulou
Other Authors: Phoebe Koundouri, Achilleas Vassilopoulos
Chapter 9: Tackling single-use-plastic products in the Easter Mediterranean Sea: The BL.EU Climate and MedFreeSup projects
Corresponding author: Phoebe Koundouri Other Authors: Lydia Papadaki, Alice Guittard, Elias Demian, Ebun Akinsete
Chapter 10: Sustainable Shipping: Levers of Change
Corresponding author: Andreas Papandreou
Other Authors: Phoebe Koundouri, Lydia Papadaki
Chapter 11: New Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Ports: The Deep Demonstration in Maritime Hubs project
Corresponding author: Vera Alexandropoulou
Other Authors: Phoebe Koundouri, Lydia Papadaki, Klimanthia Kontaxaki Chapter 12: Circular Economy in National Smart Specialization Strategies: The case of Greece
Corresponding author: Lena Tsipouri
Other Authors: Lydia Papadaki, Maria D. Argirou, Phoebe Koundouri
Chapter 13: Conclusions and Recommendations
Corresponding author: Phoebe Koundouri
Other Authors: Lydia Papadaki
About the Author: The Volume Editor, Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri holds a PhD and MPhil in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Cambridge (UK). She is Professor (Chair) of Sustainable Development (Economics and Econometrics) at the School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece) and she is the elected President of the European Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists (EAERE) (with more than 1200 scientific member institutions, from more than 75 different countries). Prof. Koundouri is listed in the 1% of most-cited women economists in the world, with 15 published books and more than 250 published scientific papers. She also edited volume 1 of "The Ocean of Tomorrow" with subtitle "Investment Assessment of Multi-Use Offshore Platforms: Methodology and Applications" (ISBN 978-3-319-55770-0) which was published by Springer in 2017.
Prof. Phoebe Koundouri is also the Founder and Scientific Director of the Research laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability (ReSEES) at the Athens University of Economics and Business and an affiliated Professor at the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center (Greece) where she directs EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. She is also the co-chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Network Greece (UN SDSN Greece), chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy (ICRE8) and chair of the scientific advisory board of the European Forest Institute.
In the past, Professor Koundouri has held academic positions at the University of Cambridge, University College London, the University of Reading and the London School of Economics. She acts as an advisor to the European Commission, World Bank, EIB, EBRD, OECD, UN, NATO, WHO, numerous national and international foundations and organizations, as well as national governments in all five continents. Notably she is currently member of the drafting Priministerial Committee for 10-year development plan for Greece, as well as in the Climate Change Committee of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy. She holds a global leadership role in the UN SDSN for European Green Deal (EGD) implementation, Sustainable SHipping and Ports, 4-seas Blue Growth Initiative and is leader (together with Prof. Jeff Sachs) of the Senior Working Group on Transformation Pathways for the implementation of EGD. She is also a member of the CEPR (Center for European and Policy Research) Network (RPN) on Climate Changes. Since 1997, she has coordinated more than 77 interdisciplinary research projects and has attracted significant competitive research funding. Professor Koundouri and her large interdisciplinary team have produced research and policy results that have contributed to accelerating the research commercialization for the sustainability transition in Europe, as well as shaping European policies. Over the last two decades, Professor Koundouri has given keynote and public lecturers all over the world and received various prizes for academic excellence.
