Anantha Duraiappah served as the inaugural director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP), a UNESCO Category 1 Research Institute in the Asia Pacific from 2014 to 2023. He is also currently visiting professor in the Urban Institute at the Kyushu University, Japan, former visiting professor, University of Tokyo, Japan, a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), a fellow and member, World Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the advisory board, Journal - Indian Society of Ecological Economics. He has previously worked in senior positions at the United Nations University, United Nations Environment Programme, International Institute for Sustainable Development and was previously an academic at Vrije Universiteit, National University of Singapore and European University Institute. Dr. Duraiappah is also formally trained in the modern Japanese martial art of Kendo.
Education Duraiappah obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electronics University of Kent, England, in 1980, MBA in Finance, University of San Francisco America in 1983 and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Texas, Austin, America in 1991
Career Duraiappah was the director, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) from 2014 to December 2023. During his directorship the institute developed The International Science and Evidence based Education (ISEE) Assessment, LIBRE, theTalking across Generations on Education (TAGe) dialogue platform, the Knowledge Commons platform and the online SixthSpace.
He is also responsible for developing the Empathy, Mindfulness, Compassion, Critical inquiry (EMC2) model which is an approach on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Dr Anantha has also developed UNESCO MGIEP's Artificial Intelligence powered General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant learning platform, FramerSpace, now being used across many countries by schools, educators and students.
Duraiappah is also currently:
Visiting professor, Urban Institute at the Kyushu University, Japan Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Fellow and member, World Academy of Arts and Sciences Member of the advisory board, Journal - Indian Society of Ecological Economics. Co-chair of The International Science and Evidence based Education (ISEE) Assessment
Previous positions Position & OrganisationsCountry TenureExecutive Director, IHDP - United Nations UniversityGermany Jan’10 – Jun‘14Chief, Ecosystem Services and Economics Unit, UNEPKenya Jan’06 – Dec‘09 Director, Economic Policy and Senior Economist, International Institute for Sustainable DevelopmentCanadaMay’00 – Dec’05Senior Research Economist & Head of the Mathematical Modeling Group, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam Apr‘95 – Apr’00Lecturer in Economics, National University of SingaporeSingapore Mar‘93 – Mar’95Research Fellow, European Policy Unit, The European University Institute Italy Jan‘91 – Feb’93Executive Resident Officer, The Hong Kong and Shanghai BankMalaysiaMar‘84 – Jun’86
Published works
Bibliography Duraiappah, A.K and others. Ecology, Economy and Society: essays in honor of Kanchan Chopra. Springer, New Delhi, India. 2017. Duraiappah, A.K and others., The Inclusive Wealth Report 2014, IHDP-UNU and UNEP, Cambridge. University Press, 2014 Duraiappah, A.K et al., Satoyama-Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-being, United Nations University Press, Tokyo 2012 Duraiappah and others, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment., Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Island Press, 2005. Duraiappah, A.K., Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development, Dordrecht, Holland: Springer, Environmental Series, 2003. Duraiappah, A.K., Global Warming and Economic Development: A Holistic Approach to International Policy Cooperation and Coordination, Dordrecht, Holland: Springer, 1993. (Translated into Japanese 1995)
Articles
External links Research publications on Research Gate and Google Scholar Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP(
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