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Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Prosperity<\/a> at University College London (UCL)<\/a> and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, she served as CEO of ag-tech start-up Downforce Technologies Limited<\/a>, which uses remote sensing to measure and account for the true value of natural capital on land. She previously acted as a climate change negotiator for the Dominican Republic, focusing on adaptation and loss & damage, and was a delegate to COP19\u2013COP21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kubiszewski has authored over 200 publications, including over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and six books, with her work cited more than 20,000 times. She was the founding Managing Editor of Solutions<\/em> and is now Executive Editor of The Solutions<\/em> journal. She also co-founded the Encyclopedia of Earth<\/em> and serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including The Anthropocene Review<\/a><\/em>, Energies<\/a><\/em>, and PeerJ<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is a full member of the Club of Rome<\/a> and the Balaton Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kubiszewski holds a B.A. in Astronomy and Physics and an M.A. in Energy and Environmental Analysis from Boston University, and a PhD from the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional links: Google Scholar<\/a> and ORCID<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For additional information, see my full Curriculum Vitae (CV)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Work Experience<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2010 \u2014 Ph.D.<\/strong> in Natural Resources
University of Vermont<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2007 \u2014 MA<\/strong> in Energy & Environmental Analysis
Boston University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2005 \u2014 <\/strong>BA in Astronomy & Physics
Boston University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Other Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2016<\/strong> \u2014 Homeward Bound Leadership and Outreach Initiative<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2010 \u2014 Certificate<\/strong> in Ecological Economics
University of Vermont<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022 – Present<\/strong>
Associate Professor
<\/strong>Institute for Global Prosperity<\/a>, University College London
London, UK<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2020 – 20<\/strong>21
Founding CEO<\/strong>
Downforce Technologies Limited<\/a>
Oxford, UK<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2013 – 2021<\/strong>
Associate Professor
<\/strong>Crawford School of Public Policy<\/a>, Australian National University
Canberra, Australia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2010 – 20<\/strong>12
Assistant Research Professor<\/strong>
Institute for Sustainable Solutions<\/a>, Portland State University
Portland, USA<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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20<\/strong>09
Visiting Graduate Research Assistant<\/strong>
Centre for Ecological Economics, Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Editorial Position<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2026 \u2013 Present
Executive Editor<\/strong>
The Solutions<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019 \u2013 Present
Associate Editor<\/strong>
Anthropocene Review<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019 \u2013 2026
Section Editor<\/strong>
Energies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019 \u2013 2023
Associate Editor<\/strong>
Solutions<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2017 \u2013 Present
Editorial Board<\/strong>
PeerJ<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2011 \u2013 Present
Editorial Board<\/strong>
Ecosystem Services<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Other Positions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2023 \u2013 Present
Executive Committee<\/strong>
Club of Rome<\/a>
Winterthur, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022 \u2013 Present
Member of Science Working Group
<\/strong>Economics of Land Degradation<\/a>
GIZ, Bonn, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022 \u2013 2024
Chair of the Advisory Board<\/strong>. Downforce Technologies Limited<\/a>
Oxford, UK<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019 \u2013 Present
Member of the Research Strategy Group<\/strong>
Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity<\/a>
University of York, UK<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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