Professor Dr Phoebe Koundouri holds a PhD (2000), MSc (1996) and MPhil (1995) in economics from the University of Cambridge (UK). She is professor in economic and econometric theory and applications (with special emphasis on natural resources, energy and the environment) at the School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece). She is also founder and scientific director of the research laboratory ReSEES: Research on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability at the same University.

She is an affiliated professor at the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center, Greece, where she directs the EIT Climate KIC of Greece. She is the co-chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Network - Greece. She is the founder and scientific chair of the International Center for Research on the Economy and the Environment (ICRE8).  She is a visiting professor at the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London School of Economics (UK).

Professor Dr Phoebe Koundouri has published 15 edited books and monographs, and hundreds of scientific papers, and has coordinated hundreds of large interdisciplinary and international research projects.