Ida Kubiszewski

Associate Professor 

UCL Institute for Global Prosperity

Biography

I am currently an Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).

In 2021, I was the CEO of ag-tech start-up call Downforce Technologies Ltd. (https://www.ecobalance.io/). Downforce Technologies uses remote sensing data to measure and account for the true value of natural capital on land. I was also a climate change negotiator for the Dominican Republic, following adaptation and loss and damage. from the 19th through 21st Conference of Parties.

I am the Associate Editor for The Anthropocene Review, Energies, and Solutions. I am also on the Editorial Board of the journals Ecosystem Services and PeerJ. I am also a lead author of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) on the Global Assessment Chapter.

Research

As an ecological economist, my research focuses on ecosystem services and how they can be integrated into decision making at all scales. My other research focus is looking at measures of wellbeing and prosperity, specifically alternatives to GPD.

I tweet at: @ida_kub

Publication Highlights 

Kubiszewski, I., Mulder, K., Jarvis, D., & Costanza, R. (2021). Toward better measurement of sustainable development and wellbeing: A small number of SDG indicators reliably predict life satisfaction. Sustainable Development, pp. 1–10.

Kubiszewski, I., Jarvis, D. and Zakariyya, N. (2019). Spatial variations in contributors to life satisfaction: An Australian case study. Ecological Economics, 164, 106345.

Kubiszewski, I., Zakariyya, N. and Jarvis, D. (2019). Measuring wellbeing at different spatial scales for individuals satisfied and dissatisfied with life. PeerJ, 7, e6502.

Kubiszewski, I., Costanza, R., Anderson, S. and Sutton, P. (2017). The future value of ecosystem services: Global scenarios and national implications. Ecosystem Services, 26, pp. 289-301.

Kubiszewski, I., Costanza, R., Franco, C., Lawn, P., Talberth, J., Jackson, T. and Aylmer, C. (2013). Beyond GDP: Measuring and Achieving Global Genuine Progress. Ecological Economics, 93, pp. 57-68.

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