Dr Alexandros Gasparatos

Dr Alexandros Gasparatos 

Alex was a James Martin research fellow working with Prof. Kathy Willis at the Biodiversity Institute in the Department of Zoology.

His PhD thesis was in the broad area of ecological economics. Before joining the Biodiversity Institute, Alex spent three years at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University (UNU-IAS) in Yokohama initially as a Canon Foundation Fellow and subsequently as a JSPS-UNU Fellow.

Alex is an ecological economist whose research interests lie in the development and refinement of sustainability assessment and ecosystem services valuation methods. He is also conducting research on biofuels, energy policy, food security, natural disasters, urban metabolism and urban biodiversity in countries such as Brazil, Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Selected Publications

Romeu-Dalmau C, Gasparatos A, von Maltitz G, Graham A, Almagro-Garcia J, Wilebore B, Willis K. 2016. Impacts of land use change due to biofuel crops on climate regulation services: five case studies in Malawi, Mozambique and Swaziland. Biomass and Bioenergy. DOI:10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.05.011

Alexandros Gasparatos, S Mudombi, BS Balde, Graham P Von Maltitz, FX Johnson, C Romeu-Dalmau, C Jumbe, C Ochieng, D Luhanga, A Nyambane, C Rossignoli, MP Jarzebski, R Dam Lam, EB Dompreh, KJ Willis, Local food security impacts of biofuel crop production in southern Africa, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 154 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111875

Stromberg, P, Esteban, M, Gasparatos, A, 2011. Climate change effects on mitigation measures: The case of extreme wind events and Philippines’ biofuel plan.Environmental Science and Policy, 14, 1079-1090

Gasparatos, A., Stromberg, P., Takeuchi, K., 2011. Biofuels, ecosystem services and human wellbeing. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 142, 111-128.