Anantha Duraiappah Explained

Anantha Duraiappah
Honorific Prefix:Professor Dr.
Office:Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)
Term Start:2014
Nationality:Malaysian
Alma Mater:Ph.D. in Economics, University of Texas, Austin

MBA in Finance, University of San Francisco

Bachelor of Science in Electronics, University of Kent, England

Anantha Duraiappah has 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 since 2014.[1] [2] [3] 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.[4] [5] He has previously worked in senior positions at the United Nations University, United Nations Environment Progamme, International Institute for Sustainable Development and was previously an academic at Vrije Universiteit, National University of Singapore and European University Institute.[6] [7] [8] [9] Dr. Duraiappah is also formally trained in the modern Japanese martial art of Kendo.

Education

Duraiappah obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electronics[10] University of Kent, England, in 1980,[11] MBA in Finance, University of San Francisco[12] America in 1983 and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Texas, Austin, America[13] in 1991[14]

Career

Duraiappah has been the director, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) since 2014.[15] During his directorship the institute has developed The International Science and Evidence based Education (ISEE) Assessment,[16] [17] LIBRE,[18] theTalking across Generations on Education (TAGe)[19] dialogue platform, the Knowledge Commons [20] platform and the online SixthSpace.[21]

He is also responsible for developing the Empathy, Mindfulness, Compassion, Critical inquiry (EMC2) model which is an approach on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).[22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] Dr Anantha has also developed UNESCO MGIEP's Artificial Intelligence powered General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant learning platform, FramerSpace,[29] now being used across many countries by schools, educators and students.[30] [31]

Duraiappah is also currently:

Previous positions

Position & OrganisationsCountry Tenure
Executive Director, IHDP - United Nations University Jan’10 – Jun‘14
Chief, Ecosystem Services and Economics Unit, UNEPKenya Jan’06 – Dec‘09 
Director, Economic Policy and Senior Economist, International Institute for Sustainable DevelopmentCanadaMay’00 – Dec’05
Senior Research Economist & Head of the Mathematical Modeling Group, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit[33] Apr‘95 – Apr’00
Lecturer in Economics, National University of SingaporeMar‘93 – Mar’95
Research Fellow, European Policy Unit, The European University Institute Italy Jan‘91 – Feb’93
Executive Resident Officer, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank[34] MalaysiaMar‘84 – Jun’86

Published works 

Bibliography

Articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-09-26. About the Education Sector. live. 2021-08-24. UNESCO. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180705073756/https://en.unesco.org/themes/education/about-us . 2018-07-05 .
  2. Web site: UNESCO MGIEP Building Social and Emotional Learning for Education 2030. 2021-08-24. UNESCO MGIEP.
  3. Web site: UNESCO. live. 2021-08-25. UNESCO. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20121008042337/http://en.unesco.org:80/ . 2012-10-08 .
  4. Web site: IR3S The University of Tokyo Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science » Anantha Kumar Duraiappah. 2021-08-24. ja.
  5. Web site: General Listing World Academy of Art & Science. 2021-08-24. www.worldacademy.org. 2019-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328062055/http://worldacademy.org/view/general-listing. dead.
  6. Web site: Anantha Kumar Duraiappah - United Nations University. 2021-08-24. unu.edu.
  7. Web site: Anantha Kumar Duraiappah - Our World. 2021-08-24. ourworld.unu.edu.
  8. Welcome to Nexus . Nexus . April 2002 . 1 . 1 .
  9. Web site: Anantha's UN Profile. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170103052430/http://in.one.un.org:80/page/un-team/ . 2017-01-03 .
  10. Web site: Join our world. 2021-08-24. University of Kent - University of Kent. en-GB.
  11. Web site: LinkedIn.
  12. Web site: University of San Francisco. 2021-08-24. University of San Francisco. en.
  13. Web site: The University of Texas at Austin. 2021-08-25. The University of Texas at Austin. en.
  14. Web site: 2016-10-26. Prof. Dr. Anantha Duraiappah. live. 2021-08-25. UNESCO. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428011330/http://en.unesco.org:80/internet-and-radicalization-youth-preventing-acting-and-living-together/prof-dr-anantha-duraiappah . 2017-04-28 .
  15. Web site: Office of the Director. 2021-08-24. UNESCO MGIEP.
  16. Duraiappah. Anantha. van Atteveldt. Nienke. Asah. Stanley. Borst. Gregoire. Bugden. Stephanie. Buil. J. Marieke. Ergas. Oren. Fraser. Stephen. Mercier. Julien. Restrepo Mesa. Juan Felipe. Mizala. Alejandra. 2021-03-01. The International Science and Evidence-based Education Assessment. npj Science of Learning. 6. 1. 7. 2021npjSL...6....7D. 10.1038/s41539-021-00085-9. 2056-7936. 7921552. 33649341.
  17. Web site: International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment (ISEEA). 2021-08-25. UNESCO MGIEP.
  18. Web site: Libre. 2021-08-24. UNESCO MGIEP.
  19. Web site: Talking Across Generations on Education (TAGe). 2021-08-24. UNESCO MGIEP.
  20. Web site: UNESCO MGIEP's Knowledge Commons. 2021-08-25. UNESCO MGIEP.
  21. Web site: SixthSpace. 2021-08-25. UNESCO MGIEP.
  22. Web site: Capacity Building for Social and Emotional Learning. 2021-08-25. UNESCO MGIEP.
  23. Web site: Social and Emotional Learning for K-12. 2021-08-25. UNESCO MGIEP.
  24. Web site: Social and Emotional Learning for Youth. 2021-08-25. UNESCO MGIEP.
  25. Web site: SEL for Everyone. 2021-08-25. UNESCO MGIEP.
  26. Web site: Goal 4 Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2021-08-25. sdgs.un.org.
  27. Web site: Target 4.7 Global Citizenship – Technical Cooperation Group on the Indicators for SDG 4. 2021-08-25. en-US.
  28. Web site: Review and Assessments for SDG 4.7. 2021-08-25. UNESCO MGIEP.
  29. Web site: FramerSpace: Empowering Learners. 2021-08-24. FramerSpace.
  30. Web site: Involving AI to boost wholesome education. 2021-11-14. The New Indian Express.
  31. Web site: Starting Early: Education To Nurture World Peace. 2021-11-14. Asia Society. en.
  32. Web site: INSEE. 2021-09-06. en-US.
  33. Web site: Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). 2021-08-25. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. en.
  34. Web site: HSBC Hong Kong - Accounts, Insurance, Credit Cards, Loans. 2021-08-25. www.hsbc.com.hk. en-hk.
  35. Book: Ecology, Economy and Society: Essays in Honour of Kanchan Chopra. 2018. Springer Singapore. 978-981-10-5674-1. Dayal. Vikram. en. Duraiappah. Anantha. Nawn. Nandan.
  36. Web site: Inclusive Wealth Report 2014 Natural resource and environmental economics. 2021-08-24. Cambridge University Press. en.
  37. Book: Duraiappah. Anantha Kumar. Satoyama–Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes of Japan. Nakamura. Koji. Takeuchi. Kazuhiko. Watanabe. Masataka. Nishi. Maiko. 2012. UNU Press. 978-92-808-1210-7.
  38. Web site: Ecosystems and human well-being-Synthesis: A report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 2021-08-25. scholar.google.co.in.
  39. Book: Duraiappah, A. K.. Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development. 2003. Springer Netherlands. 978-1-4020-1773-5. Economy & Environment. en.
  40. Book: Duraiappah, A. K.. Global Warming and Economic Development: A Holistic Approach to International Policy Co-operation and Co-ordination. 1993. Springer Netherlands. 978-0-7923-2149-1. Advances in Computational Economics. en.

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