Professor Dr. Anantha Duraiappah | |
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Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Personal details | |
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.
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[11] and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Texas, Austin, America[13] in 1991[14]
Duraiappah has been the director, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) since 2014.[2][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:
Position & Organisations | Country | Tenure |
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Executive Director, IHDP - United Nations University[6] | Germany | Jan’10 – Jun‘14 |
Chief, Ecosystem Services and Economics Unit, UNEP[7] | Kenya | Jan’06 – Dec‘09 |
Director, Economic Policy and Senior Economist, International Institute for Sustainable Development[8] | Canada | May’00 – Dec’05 |
Senior Research Economist & Head of the Mathematical Modeling Group, Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit[33][11] | Amsterdam | Apr‘95 – Apr’00 |
Lecturer in Economics, National University of Singapore[9] | Singapore | Mar‘93 – Mar’95 |
Research Fellow, European Policy Unit, The European University Institute[11] | Italy | Jan‘91 – Feb’93 |
Executive Resident Officer, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank[34][11] | Malaysia | Mar‘84 – Jun’86 |