Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is an Associate Professor at Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).

Dr. Kubiszewski was a climate change negotiator for the Dominican Republic, following adaptation and loss & damage. She was a delegate at the 19th through 21st Conference of Parties.

Dr. Kubiszewski is the author or co-author of over 50 scientific papers and co-authored or co-edited six books. Her editorial work includes being the founding managing editor and current Associate Editor of magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions, as well as, a co-founder and former managing editor of the Encyclopedia of Earth. She sits on the editorial boards or advisory boards of various journals, including Ecosystem Services, Anthropocene Review, Energies, and PeerJ.

Dr. Kubiszewski is also a full member of the Club of Rome and the Balaton Group.

Dr. Kubiszewski received her B.A. in Astronomy and Physics from Boston University and her M.A. in Energy and Environmental Analysis through the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies also at Boston University. She received her Ph.D. through the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Her dissertation topic was ‘Searching for the Sweet Spot: Managing information as a good that improves with use.’

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Related websites

Personal Website

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LinkedIn | ResearchGate | Academia.edu

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COVID-19 expertise

Much of Dr. Kubiszewski research focuses on measures of wellbeing and how to create a wellbeing economy. Moving into a post-COVID world, can we afford to move into business-as-usual or do we need to Build Back Better? What does this new world look like?

We know that our current addiction to growth has created social inequalities and environmental degradation. Our current crisis has exasperated some of these social problems, showing us how broken our system really is.

Can we learn from this experience, consider this a system reset, and come back stronger and more equal as a society? Can we learn what is essential in life, and was is superfluous, and rebuild in a way that doesn’t put as much strain on our environment?

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