Biographical Notes
Guillaume Lafortune
Director, SDSN Paris; Scientific Co-Director of the SDG Index
Guillaume Lafortune took up his duties as Director of SDSN Paris in January 2021. He joined SDSN in 2017 to coordinate the production of the Sustainable Development Report and other projects on SDG data and statistics.
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European Elections, Europe’s Future and the Sustainable Development Goals. Europe Sustainable Development Report 2023/2024
Dublin University Press, 2024
Guillaume Lafortune, Grayson Fuller, Adolf Kloke-Lesch, Phoebe Koundouri, Angelo Riccaboni
The Europe Sustainable Development Report is co-designed and co-created by and with civil society in Europe. This year’s edition builds on three workshops and one online public consultation organized between April and November 2023.
On 04 April 2023, the SDSN and EESC organized a hybrid workshop on ‘How to Strengthen EU’s leadership for the SDGs’ which brought together more than 600 participants, including panellists from the European Parliament, the European Commission, current and incoming Council presidencies, civil society organizations, scientific institutions, and international organizations. Further workshops were held on 12 September 2023 (online) and on 8 November 2023 at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels (hybrid format), bringing together scientists, experts and practitioners from all over Europe. The opening chapter and joint statement also benefited from several rounds of consultations with partners.
An open access online version of this work is published at https://doi.org/10.25546/102924 under a Creative Commons Open Access license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0. This license requires that re-users give credit to the creators. It allows re-users to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, for non-commercial purposes only. If others modify or adapt the material, they must license the modified material under identical terms.
IISBN: 978-0-903200-15-8 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-0-903200-16-5 (pdf )
DOI: 10.25546/104407
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Grayson Fuller
Senior Analyst, SDG Index, SDSN
Grayson Fuller is the Senior Analyst at SDSN. His role consists of managing the data, coding, and statistical analyses for the SDG Index and Dashboards report. He additionally carries out research related to sustainable development. Grayson received his Masters degree in Economic Development at Sciences Po Paris. He holds a Bachelors in Latin American Studies from Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude.
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Adolf Kloke-Lesch
Adolf Kloke-Lesch became Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Germany (SDSN Germany) in 2014. He is a member of the global SDSN’s Leadership Council and Co-Chair of SDSN Europe.
Prior to his engagement with SDSN Germany he served as Managing Director at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ; 2011/2012) and Director General (Global Policies; Multilateral Development Policy; Africa, Middle East) at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ; 2007-2010). After joining BMZ in 1978 he held several senior positions in the ministry inter alia in the fields of research and technology, policy planning and strategy, budget, peace and security, and United Nations.
Phoebe Koundouri
Phoebe Koundouri (PhD Cambridge University) is full Professor in Economics and Econometrics and Director of Research Laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability, Athens University of Economics and Business. She is also part-time Research Professor in Environmental Economics at the Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark co-leading the Climate and Energy Division of the Technology, Management and Economics Department. She is also Director of the Sustainable Development Unit at ATHENA Information Technologies Research Center.
Angelo Riccaboni
Professor Angelo Riccaboni is full Professor of Governance and Management at Faculty of Economics and Management. Member of the Leadership Council of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Chair of SDSN Mediterranean. Member of the Academic Board of the University of Gibraltar. Chair of the PRIMA Foundation. He was Chair of the Association of Italian Deans of Economics and Management and former Rector of the University of Siena.