Anantha Duraiappah

Professor Dr.

Anantha Duraiappah

Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)

Incumbent

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.

## Education

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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]

## Career

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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:

* Visiting professor, Urban Institute at the Kyushu University, Japan
* Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
* Fellow and member, World Academy of Arts and Sciences[5]
* Member of the advisory board, Journal - Indian Society of Ecological Economics.[32]
* Co-chair of The International Science and Evidence based Education (ISEE) Assessment[16][17]

### Previous positions

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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

## Published works

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### Bibliography

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* Duraiappah, A.K and others.  Ecology, Economy and Society: essays in honor of Kanchan Chopra. Springer, New Delhi, India. 2017.[35]
* Duraiappah, A.K and others., The Inclusive Wealth Report 2014, IHDP-UNU and UNEP, Cambridge. University Press, 2014[36]
* Duraiappah, A.K et al., Satoyama-Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-being, United Nations University Press, Tokyo 2012[37]
* Duraiappah and others, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment., Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Island Press, 2005.[38]
* Duraiappah, A.K., Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development, Dordrecht, Holland: Springer, Environmental Series, 2003.[39]
* Duraiappah, A.K., Global Warming and Economic Development: A Holistic Approach to International Policy Cooperation and Coordination, Dordrecht, Holland: Springer, 1993. (Translated into Japanese 1995)[40]

### Articles

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* Time to establish emotional resilience with The Hindu[41]
* Education in the Time of COVID-19 with UCL CEID Blog[42]
* Education for a better future with npj I Science of Learning[43]
* Covid-19: An opportunity to get our priorities right with The Times of India[44]
* For an Education that Fosters Human Flourishing with Thrive Global[45]
* Of gaming and Gandhi: How to save our education systems with UNESCO Bangkok[46]
* How to prevent violent extremism through education: This UNESCO research institute might have an answer with India Today[47]
* Why our schools need more focus on quality education than rote learning with DailyO[48]
* Pedagogy of happiness and well-being with The Pioneer[49]
* Is Kindness the Secret to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? with UN Chronicle[50]
* The role of a teacher will have to change with Financial Express[51]
* Cognitive Learning without emotions is an empty shell with Hindustan Times[52]
* Artificial Intelligence in education: Who should be the custodian of the new gold? with cnbctv18[53]
* International Youth Day: we need to give young people a voice in decision-making with The Guardian[54]
* Moving From Transmissive Pedagogies To Transformative Pedagogies with BWEDUCATION[55]
* Embracing technology to build emotional resilience with france24.com[56]
* How a Global Citizenship Curriculum could create the empathetic citizens we need in future to save the world with India Today[57]
* 'Games For Learning' Seeks To Embed Social And Emotional Learning Skills In (15+) Learners Through Digital Games with BWEDUCATION[58]
* How Gandhi can help Gen Z with The Hill[59]
* Gaming and Gandhi: How to Save our Educational Systems with News18[60]
* Education: Global citizenship for human flourishing with Open Access Government [61]
* Open dialogue in schools is the first step in fighting violent extremism with The Guardian[62]

## External links

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* Research publications on Research Gate and Google Scholar
* Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP(

## References

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2. ^ a b "UNESCO MGIEP | Building Social and Emotional Learning for Education 2030". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
3. ^ "UNESCO". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
4. ^ "IR3S | The University of Tokyo Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science » Anantha Kumar Duraiappah" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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7. ^ a b "Anantha Kumar Duraiappah - Our World". ourworld.unu.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
8. ^ a b "Welcome to Nexus" (PDF). Nexus. No. 1\. April 2002. p. 1.
9. ^ a b "Anantha's UN Profile". Archived from the original on 2017-01-03.
10. ^ "Join our world". University of Kent - University of Kent. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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15. ^ "Office of the Director". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
16. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2021npjSL...6....7D. doi:10.1038/s41539-021-00085-9. ISSN 2056-7936. PMC 7921552. PMID 33649341.
17. ^ a b "International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment (ISEEA)". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
18. ^ "Libre". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
19. ^ "Talking Across Generations on Education (TAGe)". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
20. ^ "UNESCO MGIEP's Knowledge Commons". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
21. ^ "SixthSpace". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
22. ^ "Capacity Building for Social and Emotional Learning". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
23. ^ "Social and Emotional Learning for K-12". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
24. ^ "Social and Emotional Learning for Youth". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
25. ^ "SEL for Everyone". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
26. ^ "Goal 4 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
27. ^ "Target 4.7 Global Citizenship – Technical Cooperation Group on the Indicators for SDG 4". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
28. ^ "Review and Assessments for SDG 4.7". UNESCO MGIEP. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
29. ^ "FramerSpace: Empowering Learners". FramerSpace. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
30. ^ "Involving AI to boost wholesome education". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
31. ^ "Starting Early: Education To Nurture World Peace". Asia Society. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
32. ^ "INSEE". Retrieved 2021-09-06.
33. ^ "Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)". Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
34. ^ "HSBC Hong Kong - Accounts, Insurance, Credit Cards, Loans". www.hsbc.com.hk. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
35. ^ Dayal, Vikram; Duraiappah, Anantha; Nawn, Nandan, eds. (2018). Ecology, Economy and Society: Essays in Honour of Kanchan Chopra. Springer Singapore. ISBN 978-981-10-5674-1.
36. ^ "Inclusive Wealth Report 2014 | Natural resource and environmental economics". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
37. ^ Duraiappah, Anantha Kumar; Nakamura, Koji; Takeuchi, Kazuhiko; Watanabe, Masataka; Nishi, Maiko (2012). Satoyama–Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes of Japan. UNU Press. ISBN 978-92-808-1210-7.
38. ^ "Ecosystems and human well-being-Synthesis: A report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment". scholar.google.co.in. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
39. ^ Duraiappah, A. K. (2003). Computational Models in the Economics of Environment and Development. Economy & Environment. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-1-4020-1773-5.
40. ^ Duraiappah, A. K. (1993). Global Warming and Economic Development: A Holistic Approach to International Policy Co-operation and Co-ordination. Advances in Computational Economics. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-7923-2149-1.
41. ^ Srinivasan, Madhumitha (2021-02-06). "Time to establish emotional resilience". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
42. ^ "Education in the Time of COVID-19 #047 – Khanapurkar et al". Centre for Education and International Development (CEID), UCL Institute of Education. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
43. ^ "Education for a better future". npj Science of Learning Community. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
44. ^ "Covid-19: An opportunity to get our priorities right". Times of India Blog. 2020-04-21. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
45. ^ "For an Education that Fosters Human Flourishing". thriveglobal.in. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
46. ^ "Of gaming and Gandhi: How to save our education systems". UNESCO Bangkok. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
47. ^ Chakrabarty, Roshni (February 11, 2020). "How to prevent violent extremism through education: This UNESCO research institute might have an answer". India Today. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
48. ^ "Why our schools need more focus on quality education than rote learning". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
49. ^ "Pedagogy of happiness and well-being". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
50. ^ "Is Kindness the Secret to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals?". United Nations. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
51. ^ "The role of a teacher will have to change: Anantha Duraiappah - The Financial Express". www.financialexpress.com. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
52. ^ "Cognitive learning". Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
53. ^ "Artificial Intelligence in education: Who should be the custodian of the new gold?". www.cnbctv18.com. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
54. ^ Duraiappah, Anantha Kumar (2015-08-12). "International Youth Day: we need to give young people a voice in decision-making". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
55. ^ "Moving From Transmissive Pedagogies To Transformative Pedagogies". BW Education. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
56. ^ "France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines". France 24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
57. ^ Chakrabarty, Roshni (February 3, 2020). "How a Global Citizenship Curriculum could create the empathetic citizens we need in future to save the world". India Today. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
58. ^ "'Games For Learning' Seeks To Embed Social And Emotional Learning Skills In (15+) Learners Through Digital Games: Dr Anantha Duraiappah". BW Education. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
59. ^ Ayala, Christine (2019-08-12). "How Gandhi can help Gen Z". TheHill. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
60. ^ "Gaming and Gandhi: How to Save our Educational Systems". News18. 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
61. ^ Hazlegreaves, Steph (2019-10-15). "Education: Global citizenship for human flourishing". Open Access Government. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
62. ^ Duraiappah, Dr Anantha (2016-10-10). "Open dialogue in schools is the first step in fighting violent extremism". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-08-24.