Arman Utepov | Agroecology | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Arman Utepov | Agroecology | Research Excellence Award

Center for Ecosystem solutions EcoMind PF | Kazakhstan

Dr. Arman Utepov is a public administration scholar and environmental governance expert specializing in integrated water resources management and ecosystem-based decision-making. He holds advanced degrees in hydro-ecology, law, public administration, and a PhD focused on ecosystem approaches in national governance. His professional experience spans academia, international consulting, and policy development with organizations such as UNDP, FAO, USAID, and GIZ. His research interests include environmental flow assessment, nature-based solutions, land and water governance, climate adaptation, and ecosystem services valuation. Through leadership in scientific projects and policy reforms, he contributes to sustainable water and land management in Central Asia.

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Implementation of the “Polluter Pays” Principle in Kazakhstan’s State Environmental Regulation

Public Administration and Civil Service, December 2024 · Journal Article


Progress in Digital Technologies for Livestock Exterior and Fatness

Ġylym ža̋ne bìlìm, December 2024 · Journal Article

Asabeneh Munuyee | Forestry | Research Excellence Award

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Mr. Asabeneh Munuyee | Forestry | Research Excellence Award

Ethiopian Forestry Developmnet, Bahir Dar Center | Ethiopia

Asabeneh Alemayehu Munuyee is a senior researcher in forest economics and policy with over ten years of experience in natural capital valuation, ecosystem services, and socio-ecological systems. He holds multiple master’s degrees in geo-informatics, natural resource economics, and tropical forestry, including DAAD-funded training in Germany. Currently serving as Senior Researcher and Program Coordinator at Ethiopian Forestry Development, he leads interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research using advanced econometric and spatial methods. His research focuses on forest governance, land-use change, and sustainable value chains. Recognized through international training and scholarships, he aims to advance evidence-based forest management for sustainable development.

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Teodor Kalpakchiev | Agroecology | Research Excellence Award

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Dr. Teodor Kalpakchiev | Agroecology | Research Excellence Award

Uni Leeds | United Kingdom

Dr. Teodor Georgiev Kalpakchiev is an environmental governance researcher with a PhD from the University of Leeds, supported by a prestigious EU Marie Curie Scholarship. His work spans environmental policy, climate mitigation, sustainable finance, renewable biogases, and circular resource governance, with a strong focus on phosphorus management. He has extensive professional experience as a policy adviser and researcher with major international institutions, including the European Commission, European Parliament, African Union, and OSCE, as well as universities across Europe and Asia. Dr. Kalpakchiev’s research has been published in leading journals and contributes to advancing integrated, evidence-based sustainability governance at global and EU levels.

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Melina Dritsak | Economics | Women Researcher Award

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Prof. Melina Dritsak | Economics | Women Researcher Award |

University of Western Macedonia | Greece

Melina Dritsaki is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Western Macedonia with extensive academic and professional experience spanning Greece and the United Kingdom. She holds a PhD in Applied Informatics from the University of Macedonia, an MSc in International Banking and Financial Studies from the University of Southampton, and a BSc in Economics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Prior to her current role, she served as Senior Health Economist at the University of Oxford and as Research Fellow at the University of Warwick and Brunel University. Her research lies at the intersection of econometrics, applied macroeconomics, health economics, energy economics, and public policy, with a strong emphasis on panel data methods, time-series analysis, and economic evaluation alongside clinical trials. She has published 86 peer-reviewed scientific documents with 1,442 citations and an h-index of 20, reflecting the impact and consistency of her scholarly contributions. Dr. Dritsaki has participated as lead economist or co-applicant in numerous nationally and internationally funded research projects and has supervised postgraduate research in economics and public health. Her work has been recognised with the Young Investigators Award from the European Respiratory Society. Through sustained research productivity, international collaboration, and teaching excellence, she continues to contribute significantly to empirical economic research and evidence-based policymaking.

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Ezzeddine Mosbah | Sustainable Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Ezzeddine Mosbah | Sustainable Agriculture | Research Excellence Award

King Faisal University | Saudi Arabia

Ezzeddine B. Mosbah is an agricultural and rural-development economist whose academic formation includes a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development from the National Agricultural Institute of Tunis (INAT, 2007), preceded by a specialized engineering degree in Economy and Rural Development (1996) and an agro-economist engineering degree (1993) from the same institute. With more than two decades of professional experience across ministries of Agriculture, Education, and Employment & Vocational Training in Tunisia and, since 2017, as Assistant Professor at King Faisal University (KSA), and previously at institutions in Tunisia, he has taught courses ranging from Agricultural Economics and Water Economics to Development Economics, Statistics, Operations Research, and Project Feasibility Studies. His research interests revolve around agricultural economics, rural development, labor and employment markets, efficiency and impact evaluation, environmental economics and waste management, food marketing (notably date-palm economics), water desalination, and econometric/operations-research methods. According to publicly available citation data, his h-index is 3 with 33 citations and 6 documented publications — a baseline that signals a career still consolidating its scholarly impact. Among his work is the monograph Rationaliser le Comportement Public: la Formation un Exemple (2015). Through empirical analyses of water-use efficiency, agricultural investment incentives, municipal waste impacts, technical efficiency of farms, and environmental sustainability, Mosbah contributes to policy-relevant knowledge in both MENA and Gulf contexts. His ongoing focus remains on efficiency measurement, sustainable rural development, and socio-economic evaluation of agricultural and environmental systems.

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Mosbah, E. B., & Dharmapala, P. S. (2022). Evaluating the effects of COVID-19 and vaccination on employment behaviour: A panel data analysis across the world. Sustainability.

Mosbah, E. B. (2021). Assessment of environmental and economic impacts of municipal solid wastes management system: A case study. Journal of Ecological Engineering.

Mosbah, E., Zaibet, L., & Dharmapala, P. S. (2020). A new methodology to measure efficiencies of inputs (outputs) of decision making units in data envelopment analysis with application to agriculture. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.

Mosbah, E. B. (2025). Assessment of land cover changes and an exploration of their key factors at Al-Ahsa Oasis in Saudi Arabia (Working paper).

Kpanoga Kolombia | Forestry Economics | Best Researcher Award

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Assist. Prof. Dr. Kpanoga Kolombia | Forestry Economics | Best Researcher Award

University of Alberta | Canada

Kpanoga Kolombia is a Development Economist specializing in renewable energy, environmental and natural resource economics, with over five years of academic and policy research experience across Canada, France, Germany, and West Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Sherbrooke, with a focus on non-market valuation and climate economics, and advanced degrees from Aix-Marseille University and the University of Lome. His work includes extensive empirical research on willingness to pay for carbon emission reduction, forest restoration, and ecosystem services in Quebec and Togo. Currently, he is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Alberta, a lecturer at ENAP, and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Quebec in Outaouais. His research interests span development economics, climate change, forest economics, and public policy. Kolombia has published in peer-reviewed journals like the African Journal of Ecology, and has several articles under review in journals including Ecological Economics and Plos One. He has received multiple scholarships including the Mitacs, FRQ, and Affaires Mondiales Canada Fellowships. Kolombia continues to advance inclusive and evidence-based environmental policy through interdisciplinary and applied economic research.

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Kolombia, K., & Yovo, K. (2025). Willingness to pay for forest restoration in Togo: Comparison of estimates from choice experiment, contingent valuation and travel cost methods. African Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.70102

Kolombia, K. (2024). Economic evaluation of Mont-Bellevue Park in Sherbrooke using the individual travel cost method. Manuscript submitted for publication, Discover Cities.

Kolombia, K. (2024). Effect of policy consequentiality on willingness to pay for renewable energy in transport in Quebec. Manuscript submitted for publication, Journal of Cultural Economics.

Dupras, J., & Kolombia, K. (2024). Willingness to pay for the forestation of agricultural coulees: A choice experiment and contingent valuation study in Quebec. Manuscript submitted for publication, PLOS ONE.

Kolombia, K. (2024). Willingness to pay for renewable energy: A choice experiment and contingent valuation study in Quebec. Manuscript submitted for publication, Ecological Economics.

Chala Hussen | Agri-Food System | Best Researcher Award

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Mr. Chala Hussen | Agri-Food System | Best Researcher Award

Ambo University | Ethiopia

Chala Hailu Hussen is an Ethiopian academic and researcher specializing in Agricultural Economics, currently serving as Assistant Professor and Research & Community Service Coordinator at the College of Agriculture & Veterinary Science, Ambo University, Ethiopia. He holds a BSc and MSc in Agricultural Economics from Haramaya University and is pursuing a PhD in Agri-food Systems at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, focusing on agricultural transformation. His professional journey includes teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics, agricultural production economics, and climate change economics, along with supervising more than twenty MSc theses and serving as examiner and chairperson in defense boards. He has actively contributed to research on rural credit, market information, farm input commercialization, cluster farming, and climate adaptation strategies, publishing several scientific papers with an h-index of 2, 7 documents, and over 35 citations. In addition, he has participated in national and international training programs on climate information services, decision support systems, and rural development planning, enhancing his expertise in agricultural resilience and sustainability. Recipient of various certificates and recognitions, Chala continues to advance research and education in agricultural economics, with a strong commitment to capacity building, policy engagement, and promoting sustainable agricultural systems.

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Hailu, C., Canali, G., & Tabaglio, V. (2025). High-value farm product transformation in contract marketing: Evidence from smallholder farmers in central Ethiopia. Environment, Development and Sustainability.

Besha, T. B., Fikadu, M., & Chala, H. (2022). Marketable supply of honey: Evidence from farmers households in Ethiopia. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development.

Alemayehu, G., Rikitu, A., & Hailu, C. (2022). Producers’ participation decision in tomato and onion marketing with level of participation in Ejersa Lafo District of West Shewa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Malaysian Business Management Journal.

Hussen, C. H., & Geleta, F. T. (2021). Factors affecting smallholder farmers’ participation in cluster crop production: Evidence from selected districts of West Shewa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture.

Wakjira, M., Temesgen, F., Hailu, C., & Wegari, D. (2021). The economic impacts of COVID-19 on micro and small enterprises: Empirical evidences from Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture.

Hussen, C. (2018). Factors affecting credit use for rural farming at household level: Evidence from smallholder farmers of Toke-Kutaye district.

Hussen, C. (2017). Effect of access to market information services on supply of major vegetables: Evidence from farm households of Ambo and Toke-Kutaye Districts, West Shewa, Ethiopia. Information and Knowledge Management.

Jean-Baptiste Thomas | Climate Change | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Jean-Baptiste Thomas | Climate Change | Best Researcher Award

KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden

Dr. Jean-Baptiste E. Thomas is a bilingual and multinational researcher with expertise spanning France, the UK, the USA, and Sweden, specializing in industrial ecology, marine sustainability, and the blue bioeconomy. He earned a PhD in Industrial Ecology from KTH Stockholm in 2018, following an MSc in Sustainable Technology and a BSc in Geography from King’s College London. With a strong academic and professional trajectory, he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Kristineberg Marine Research Station and currently serves as a Researcher at KTH Stockholm, while also engaging in consultancy for life cycle and sustainability assessments. His research primarily addresses seaweed aquaculture, circular economy applications, nutrient loop closure, and environmental life cycle analysis. Dr. Thomas has published extensively in high-impact journals, achieving an h-index of 15 with over 24 peer-reviewed documents and more than 562 citations (Scopus). He has been invited as keynote and plenary speaker at major international conferences, including the International Seaweed Symposium (2025), and has led and co-led several Formas and EU-funded projects. Passionately involved in teaching and supervising students, he actively integrates sustainability and biodiversity into education. His contributions continue to shape sustainable marine biomass utilization, with global recognition as a leading voice in blue bioeconomy research.

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“Exploring the contribution of multi-use approach in fostering local blue economy: Insights from the Global South”

“Integrating biodiversity impacts into seafood life cycle assessments: pathways for improvement”

“Governance hurdles for expansion of low trophic mariculture production in Sweden”

“Life cycle environmental impacts of kelp aquaculture through harmonized recalculation of inventory data”

“Two decades of research on ocean multi-use: achievements, challenges and the need for transdisciplinarity”

“Life Cycle Assessment of a large commercial kelp farm in Shandong, China”

“Comparative life cycle assessment of conventional and novel microalgae production systems and environmental impact mitigation in urban-industrial symbiosis”

Jinyue Tang | Urban Agriculture | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Jinyue Tang | Urban Agriculture | Best Researcher Award

Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China

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🔍 Summary

Dr. Jinyue Tang is a dynamic scholar in applied economics with strong expertise in innovation, R&D activities, and economic development strategies. With an academic trajectory rooted in finance and human geography, Tang brings interdisciplinary depth to economic research, with a growing interest in Urban Agriculture as a sustainable development model for modern cities.

🎓 Education

Jinyue Tang is currently pursuing a Doctoral Degree in Applied Economics (2020–2025) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (QS45), having earned prestigious honors such as the National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (2024) and Outstanding Graduate of SJTU (2025). Tang holds a Bachelor’s in Human Geography from East China Normal University (2016–2020) and an Undergraduate Degree in Finance from SJTU (2018–2020).

💼 Professional Experience

Tang has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications and presented at top-tier academic conferences, collaborating with leading economists to address challenges in innovation commercialization, R&D policy, and labor-market dynamics in developing economies.

📚 Academic Cites

Jinyue Tang has authored and co-authored several impactful papers in Applied Economics Letters and Applied Geography, including studies on labor markets, digital innovation, and intercity innovation networks. Two papers were recognized as Outstanding Papers at the Shanghai Society for Science of Science conferences (2024, 2025).

🛠️ Technical Skills

  • Econometrics and Statistical Analysis (Stata, SPSS, R)

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • Data Visualization and Urban Mapping

  • Policy Impact Analysis

👩‍🏫 Teaching Experience

Tang has been recognized as Outstanding Graduate Class Teacher (2024) and has mentored students in economics, innovation systems, and spatial economic development strategies.

🔬 Research Interests 

  • Urban Agriculture & Sustainable Urban Systems

  • Innovation Commercialization & Policy

  • R&D Investment & Allocation Efficiency

  • Spatial Economics & Intercity Collaboration

📖Publications

Exploring cooperative and competitive relations in a Chinese intercity innovation network

  • Authors: Zhang, W., Qian, Y., Tang, J., & Liu, X.*

  • Journal: Applied Geography

  • Year: 2025

Place-based policy, R&D misallocation and innovation

  • Authors: Xue, Q., Tang, J.*, & Luo, S.

  • Conference: Annual Conference of Chinese Economists Society

  • Year: 2025

Do robots sharpen labour lawsuits in developing countries? Evidence from China

  • Authors: Tang, J., Xiao, R.*, & Luo, S.

  • Journal: Applied Economics Letters

  • Year: 2024

The role of customers on digital technology innovation commercialization

  • Authors: Tang, J.*, & Luo, S.

  • Journal: Applied Economics Letters

  • Year: 2024

Contribution of China’s population age dividend and quality dividend to economic growth since the Reform and Opening Up

  • Authors: Luo, J., Tang, J.*, & Huang, C.

  • Award/Conference: Outstanding Paper at the Academic Annual Conference of the Shanghai Society for Science of Science

  • Year: 2021