Alexios Antypas

Associate Professor
Director, Center for Environment and Security
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
Room: 
603
Phone number: 
327-3091
Qualifications: 
PhD in natural resources policy and sociology, University of Washington
MSc in environmental science, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
B.A. in history, Georgetown University
Academic/Professional experience, and Achievements: 

Dr. Antypas joined CEU in 2000. Since 2008, he is the Director of the Center for Environment and Security (CENSE). Prior to that he worked in:

  • Civic Education Project visiting professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Rezekne in Latvia.
  • Adjunct faculty, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lemoyne College, Syracuse, NewYork.
  • Consultant to UNDP, UNEP, the US Forest Service, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe.

His research interests include

  • Global environmental governance
  • Environmental policy change and transformation
  • Human rights and the environment
  • Science-policy studies
Academic/research topics: 
environmental justice
reform of environmental policy
global environmental governance
science-policy studies

Courses taught by Alexios Antypas

Publications

Journal Article
The Aarhus Convention in Georgia: the long road to implementation 2009
Linking Environmental Protection, Health, and Human Rights in the European Union: An Argument in Favour of Environmental Justice Policy 2008
Implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Bulgaria: limping towards effectiveness 2006
Polycentric Environmental Governance in the Western Balkans: Towards Stability and Sustainable Development 2004
Renewable Electricity Support Schemes in Central Europe: a Case for Incomplete Policy Transfer 2004
A New Age for Environmental Democracy: The Aarhus Convention in Hungary 2003
Dealing with Continuous Reform: Towards Adaptive EA Policy Systems in Countries in Transition 2003
The impact of structural changes in the energy sector of CEE countries on the creation of a sustainable energy path. Special focus on investment in environmentally friendly energy and the impact of such a sustainable energy path on employment and access c 2003
Towards a Liability Regime for Damages to Transboundary Waters by Industrial Accidents: A New Protocol in the UNECE Region 2003
Civic Science is Democracy in Action 1996
Book
Environment and Security - Transforming Risk into Cooperation - The Case of Eastern Europe 2007
Book Chapter
Transition and Environmental Governance: The Case of Post-Communist States 2005
Federal Non Timber Forest Products Policy and Management 2002
The Institutional Development of the Commoditized Economy 2000
Open Institutions: Uncertainty and Ambiguity in 21st Century Forestry 1997