Alexandros Gasparatos

Alexandros Gasparatos is Professor at the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI), University of Tokyo. Before joining the University of Tokyo as an Associate Professor (2013-2023) he conducted research at the University of Oxford (2011-2013), the Institute of Advanced Studies of the United Nations University (UNU-IAS) (2008-2011) and the University of Dundee (2006-2008). He has held a Marie Curie Research Fellowship (University of Oxford), a James Martin Research Fellowship (University of Oxford), a JSPS-UNU Research Fellowship (UNU-IAS), a Canon Foundation Research Fellowship (UNU-IAS) and an EPSRC-funded research position (University of Dundee).

He is an Editor for Sustainability Science, an Associate Editor for People and Nature, an Associate Editor for Environmental Conservation, an Editor for Anthropocene Science, an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems and an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Environmental Science. He was a Section Editor for PLOS Sustainability and Transformation.

He has served as a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) for the Asia-Pacific Assessment Report and a Scoping Expert and Review Editor of the Nexus Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

Since 2013, he has participated in 20 national and international research projects, having been the PI or co-PI in 15 projects. He has led or co-led research in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, including Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, Eswatini, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar and Senegal.

As an ecological economist and sustainability scientist, be is interested in the development, refinement and application of sustainability assessment and ecosystem services valuation tools. He has applied such tools in different topics such as food and energy security, nature-based solutions, green economy, urban biodiversity and urban metabolism in diverse geographical contexts.

Radosavljevic, S., Acotto, F., Wang, Q., Su, J., Gasparatos, A., 2026. Pathways to sustainability or collapse in inland small-scale aquaculture systems: Insights from a social-ecological systems model. Ecological Modelling, 512: 111416

Gasparatos, A., Dompreh, E.B., Wang, Q., Dam Lam, R., Barman, B.K., Su, J., Rossignoli, C., 2025. Dataset of production characteristics and performance of small-scale carp aquaculture systems in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9: 1646381

Huynh, L.T.M, Ishihara, H., Trinh, X.CT, Fukushi, K., Gasparatos, A., 2025. Linking cultural ecosystem services with individual and collective wellbeing in recreational urban blue spaces: insights from Danang, Vietnam. Ecosystems and People, 21: 2588087

Wang, Q., Dompreh, E.B., Nacoulma, B.M.I., Iiyama, M., Dimobe, K., Emmambux, M.N., Mbaye, M.S., Thiombiano A., Gasparatos, A., 2025. Characteristics and socioeconomic performance of neglected and underutilized plant species (NUS) production systems in Burkina Faso. Environmental Research Letters, 20: 104027

Rathnabarana, G., Dompreh, E.B., Gasparatos, A., 2025. Sustainability of protected agriculture in Sri Lanka: A multi-stakeholder perceptions analysis of the drivers, impacts, challenges and response options. Sustainable Development, 33, 9000-9027

Huynh, L.T.M, Su, J., Gasparatos, A., 2025. Differentiated trajectories of ecosystem-based adaptation for urban coastal defence in the Asian-Pacific region A Biodiversity–Climate–Society nexus perspective. Ocean and Coastal Management, 270: 107799

Dompreh, E., Wang, Q., Su, J., Dam Lam, R., Barman, B.K., Rossignioli, C., Gasparatos, A., 2025. Differentiated characteristics, sustainability performance and preferences among small-scale aquaculture producers: implications for sustainable intensification. Sustainability Science, In Press: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-025-01703-w

Bohn, F.J., Bastos, A., Martin, R., Rammig, A., Koh, N.S., Sioen, G.B., Buscher, B., Carver, L., DeClerck, F., Drupp, M., Fletcher, R., Forrest, M., Gasparatos, A., Godoy-Faúndez, A., Hagedorn, G., Hänsel, M., Hetzer, J., Hickler, T., Krug, C.B., Koot, S., Li, X., Luers, A., Matevich, S., Matthews, H.D., Meier, I.C., Mohamed, A., Obura, D., Orlove, B., Orth, R., Pereira, L., Reichstein, M., Thakholi, L., Verburg, P., Yoshida, Y., 2025. Current perspectives on biosphere research 2024-2025: 8 findings from ecology, sociology and economics. Biogeosciences, 22, 2425-2460

Alfonsi, R., Naidoo, M., Gasparatos, A., 2025. Stakeholder perspectives for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for sustainable food systems in South Africa: Challenges, opportunities, and a proposed ICT framework. Environment, Development, Sustainability, 27, 27281–27314

Munialo, S., Gasparatos, A., Ludidi, N., Ali, E.A., Keyster, E., Akanbi, M.O., Emmambux, N.M., 2024. Systematic review of the agro-ecological, nutritional, medicinal properties of the Neglected and Underutilized plant Species Tylosema fassoglense. Sustainability, 16: 6046