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Prof Jacob Park

Visiting Professor
Name: Jacob Park
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Contact Details:

Email:听jacob.parkVT@gmail.com

About Prof Jacob Park

Jacob Park is Visiting Professor, 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg DSI/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair, and Associate Professor in Castleton 欧美福利100000鈥檚 College of Business. He serves as the Chair, Regenerative Finance Taskforce and on the Steering Committee of IUCN/World Conservation Union Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy () and has served as the Coordinating Lead Author of the UN Environment Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) Report, Lead Author for the United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment initiative, and as an Expert Reviewer for a number of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publications including the Sixth Assessment Report.

He is also Co-Executive Editor of Subsistence Marketplaces, Associate Editor at the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and serves on the editorial boards of Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, and Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies. His co-edited book, Entrepreneurial, Innovative and Sustainable Ecosystems, was published by Springer in 2018, while Crisis of Global Environmental Governance: Towards a New Political Economy of Sustainability was published in 2008 by Routledge and Ecology of the New Economy: Sustainable Transformation of Global Information Technology, Communication, and Electronics Industries was published in 2002 by Greenleaf Publishing.

Education

PhD Erasmus 欧美福利100000 of Rotterdam

Masters in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelors Degree, 欧美福利100000 of Chicago

Research Interests

Dr. Park specializes in the social and environmental dimensions of innovation, entrepreneurship, and international business, with special focus/expertise in emerging and developing economies in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Caribbean islands regions.

Select Publications

• 鈥淓volving Energy Transition Process and Ecosystem Development in Kenya鈥� (2021) in Energy Research & Social Sciences
• 鈥淗ow Can We Pay For It All? Understanding the Global Challenge of Financing Climate Change and Sustainable Development Solutions鈥� (2021) Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

* 鈥淗ow Social Ventures Grow: Understanding the Role of Philanthropic Financing in Scaling Social Entrepreneurship鈥� (2020) [co-authored with Saurabh Lall] Business & Society

• 鈥淓conomic Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services: a Review for Decision Makers鈥� (2019) Special Issue on Natural Capital/Economic Valuation in Practice, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy (Summer)
• 鈥淐hapter 2.6: Drivers of Global Environmental Change: Technology, Innovation, and Global Sustainability鈥� (2019) Global Environment Outlook-6 UN Environment Program
• 鈥淚nformation and Communication Technology in Shaping Urban Low Carbon Development Pathways鈥� (2018) Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 1.5 Celsius Climate Change Urban Areas Special Issue (February)
• 鈥淏ehavioral Ethics: Exploring the New Landscape in Ethics Education鈥� (2017) Journal of Management Education (Fall)
• 鈥淐lean Energy Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa鈥� (2016) in Timothy Devinney, Gideon Markman, Torben Pedersen, Lazlo Tihanyi (eds.) Global Entrepreneurship: Past, Present & Future (Advances in International Management, Volume 29)
• 鈥淟ocal Flood Resiliency in an Era of Global Climate Change: Understanding the Multi-Sectoral Policy Dimensions鈥� (2015) (co-authored with Chris Brooks) Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
• 鈥淐orporate Sustainability Reporting in South and Southeast Asia: Trends, Practices, and Implications for Investors鈥�, (2015) co-authored with Dana Kreschowicz) Journal of Asian Business 25:2-3
• 鈥淐ritical Research Needs for Successful Food System Adaptation to Climate Change 鈥� (2013) (co-authored with Michelle Miller et al) Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 3:4 Summer: 161-175
• 鈥淪ocially Responsible Investing 3.0: Understanding Finance and Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues in Emerging Markets鈥� (2013) (co-authored with Sonia Kowal) Georgetown Public Policy Review 18:2 (Spring)
• 鈥淚nvesting in Climate Governance and Equity in a Post-Durban World鈥�,Ethics, Policy and Environment (2012) 15:3, 288鈥�292
• 鈥淢obilizing Private Sector Resources Toward Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Action in Asia鈥� (2012) Cities and Climate Change (World Bank: Washington D.C.
• 鈥淭oward a New Asian Business and Management Model of Social and Environmental Value Creation鈥� (2011) Asian Business & Management 10:3 327-329
• 鈥淔inancial Activism and Global Climate Change: Rise of Investor Driven Governance Networks鈥� (2011) (co-authored with Michael MacLeod) Global Environmental Politics 11:2 54鈥�74

• 鈥淲hen Not Every Response to Climate Change is a Good One: Defining Criteria for Sustainable Adaptation.鈥� (2011) (co-authored with Siri Eriksen et al) Climate and Development 3: 7鈥�20

• 鈥淐reating Integrated Business and Environmental Value within the Context of China鈥檚 Circular Economy and Ecological Modernization鈥� (2010) (co-authored with Joseph Sarkis and Zhaohui Wu) Journal of Cleaner Production 18:15 1494-1501
• 鈥淩esponsible Investing: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Strategic Management in the Global Context鈥� (2010) International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management 2:3 274-283
• 鈥淚nvesting in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Business Ventures in the Developing World: Key Lessons and Experiences of EcoEnterprises Fund鈥� (2010) (co-authored with Tammy Newmark) Global Sustainability as a Business Imperative Stoner J. and Wankel C, editors ()