Founder and executive director of Environment Europe Foundation
Stanislav Edward Shmelev is an ecological economist affiliated with the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE). He currently holds several directorial positions at non-governmental organizations and consults with the UN Development Programme. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Torino, University of Geneva, Paris Dauphine, Sciences Po Caen, National University of Colombia, Kazakh National University and lectured at the University of St. Gallen, University of Edinburgh, University of Buckingham, and is the author of multiple books and articles on sustainability and ecological economics.
Shmelev has worked as a Senior Researcher at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford (2008–2009), and as a Senior Visiting Research Associate at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. The main focus of his work is on the theory of ecological economics, macroeconomic assessments of sustainability, sustainable cities, business models and investing, corporate sustainability, and other environmental issues. He has been a visiting professor in ecological economics and lectured at various universities.[1]
As the founder and CEO of Environment Europe Limited, and founder and CEO of Environment Europe Foundation Stichting, he has started an executive education programme in Ecological Economics in Oxford. Run under the supervision of Environment Europe, it has been attended by participants from numerous countries.[citation needed]
Shmelev S. E. Speck S. U. (2018) Green Fiscal Reform in Sweden: Econometric Assessment of the Carbon and Energy Taxation Scheme, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 90, July 2018, pp.969–981
Ecological economics: Sustainability in Practice
Stanislav Edward Shmelev authored the widely used[6] textbook 'Ecological economics: sustainability in practice (ISBN978-94-007-1971-2). The book officially launched in 2012.
Macro sustainability Assessment
Stanislav Edward Shmelev developed a novel method of sustainability assessment that uses the potential of multi-criteria decision aid tools (MCDA) and applies them to the dynamic sets of sustainability criteria. This research developed from a series of lectures he gave at European universities on sustainability in Russia, where social and environmental aspects of economic development have been neglected. This methodology is particularly important for defining sustainability, assessing the progress towards sustainability of a given society or system. Several applied cases have been published now:
Shmelev S. (2010) Multi-dimensional Analysis of Macro Sustainability of Russia, Politex, Vol. 4, pp.115–133
Shmelev S. and Rodrigues-Labajos B. (2009) Dynamic multidimensional assessment of stability at the macro level: The case of Austria, Ecological Economics, Vol. 68, Issue 10, pp.2560–2573
Multidimensional assessment of biodiversity
In 2008-2009, Stanislav Shmelev produced a major report for IUCN where he presented a rationale for the Multidimensional Assessment of Ecosystems and Biodiversity. The report has been published in Shmelev (2012).
In 2018, Stanislav Shmelev published a photography album entitled 'Ecosystems', which hoped to show the futility of measuring ecological worth with monetary value.
In 2021, Stanislav Shmelev was selected as one of the world's 120 top contemporary artists and exhibited at the Arte Laguna Prize exhibition in Venice.[citation needed]
Sustainable energy
The innovative paper published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews adopts a multi-criteria perspective and extends the UK decarbonisation scenarios by dimensions that are often overlooked, namely, employment, land use, water use and diversity of the energy mix *Shmelev, Stanislav E.; Van Den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. (2016). "Optimal diversity of renewable energy alternatives under multiple criteria: An application to the UK". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 60: 679–691. Bibcode:2016RSERv..60..679S. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.01.100.
In 2009, Shmelev was interviewed for the European Union Euronews Channel on the issues of renewable energy and sustainable development[8]
The issue of sustainable cities has been dealt with by Shmelev in the context of the interdisciplinary linkages in the development of large cities. He co-organized two international workshops on sustainable cities at the University of Oxford and Saint Petersburg State University.[citation needed]
The first workshop resulted in a book:
Shmeleva I. A. and Shmelev S. E. (Eds) (2007) Sustainable Urban Development: Interdisciplinary Approach, St Petersburg State University, 265 pp.
The second workshop produced a special issue of the International Journal of Sustainable Development entirely devoted to sustainable cities:[9][10]
The issues of multidimensional benchmarking for megacities have been analysed in detail in the recent book, Green Economy Reader: Lectures in Ecological Economics and SustainabilityISBN978-3-319-38919-6[citation needed]
New peer-reviewed publications exploring the subject of smart and sustainable cities include:
A detailed environmentally-extended input-output analysis of the UK economy is presented in Sustainability Analysis: An Interdisciplinary ApproachISBN978-0-230-36243-7[citation needed]
Shmelev S. E., Sagiyeva R. K., Kadyrkhanova Z. M., Chzhan Y. Y., Shmeleva I. A. (2018), Comparative Sustainability Analysis of Two Asian Cities: A Multidimensional Assessment of Taipei and Almaty, Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 5(3): 143–155;
