Michail Fragkias, Ph.D.

Michail is currently the Executive Officer of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change's (IHDP) Core Project on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC). Michail was part of our group from 2003 till Fall 2006 and was a postdoctoral scholar at CESP/FSI.

Michail's interests focus on urban land use change and the interaction of urban spatial structure with the environment. He employs (spatial) statistical analysis, simulations and geographical information systems (GIS) to study the significance of social, economic and political drivers of urban land use change in China.

He completed his undergraduate studies in Economics at the National University of Athens in Greece and his MA and Ph.D. in Economics at Clark University in Massachusetts.