Laszlo Pinter

Dr. László Pintér is an internationally noted sustainable development and environment expert, author, speaker and practitioner with background in analyzing strategically important sustainable development and policy issues at the global and sub-global levels.

He is currently Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University in Vienna, Austria and Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in Winnipeg, Canada. Prior to joining CEU in 2010 he had been working full time with IISD since 1994, serving as Director of IISD’s Measurement and Assessment Program between 2003 and 2010.

His interest is in the integration of science and policy in the governance and management of transition towards sustainability. He works worldwide and focused on how sustainability governance and strategies of adaptive socio-ecological systems are informed by knowledge and management tools and processes, such as indicators, integrated assessments, outlooks and policy relevant scenarios. His main current research interests are the implementation mechanisms associated with the sustainable development goals at sub-global levels and the design of forward looking integrated assessment and reporting systems. He is also interested in the transformative potential of nature based solutions in the urban context and assessing and addressing climate risks associated with investments in large scale infrastructure.

László has a PhD from the University of Minnesota, a Masters in Natural Resources Management from the University of Manitoba, and a Master of Science in Agronomy from the Hungarian University of Life Sciences. During 2000-01 he spent a year as Practitioner Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.