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Dr Stavros Afionis
(he/him)
Lecturer in International Relations
- AfionisS@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75068
- Law Building, Room 3.05A, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
Overview
Stavros is a Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Law and Politics. Previously, he was a Research Fellow at the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) at the University of Leeds. From 2016 to 2018, Stavros was a Teaching Fellow in Environmental Politics at Keele University. His doctoral research examined the role played by the European Union in international climate change negotiations. His research interests currently focus on environmental politics and in particular, international climate change negotiations and global biofuel policies. He is also an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Sustainability, as well as Environmental Policy and Governance. Since November 2023, he is co-director of the Centre for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP), located at the School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University.
Publication
2022
- Jakob, M. et al. 2022. How trade policy can support the climate agenda. Science 376(6600), pp. 1401-1403. (10.1126/science.abo4207)
- Sharvini, S., Noor, Z., Stringer, L., Afionis, S. and Chong, C. 2022. Energy generation from palm oil mill effluent: A life cycle cost-benefit analysis and policy insights. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 156, article number: 111990. (10.1016/j.rser.2021.111990)
- Strauß, L., Baker, T. R., de Lima, R. F., Afionis, S. and Dallimer, M. 2022. Limited integration of biodiversity within climate policy: Evidence from the Alliance of Small Island States. Environmental Science and Policy 128, pp. 216-227. (10.1016/j.envsci.2021.11.019)
- Afionis, S. and Sakai, M. 2022. Production- and consumption-based accounting: an overview of the debate. In: Jakob, M. ed. Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change. Edward Elgar, pp. 239-255.
- Afionis, S. 2022. Addressing inequalities in national capabilities: common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities relating to adaptation and the Paris Agreement.. In: Portner, H. et al. eds. Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1229.
2021
- Afzal, N., Afionis, S., Stringer, L. C., Favretto, N., Sakai, M. and Sakai, P. 2021. Benefits and trade-offs of smallholder sweet potato cultivation as a pathway toward achieving the sustainable development goals. Sustainability 13(2), article number: 552. (10.3390/su13020552)
2020
- Afionis, S., Mkwambisi, D. D. and Dallimer, M. 2020. Lack of cross-sector and cross-level policy coherence and consistency limits urban green infrastructure implementation in Malawi. Frontiers in Environmental Science 8, article number: 558619. (10.3389/fenvs.2020.558619)
- Afionis, S. and Stringer, L. C. 2020. Fuelling friendships or driving divergence? Legitimacy, coherence, and negotiation in Brazilian perceptions of European and American biofuels governance. Energy Research and Social Science 67, article number: 101487. (10.1016/j.erss.2020.101487)
- Favretto, N., Afionis, S., Stringer, L. C., Dougill, A. J., Quinn, C. H. and Ranarijaona, H. L. T. 2020. Delivering climate-development co-benefits through multi-stakeholder forestry projects in Madagascar: opportunities and challenges. Land 9(5), article number: 157. (10.3390/land9050157)
- Sakai, P. et al. 2020. Understanding the implications of alternative bioenergy crops to support smallholder farmers in Brazil. Sustainability 12(5), article number: 2146. (10.3390/su12052146)
- Dallimer, M., Martin-Ortega, J., Rendon, O., Afionis, S., Bark, R., Gordon, I. J. and Paavola, J. 2020. Taking stock of the empirical evidence on the insurance value of ecosystems. Ecological Economics 167, article number: 106451. (10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106451)
2018
- England, M. I. et al. 2018. Climate change adaptation and cross-sectoral policy coherence in southern Africa. Regional Environmental Change 18(7), pp. 2059-2071. (10.1007/s10113-018-1283-0)
- Stringer, L. C. et al. 2018. A new framework to enable equitable outcomes: resilience and nexus approaches combined. Earth's Future 6(6), pp. 902-918. (10.1029/2017EF000694)
- Favretto, N., Dougill, A., Stringer, L., Afionis, S. and Quinn, C. 2018. Links between climate change mitigation, adaptation and development in land policy and ecosystem restoration projects: lessons from South Africa. Sustainability 10(3), article number: 779. (10.3390/su10030779)
- England, M. I., Stringer, L. C., Dougill, A. J. and Afionis, S. 2018. How do sectoral policies support climate compatible development? An empirical analysis focusing on southern Africa. Environmental Science and Policy 79, pp. 9-15. (10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.009)
2017
- Afionis, S. 2017. The European Union in international climate change negotiations. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Favretto, N., Stringer, L. C., Buckeridge, M. S. and Afionis, S. 2017. Policy and diplomacy in the production of second generation ethanol in Brazil: international relations with the EU, the USA and Africa. In: Buckeridge, M. S. and De Souza, A. P. eds. Advances of Basic Science for Second Generation Bioethanol from Sugarcane. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 197-212., (10.1007/978-3-319-49826-3_11)
- Afionis, S., Sakai, M., Scott, K., Barrett, J. and Gouldson, A. 2017. Consumption-based carbon accounting: does it have a future?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 8(1), article number: e438. (10.1002/wcc.438)
2016
- Afionis, S., Stringer, L. C., Favretto, N., Tomei, J. and Buckeridge, M. S. 2016. Unpacking Brazil's leadership in the global biofuels arena: Brazilian ethanol diplomacy in Africa. Global Environmental Politics 16(3), pp. 127-150. (10.1162/GLEP_a_00369)
- Afionis, S. and Stringer, L. C. 2016. An energy partnership between the European Union and Brazil for the promotion of second generation biofuels. In: Heffron, R. J. and Little, G. F. M. eds. Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US: a Reader. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 674-678.
2015
- Gouldson, A., Carpenter, A. and Afionis, S. 2015. Environmental leadership? Comparing regulatory outcomes and industrial performance in the United States and the European Union. Journal of Cleaner Production 100, pp. 278-285. (10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.029)
2014
- Gouldson, A., Sullivan, R. and Afionis, S. 2014. Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and the governance of business. In: Atkinson, G. et al. eds. Handbook of Sustainable Development. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 564-576., (10.4337/9781782544708.00049)
- Afionis, S. 2014. Biodiesel. In: Garrett, M. ed. Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy. SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 289-291., (10.4135/9781483346526.n106)
- Afionis, S. 2014. Biofuels. In: Garrett, M. ed. Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy. SAGE Publications, pp. 291-293., (10.4135/9781483346526.n107)
- Gouldson, A., Carpenter, A. and Afionis, S. 2014. An international comparison of the outcomes of environmental regulation. Environmental Research Letters 9(7), pp. -., article number: 74019. (10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/074019)
- Fenton, A., Wright, H., Afionis, S., Paavola, J. and Huq, S. 2014. Debt relief and financing climate change action. Nature Climate Change 4(8), pp. 650-653. (10.1038/nclimate2303)
- Afionis, S. and Stringer, L. C. 2014. The environment as a strategic priority in the European Union-Brazil partnership: is the EU behaving as a normative power or soft imperialist?. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 14(1), pp. 47-64. (10.1007/s10784-013-9232-3)
2013
- Afionis, S., Favretto, N., Buckeridge, M., Van Alstine, J. and Stringer, L. C. 2013. The environment in Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the Rio+20 Summit. In: Europa Publications, . ed. South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2014. South America, Central America and the Caribbean Routledge, pp. 17-21.
- Mathur, V. N., Afionis, S., Paavola, J., Dougill, A. J. and Stringer, L. C. 2013. Experiences of host communities with carbon market projects: towards multi-level climate justice. Climate Policy 14(1), pp. 42-62. (10.1080/14693062.2013.861728)
- Van Alstine, J. and Afionis, S. 2013. Community and company capacity: the challenge of resource-led development in Zambia's 'New Copperbelt'. Community Development Journal 48(3), pp. 360-376. (10.1093/cdj/bst019)
- Van Alstine, J., Afionis, S. and Doran, P. 2013. The UN conference on sustainable development (Rio+20): A sign of the times or ‘ecology as spectacle’?. Environmental Politics 22(2), pp. 333-338. (10.1080/09644016.2013.765162)
- Dessai, S., Afionis, S. and Van Alstine, J. 2013. Science alone cannot shape sustainability. Nature 493(7430), pp. 26. (10.1038/493026d)
2012
- Afionis, S., Fenton, A. and Paavola, J. 2012. EU climate leadership under test. Nature Climate Change 2(12), pp. 837-838. (10.1038/nclimate1752)
- Van Alstine, J. D. and Afionis, S. 2012. Rio+20: environmental outlook in Latin America and the Caribbean. In: Europa Publications, . ed. South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2013. South America, Central America and the Caribbean Routledge, pp. 12-17.
- Afionis, S. and Stringer, L. C. 2012. European Union leadership in biofuels regulation: Europe as a normative power?. Journal of Cleaner Production 32, pp. 114-123. (10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.03.034)
- Afionis, S. and Bailey, I. 2012. Ever closer partnerships? European Union relations with rapidly industrializing countries on climate change. In: Bailey, I. and Compston, H. eds. Feeling the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrializing Countries. Energy, Climate and the Environment London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 57-74., (10.1057/9780230374973_4)
2011
- Afionis, S. 2011. The European Union as a negotiator in the international climate change regime. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 11(4), pp. 341-360. (10.1007/s10784-010-9135-5)
2010
- Afionis, S. and Chatzopoulos, I. 2010. Russia's role in UNFCCC negotiations since the exit of the United States in 2001. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 10(1), pp. 45-63. (10.1007/s10784-009-9106-x)
Articles
- Jakob, M. et al. 2022. How trade policy can support the climate agenda. Science 376(6600), pp. 1401-1403. (10.1126/science.abo4207)
- Sharvini, S., Noor, Z., Stringer, L., Afionis, S. and Chong, C. 2022. Energy generation from palm oil mill effluent: A life cycle cost-benefit analysis and policy insights. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 156, article number: 111990. (10.1016/j.rser.2021.111990)
- Strauß, L., Baker, T. R., de Lima, R. F., Afionis, S. and Dallimer, M. 2022. Limited integration of biodiversity within climate policy: Evidence from the Alliance of Small Island States. Environmental Science and Policy 128, pp. 216-227. (10.1016/j.envsci.2021.11.019)
- Afzal, N., Afionis, S., Stringer, L. C., Favretto, N., Sakai, M. and Sakai, P. 2021. Benefits and trade-offs of smallholder sweet potato cultivation as a pathway toward achieving the sustainable development goals. Sustainability 13(2), article number: 552. (10.3390/su13020552)
- Afionis, S., Mkwambisi, D. D. and Dallimer, M. 2020. Lack of cross-sector and cross-level policy coherence and consistency limits urban green infrastructure implementation in Malawi. Frontiers in Environmental Science 8, article number: 558619. (10.3389/fenvs.2020.558619)
- Afionis, S. and Stringer, L. C. 2020. Fuelling friendships or driving divergence? Legitimacy, coherence, and negotiation in Brazilian perceptions of European and American biofuels governance. Energy Research and Social Science 67, article number: 101487. (10.1016/j.erss.2020.101487)
- Favretto, N., Afionis, S., Stringer, L. C., Dougill, A. J., Quinn, C. H. and Ranarijaona, H. L. T. 2020. Delivering climate-development co-benefits through multi-stakeholder forestry projects in Madagascar: opportunities and challenges. Land 9(5), article number: 157. (10.3390/land9050157)
- Sakai, P. et al. 2020. Understanding the implications of alternative bioenergy crops to support smallholder farmers in Brazil. Sustainability 12(5), article number: 2146. (10.3390/su12052146)
- Dallimer, M., Martin-Ortega, J., Rendon, O., Afionis, S., Bark, R., Gordon, I. J. and Paavola, J. 2020. Taking stock of the empirical evidence on the insurance value of ecosystems. Ecological Economics 167, article number: 106451. (10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106451)
- England, M. I. et al. 2018. Climate change adaptation and cross-sectoral policy coherence in southern Africa. Regional Environmental Change 18(7), pp. 2059-2071. (10.1007/s10113-018-1283-0)
- Stringer, L. C. et al. 2018. A new framework to enable equitable outcomes: resilience and nexus approaches combined. Earth's Future 6(6), pp. 902-918. (10.1029/2017EF000694)
- Favretto, N., Dougill, A., Stringer, L., Afionis, S. and Quinn, C. 2018. Links between climate change mitigation, adaptation and development in land policy and ecosystem restoration projects: lessons from South Africa. Sustainability 10(3), article number: 779. (10.3390/su10030779)
- England, M. I., Stringer, L. C., Dougill, A. J. and Afionis, S. 2018. How do sectoral policies support climate compatible development? An empirical analysis focusing on southern Africa. Environmental Science and Policy 79, pp. 9-15. (10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.009)
- Afionis, S., Sakai, M., Scott, K., Barrett, J. and Gouldson, A. 2017. Consumption-based carbon accounting: does it have a future?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 8(1), article number: e438. (10.1002/wcc.438)
- Afionis, S., Stringer, L. C., Favretto, N., Tomei, J. and Buckeridge, M. S. 2016. Unpacking Brazil's leadership in the global biofuels arena: Brazilian ethanol diplomacy in Africa. Global Environmental Politics 16(3), pp. 127-150. (10.1162/GLEP_a_00369)
- Gouldson, A., Carpenter, A. and Afionis, S. 2015. Environmental leadership? Comparing regulatory outcomes and industrial performance in the United States and the European Union. Journal of Cleaner Production 100, pp. 278-285. (10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.029)
- Gouldson, A., Carpenter, A. and Afionis, S. 2014. An international comparison of the outcomes of environmental regulation. Environmental Research Letters 9(7), pp. -., article number: 74019. (10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/074019)
- Fenton, A., Wright, H., Afionis, S., Paavola, J. and Huq, S. 2014. Debt relief and financing climate change action. Nature Climate Change 4(8), pp. 650-653. (10.1038/nclimate2303)
- Afionis, S. and Stringer, L. C. 2014. The environment as a strategic priority in the European Union-Brazil partnership: is the EU behaving as a normative power or soft imperialist?. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 14(1), pp. 47-64. (10.1007/s10784-013-9232-3)
- Mathur, V. N., Afionis, S., Paavola, J., Dougill, A. J. and Stringer, L. C. 2013. Experiences of host communities with carbon market projects: towards multi-level climate justice. Climate Policy 14(1), pp. 42-62. (10.1080/14693062.2013.861728)
- Van Alstine, J. and Afionis, S. 2013. Community and company capacity: the challenge of resource-led development in Zambia's 'New Copperbelt'. Community Development Journal 48(3), pp. 360-376. (10.1093/cdj/bst019)
- Van Alstine, J., Afionis, S. and Doran, P. 2013. The UN conference on sustainable development (Rio+20): A sign of the times or ‘ecology as spectacle’?. Environmental Politics 22(2), pp. 333-338. (10.1080/09644016.2013.765162)
- Dessai, S., Afionis, S. and Van Alstine, J. 2013. Science alone cannot shape sustainability. Nature 493(7430), pp. 26. (10.1038/493026d)
- Afionis, S., Fenton, A. and Paavola, J. 2012. EU climate leadership under test. Nature Climate Change 2(12), pp. 837-838. (10.1038/nclimate1752)
- Afionis, S. and Stringer, L. C. 2012. European Union leadership in biofuels regulation: Europe as a normative power?. Journal of Cleaner Production 32, pp. 114-123. (10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.03.034)
- Afionis, S. 2011. The European Union as a negotiator in the international climate change regime. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 11(4), pp. 341-360. (10.1007/s10784-010-9135-5)
- Afionis, S. and Chatzopoulos, I. 2010. Russia's role in UNFCCC negotiations since the exit of the United States in 2001. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 10(1), pp. 45-63. (10.1007/s10784-009-9106-x)
Book sections
- Afionis, S. and Sakai, M. 2022. Production- and consumption-based accounting: an overview of the debate. In: Jakob, M. ed. Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change. Edward Elgar, pp. 239-255.
- Afionis, S. 2022. Addressing inequalities in national capabilities: common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities relating to adaptation and the Paris Agreement.. In: Portner, H. et al. eds. Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1229.
- Favretto, N., Stringer, L. C., Buckeridge, M. S. and Afionis, S. 2017. Policy and diplomacy in the production of second generation ethanol in Brazil: international relations with the EU, the USA and Africa. In: Buckeridge, M. S. and De Souza, A. P. eds. Advances of Basic Science for Second Generation Bioethanol from Sugarcane. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 197-212., (10.1007/978-3-319-49826-3_11)
- Afionis, S. and Stringer, L. C. 2016. An energy partnership between the European Union and Brazil for the promotion of second generation biofuels. In: Heffron, R. J. and Little, G. F. M. eds. Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US: a Reader. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 674-678.
- Gouldson, A., Sullivan, R. and Afionis, S. 2014. Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and the governance of business. In: Atkinson, G. et al. eds. Handbook of Sustainable Development. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 564-576., (10.4337/9781782544708.00049)
- Afionis, S. 2014. Biodiesel. In: Garrett, M. ed. Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy. SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 289-291., (10.4135/9781483346526.n106)
- Afionis, S. 2014. Biofuels. In: Garrett, M. ed. Encyclopedia of Transportation: Social Science and Policy. SAGE Publications, pp. 291-293., (10.4135/9781483346526.n107)
- Afionis, S., Favretto, N., Buckeridge, M., Van Alstine, J. and Stringer, L. C. 2013. The environment in Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the Rio+20 Summit. In: Europa Publications, . ed. South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2014. South America, Central America and the Caribbean Routledge, pp. 17-21.
- Van Alstine, J. D. and Afionis, S. 2012. Rio+20: environmental outlook in Latin America and the Caribbean. In: Europa Publications, . ed. South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2013. South America, Central America and the Caribbean Routledge, pp. 12-17.
- Afionis, S. and Bailey, I. 2012. Ever closer partnerships? European Union relations with rapidly industrializing countries on climate change. In: Bailey, I. and Compston, H. eds. Feeling the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Rapidly Industrializing Countries. Energy, Climate and the Environment London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 57-74., (10.1057/9780230374973_4)
Books
- Afionis, S. 2017. The European Union in international climate change negotiations. Abingdon: Routledge.
Research
European Union environmental politics
International climate change negotiations
Global biofuels policies
Teaching
PL9194 - Introduction to Political Science
PL9242 - Animals, Air, and Areas beyond national jurisdiction - The Politics of Global Environmental Regimes
PLT426 - Global Environmental Politics
PLT062 - Research Methods: Approaches to Knowledge
Biography
Academic Positions
- 2019-present: Lecturer in International Relations - Cardiff University (School of Law and Politics)
- 2017-2019: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Politics - University of Leeds (Sustainability Research Institute)
- 2016-2018: Teaching Fellow in Environmental Politics - Keele University (School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations & Environment)
- 2011-2016: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Politics - University of Leeds (Sustainability Research Institute
Qualifications
- PhD in International Relations and Politics
- MA in Environmental Politics with Distinction
- Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
- BA in Political Science
Research themes
Specialisms
- Environmental politics