Armen Asryan

Specialising in Climate Security, Environment, Earth Observation, Space4SDGs, Disaster Risk Reduction and ICT4D. Currently PhD candidate in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies at the University of Lisbon and MSc in Applied Geographical Information Systems from Kingston University, UK. Bringing in 20 years of overall professional experience most of which gained in international technical assistance projects funded by multilateral donors (EU, WB, UNDP, UNIDO, ADB, SDC, CIDA, OSCE, USAID, GIZ), in developing (Central Asia, South Caucasus) and developed countries worldwide. Co-founder of Science for Policymaking and Diplomacy platform in Armenia striving to promote evidence-based decision making among public institutions, especially in the field of environment, DRR  and climate change related policies and actions.