David Stanners

Biography

 David Stanners is Head of Partnerships and Networks (PAN) at the European Environment Agency (EEA). As Head of Programme he is responsible for the strategic development of relations with EEA member and cooperating countries as well as EU neighbourhood countries. The activities of the PAN Programme includes the secretariat for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) network as well as coordination of European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet), National Focal Points (NFPs), National References Centres (NRCs) and European Topic Centres (ETCs). He is also responsible for the strategic development and coordination of the Agency's engagements with international and regional organisations (especially UN bodies) and with regions and countries beyond the EEA membership. David has a BSc honours degree in Environmental Sciences from Lancaster University (UK) and holds a PhD from the same university on the fate and redistribution of artificial radionuclides in marine and coastal environments. He worked for the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy (1982-1990) on environmental radioactivity issues connected to the Euratom treaty especially concerning high-level waste disposal and the environmental impacts of the Chernobyl accident. In 1990 he was assigned to the European Commission's Task-Force in Brussels charged with preparing the setting up of the EEA during which period he lead the development of the first report on the state of the pan-European environment (The Dobris Assessment, 1995). Moving to Copenhagen in 1994 he joined the EEA staff in 1996 focusing on the developing of EEA's regular state of environment reports and contributions to global and regional assessments. Before taking up his current position in September 2015, he was head of three different programmes at the EEA in the fields of integrated environmental assessment and reporting, and strategic knowledge and innovation, and most recently served as Senior Adviser in the Executive Director’s Office.

Research Interest

 ntegrated environmental assessment and reporting, and strategic knowledge and innovation,