Aleh Cherp

Professor
Academic Secretary and Research Director
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Monument Building
Room: 
203
Phone number: 
327-2012
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Qualifications: 
MSc (distinction), Biophysics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (1991)
MSc, Pollution and Environmental Control, University of Manchester (1992)
PhD, University of Manchester (2000)
Academic/Professional experience, and Achievements: 

Aleh Cherp is a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy and the Academic Secretary and Research Director at CEU. His research interests include energy security and sustainable development strategies under transitions. He is the Convening Lead Analyst on Energy Security of the Global Energy Assessment and has undertaken professional work for the European Environment Agency (EEA), UNDP, UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, and USAID among others. He has also served on the editorial boards of several journals.

He is the Rapporteur of the Advisory Working Group on the Environment (including Climate Change) of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission, the evaluator of the European Research Council and the coordinator for MESPOM, the Erasmus Mundus Masters course in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, which CEU operates jointly with Lund University (Sweden), the University of Manchester (UK), the University of the Aegean (Greece), the Middlebury College and the Monterey Institute for International Relations (USA) and the University of Saskatchewan (Canada). He is also a visiting professor at Lund University, Swedish Agricultural University and Blekinge Institute of Technology (Sweden).

Prior to joining CEU in 2000, he earned his Masters and PhD at Manchester University and worked with NGOs and the United Nations in Central Asia, Russia and Belarus. He also founded an Environmental NGO in Moscow during the political change in the Former Soviet Union. His first degree was in Physics.

Academic/research topics: 
energy security
nuclear energy
Sustainable energy
sustainable development
SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment)
Academic/Research Areas: 
Environmental and Energy Studies
Selected Publications: 
Energy, Security, Interdependence ; Global Energy Assessment, 2008
Language proficiencies (spoken): 
English
Language proficiencies (spoken): 
Russian
Language proficiencies (spoken): 
Swedish
Language proficiencies (spoken): 
Belarusian

Theses supervised by Aleh Cherp

Doctoral
Energy security and renewable electricity imports: the case of European Union and North Africa
Thesis author: Johan Lilliestam
Year of enrollment: 2010/2011
Energy Security under Sustainable Energy Transitions
Thesis author: Jessica Jewell
Year of enrollment: 2009/2010
The Hegemony of Integrated Water Resources Management: a Study of Policy Translation in England, Turkey and Kazakhstan
Thesis author: Farhad Mukhtarov
Year of enrollment: 2005/2006
Strategic Environmental Assessment Follow-up: from Promise to Practice. Case studies from the UK and Canada
Thesis author: Maia Gachechiladze-Bozhesku
Year of enrollment: 2005/2006
Organizational Aspects of Learning for Sustainability in Local Government: A study of Hungarian municipalities
Thesis author: Csaba Pusztai
Year of enrollment: 2003/2004
Organizational Aspects of Learning for Sustainability in Local Government: A Study on Hungarian Governments
Thesis author: Csaba Pusztai
Year of enrollment: 2003/2004
Master's
Energy Security Implications of the Transport Sector Development Scenarios
Thesis author: Tian Peng
Year of enrollment: 2009/2010
Global Analysis of Electricity Security: Diversity and Aging of Power Plants
Thesis author: Jashan Daniel
Year of enrollment: 2009/2010
Security of electricity supply: A global assessment of national vulnerabilities
Thesis author: Saptarshi Pal
Year of enrollment: 2009/2010
SEXPOT: A spatiotemporal linear programming model to simulate global deployment of renewable power technologies
Thesis author: Kevin Ummel
Year of enrollment: 2009/2010
Nuclear energy discourses in Lithuania and Belarus
Thesis author: Vaida Pilibaityte
Year of enrollment: 2008/2009
The Desertec Project: a New Resource Curse for Countries in North Africa and the Middle East?
Thesis author: Ralph Ripken
Year of enrollment: 2008/2009
Capacities and Driving Forces for Nuclear Power in Newcomer Countries
Thesis author: Jessica Jewell
Thesis author: Jessica Jewell
Year of enrollment: 2007/2008

Publications

Book
Book Chapter
Cherp, A., and J. Jewell. "Measuring energy security: from universal indicators to contextualized frameworks." In The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security, edited by B. K. Sovacool, 330-355. London and New York: Routledge, 2011.
Milstein, D., and A. Cherp. "Energy Security and the Environment in Eastern Europe: The Case Study of Ukraine." In Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security, edited by S. Stec and B. Baraj, 237-249. NATO science for peace and security series. Series C, Environmental security. Springer, 2009.
Cherp, A., S. Emilsson, and O. Hjelm. "Strategic Environmental Assessment and Management in Local Authorities in Sweden." In Effective Environmental Assessment Tools – critical reflections on concepts and practice, edited by L. Emmelin, 198-219. Research Report No 2006:03. Blekinge Institute of Technology, 2006.
Cherp, A., and G. Szarvas. "Strategic Environmental Assessment in Hungary." In Strategic Environmental Assessment of Land Use Planning, 115-129. London: Earthscan, 2005.
Mnatsakanian, R. A., and A. Cherp. "Environmental degradation in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia : past roots, present transition and future hopes." In Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, edited by I. Gladman, 66-70. Regional surveys of the world. London: Centre for Economic Performance (London School of Economics) Publications, 2004.
Cherp, A.. "SEA Protocol and the NIS." In Environmental Assessment Outlook. Capacity building and benchmarking good practice., 2003.
Ürge-Vorsatz, D., and A. Cherp. "Key to success: projects promoting urban sustainability in Europe." In Guide for the Preparation of Local Agenda 21 Programs, edited by J. Szlávik and Turcsányi. Budapest: Önkormányzati Tájékoztató, 2002.
Cherp, A.. "Strategic Environmental Assessment in the NIS." In Integrating Health Considerations and Public Participation into SEA processes. Budapest: Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe,, 2001.
Cherp, A.. "EIA in the Russian Federation." In Environmental Assessment in Developing and Transitional Countries, edited by E. G. Bellinger, Norman Lee, Clive George and Anca Paduret. Chichester: Wiley, 2000.
Cherp, A.. "Integrating environmental appraisals of planned developments into decision-making in countries in transition." In Sustainable Development and Integrated Appraisal in a Developing World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2000.
Cherp, A., and E. G. Bellinger. "Environmental Impact Assessment in Belarus." In Environmental Assessment in Countries in Transition, 49-55. Budapest: CEU Press, 2000.
Cherp, A., and M. Khotuleva. "A waste incinerator plant in the Moscow region of Russia." In Case Studies of Environmental Assessment in Countries in Transition. Manchester: School of Planning, University of Manchester, 2000.
Cherp, A.. "Environmental Impact Assessment in Kazakhstan." In Environmental Assessment in Countries in Transition, edited by E. G. Bellinger, Norman Lee, Clive George and Anca Paduret, 100-108. Budapest: CEU Press, 2000.
Cherp, A., and Marina Khotuleva. "A waste incinerator plant in the Moscow region of Russia." In Case Studies of Environmental Assessment in Countries in Transition, edited by Norman Lee and Clive George. Manchester: School of Planning, University of Manchester, 2000.
Cherp, A.. "EIA in Russia," "EIA in Belarus," "EIA in Kazakhstan." In Environmental Assessment in Countries in Transition, edited by E. G. Bellinger. Budapest: CEU Press, 2000.
Elizarova, L., A. Bykadorov, and A. Cherp. "Environmental Assessment of Minsk and Vitebsk Master Plans." Szentendre (Hungary): Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, 1998.
Cherp, A., and N. Kovaleva. "Republic of Belarus." In Environmental Resources and Problems of the Former USSR, edited by P. Pryde. New York: Westview Press, 1995.
Conference Paper
Cherp, A.. "SEA and National Strategies for Sustainable Development." In Whose Business Is It? Impact assessment for industrial development. 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment. Vancouver, Canada: IAIA, 2004.
Cherp, A.. "Evaluating SEA systems in Countries in Transition." In Baltic EIA, 21-40. Pärnu, Estonia: Stockholm Environment Institute, 1999.
Cherp, A.. "Integrating environmental appraisals of planned developments into decision-making in countries in transition." In Impact Assessment in the Development Process. Manchester: Institute for Development Policy and Management and EIA Centre, University of Manchester, 1998.
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