ScholarGPS® Releases 2026 Quantitative Rankings

 

ScholarGPS® Releases Its 2026 Quantitative Rankings
The 2026 quantitative rankings cover more than 30 million scholars—including active, retired, and deceased scholars—over 3,400 academic institutions, and 135 countries.

The release also includes Highly Ranked Scholars and Top Scholars, recognizing scholars in the top 0.05% and top 0.5%, respectively, within their ranking categories. Rankings are available for both lifetime contributions and contributions during the prior five years, overall and across 14 fields, 177 disciplines, and more than 350,000 specialties.

Ομιλία καθηγητή του Stanford στο συνέδριο της εφημερίδας Εστία

 

Honorary Fellowship (Hon. FRAIA) by the Australian Institute of Architects

 

I am deeply honoured to have been awarded an Honorary Fellowship (Hon. FRAIA) by the Australian Institute of Architects. This recognition was awarded in acknowledgment of contributions to high-performance architecture, lower-carbon buildings, and climate-responsive cities through research, innovation, and collaboration with the architectural profession. [citation]
I have been fortunate to work alongside outstanding colleagues, students, researchers, architects, and industry partners around the world. Any contribution I have made is the result of these collaborations and of a shared commitment to creating healthier, more sustainable, and more resilient cities.

Member of the Order of Australia

 

Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia

There are moments in life when words simply do not seem enough. This is one of those moments for me.
To be appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia is an honour of a magnitude that I find difficult to express. I receive it with profound humility, deep emotion and, above all, immense gratitude.
For me, this recognition carries a very special meaning. Australia is a remarkable country, a country that respects and values the efforts and contributions of its people, including those who, like me, have had the privilege of calling Australia home for only a relatively small part of their lives.
To feel embraced and honoured in this way by a country that welcomed me only a few years ago touches me very deeply.

Contribution to a Deutsche Welle Documentary

 

Cooling Down Earth’s Cities

With recent record-breaking summer heat waves, spiking urban temperatures have become a major concern for cities tackling climate change. Densely populated areas are warming far faster than their rural and suburban surroundings, creating dangerous “urban heat islands” that threaten public health, increase energy consumption, and disproportionately impact city dwellers with lower incomes.

Meanwhile, designing buildings to protect occupants from climate extremes—while managing energy demand—has become increasingly complex, and especially challenging in the developing world.

“Closing the skills and capacity gap in those markets is one of the most important levers the sector has,” Hanane Hafraoui, GlobalABC lead program manager at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), told The Earth & I.