President, World Sustainability Forum
Professor Stokes began his global career as Aide Spécial au L’Conseil Scientifique International with the Paris-based L’Institut de la Vie; was attached to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria), and seconded to the Institute for Systems Studies and the All Soviet Academy of Sciences Computer Centre (Moscow) where he contributed algorithms to the Soviet nuclear winter scenarios. He subsequently taught and conducted award-winning research in Japan advancing to the role of Senior Associate Dean. Professor Stokes held a co-appointment in France as Directeur de Le program International InterUniversitaire d’Études Supérieures to help establish a network of universities of the Global South. He held academic administrative roles positions in the United States serving as a professor of international political economy and academic dean. Professor Stokes chaired the commission which founded the University for Sustainability; is its founding president and is founding president of the University’s sister organisation – the World Sustainability Forum.