Dr Robert Mavsar has been appointed as the new Director of European Forest Institute (EFI) and will start his 5-year term on 1 January 2024. The decision was made by the EFI Board and the EFI Council gave its assent to the appointment. The EFI Director is based at the Institute’s headquarters in Joensuu, Finland. Dr Mavsar will continue as Interim Director until the end of 2023.
For the past eight and a half years, Dr Mavsar has worked first as Deputy Director and most recently as Interim Director of EFI. During this time, he has been responsible for the development and coordination of EFI’s research activities, and for the operational development and management of the institute.
Dr Mavsar has a PhD in economics and two MScs, one in Economics and one in Forestry. His main research interests are in the fields of the development of forest research in Europe, bioeconomy, economic valuation of ecosystem services and innovative business models for the marketing of non-wood forest products.
Dr Mavsar has worked in different roles within EFI since 2007, including as Head of the former ‘Forests for Society’ research programme, and Acting Head and Deputy Head of the former Mediterranean Regional Office.
The European Forest Institute is an international organisation established by European States.
