Ame's interests include social and environmental justice, sustainable development, socioecological systems, power, values, and trauma and how they relate to collective environmental governance.

Maas is a comparative ecophysiologist who studies the biogeochemical role of zooplankton in open ocean systems and the effects of climate change on these organisms.

Dr. Steven Hartman is Founding Executive Director of the BRIDGES Sustainability Science Coalition in UNESCO’s Management of Social Transformations programme.

Jay Famiglietti is a Global Futures Professor in the School of Sustainability. His research group uses satellites and develops advanced computer models to track how freshwater availability is changing around the world.

Tipeng Chen is a PhD student in Public Administration and Policy at the School of Public Affairs. His research focuses on public management, state-citizen interaction, local government, and climate adaption.