Max Franks is a postdoc at the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The focus of his research lies on the possibilities for unilateral climate policy and the interface between public economics and the economics of climate change. In particular this includes the areas of sustainable development, tax competition, the supply side dynamics of fossil resource extraction, and the intra- and intergenerational distribution of wealth. On carbon pricing and sustainable development, see this press release: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/flipping-the-switch-making-use-of-carbon-price-dollars-for-health-and-education On inequality and policy options to redistribute wealth, see this press release: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/news/press-releases/wealth-inequality-closing-the-gap-by-taxing-land-and-bequests

Sean is developing a workstream on Just Transition at TASC - the Think Tank for Action on Social Change - in Ireland. This work aims to identify and address knowledge and capacity deficits that must be overcome in order to include workers and their communities the design, planning and implementation of a fair transition to sustainable economies and societies. The findings will help to inform people-centred climate action and sustainable development in Ireland and Europe. Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in Development Practice awarded by Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. Prior to joining TASC, Sean worked as a Policy Officer with the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice for five years. During this time he engaged with the negotiations leading to the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. He also led the Foundation’s work on intergenerational equity. Sean spent five years working in the private sector, as a catastrophe risk analyst with Renaissance Reinsurance. He also spent 2 years working in a hospice in Kolkata, India, and worked with the Environmental Protection Agency in Sierra Leone building the agencies capacity in Geographic Information Systems.

Lisa A. Gennetian is a Research Professor, Institute for Human Development and Social Change, New York University. Dr. Gennetian’s research portfolio spans poverty and policy research, income security and stability, early care and education, and children’s development, with a lens toward causal mechanisms. Her work with Dr. Eldar Shafir “The Persistence of Poverty in the Context of Economic Instability: A Behavioral Perspective,” describes a behavioral framework for poverty programs and policy. In 2015 she launched the beELL initiative; applying insights from behavioral economics to support parent engagement in, and enhance the impacts of, early childhood interventions. She is co-PI on a large randomized control study of a monthly unconditional cash transfer to low income mothers of infants, co-PI at the National Center for Research on Hispanic Families and Children directing research on Hispanic family poverty and economic health; and, has served as an Associate Editor of Child Development since 2012.

I'm a public policy analyst, focused on drug policy and crime control, and in particular on means of achieving compliance with rules while imposing the smallest possible burden of actual punishment. Currently Professor of Public Policy at NYU and director of the Crime and Justice Program at the Marron Institute on Urban Management. Previous academic posts include UCLA Luskin School, Harvard Kennedy School, and, as visiting faculty, the University of Virginia, University of Maryland, and Harvard Law School. Public-sector experience in the U.S. Congress, Boston city government, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Chair of BOTEC Analysis LLC, a policy consulting and research firm, which among other projects advised the State of Washington on developing regulations for its legal cannabis market.