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Grace Wu is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara. Before joining UCSB, Grace was a Smith Conservation Fellow at The Nature Conservancy and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. She was also a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the John Muir Institute of the Environment at UC Davis. She was trained in systems thinking and interdisciplinary approaches in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley. Grace is interested in land use planning for land-intensive climate solutions, including renewable energy.
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Minkang Kim is Associate Professor in Human Development and Education, in the School of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney. She works within the field of human development and neuroscience, particularly as these disciplines apply to educational theory and practice. She is especially interested in the role of emotion, empathy and value in human development, learning and wellbeing, as evidenced in social/educational contexts and the functioning brain. She was the Chairperson of Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME) between 2014-2016.
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Gender and Diversity Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank's Social Sector. PhD Economist.
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Co-Director ArtsAction Group and Professor of Art & Design Education and New Media in the Department of Communications, Adelphi University. Maguire is also a member of Teachers Without Border's Global Advisory Board. Research expertise includes the role of arts and culture in global development, STEAM, arts and healing, and socially engaged art and art education. Maguire received her PhD in Art Education from New York University, her MA in Studio and Art Education from California State University, Long Beach, and BAE from the University of Kansas.
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Satyajit Singh is a Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Global Studies. He has worked as Professor at the University of Delhi, as Dean at the School of Development Studies and School of Human Ecology, at Ambedkar University Delhi, and in The World Bank. He has been India Chair at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan; Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex; Leverhulme Fellow for Environment and Development at the University of Sussex; and Asia Fellow at the Philippine Institute of Development Studies, Manila.
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Nicole Santiago is a US-licensed attorney with a specialisation in international and human rights law. Her recent work has focused on the intersection of ethics, policy, and emerging technology. She consults for policy-makers and the private sector on technology governance, and has taught at the University-level on issues related to law and technology. She earned a JD from Northeastern University School of Law (Boston), a MA in Diplomacy and International Law from The American University of Paris, and a BA in International Studies from DePaul University (Chicago).
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Kajsa Emilsson is a PhD student at the School of Social Work, Lund University. In her PhD project she explores Swedish residents’ social welfare and environmental attitudes, but also their political strategies to achieve societal transformations and prevent climate change. Her research interest lies primarily in the intersection between social policy and climate change.
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Associate Professor (Docent), Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University
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Sara is a professor of developmental psychology and education, and a 2022 UNESCO-IBE Science of Learning fellow. Sara specialises in playful learning, executive functions and self-regulation in the early years. Sara uses lab-based experiments and works with teachers in schools to translate research from cognitive science into educational contexts. Her projects have been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the LEGO Foundation and the Nuffield Foundation.
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Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark, Co-director of the Humanomics Center