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Executive Director - Global Buildings Performance Network (www.gbpn.org), an international network of experts dedicated to achieving the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from the buildings sector.
Associate Professor - Architectural Technologies at Monash University, Australia (www.monash.edu/mada)
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I am the acting Director of the Environmental Democracy Practice, The World Resources Institute and work on rights to information, participation and access to justice.
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I am a sociologist interested in the transformations of healthcare, particularly through the introduction of new health technologies or extending existing technologies to new patient groups. I conduct qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research. My research has looked at the social and ethical issues around genomic medicine (including genetic testing and screening and genome editing), synthetic biology (including cultured blood and induced pluripotent stem cell therapy), and (pandemic and seasonal) influenza vaccines and HPV vaccines.
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Social scientist with an interest in creative methods for knowledge exchange and evidence building
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I am a Teaching Fellow at the University of Reading, England, specialising in Strategic Studies and the relationship between policy creation and implementation.
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Dr Matias Margulis is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. His research and teaching interests are are interdisciplinary and cut across the fields of global development, human rights, international law and global food politics. Dr Margulis' work has been published in journals such as Review of International Political Economy, Global Governance, World Trade Review, Globalizations, Geopolitics and his edited books include The Global Political Economy of Raúl Prebisch (Routledge 2017) and Land Grabbing and Global Governance (Routledge 2014, edited with Nora McKeon and Saturnino Borras, Jr.).
In addition to his academic research, Dr Margulis has extensive professional experience in the field of international policymaking. He is a former Canadian represenative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Trade Organization (WTO). He has also advised the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and the Scottish Parliament and consulted for international NGOs and the Brookings Institution.
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Editor, Education Finance and Policy
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor of Public Affairs and Economics
Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Professor Emeritus, NYU
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Sociologist working on heritage, class, deindustrialisation, cultural participation & community inclusion, with an interest in qualitative research methodologies
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Developing the Australian Transition Academy at Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) in partnership with the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT). I am a research analyst, educator and socio-environmental planner with expertise in the coordination and delivery of sustainability strategies, social and environmental assessments, and education programs.
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Erika Bailey-Johnson just wrapped up her tenth year as the Sustainability Director at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota. She works in the Ganawendakamigaawigamig (Office of Earth-Caretaking or Sustainability Office) and coordinates the People of the Environment academic program. She completed her BA in Biology from the University of Minnesota, Morris and her Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from BSU. Her background is in science teaching, and Erika and her husband taught for two years in Mexico and three years in Kuwait before returning home to Northern Minnesota. In 2014, Erika was named one of the top 40 under 40 business professionals in the region by Prairie Business Magazine, and in 2015 as one of the top 40 under 40 professionals in the Midwest working to accelerate America’s transition to a clean energy economy by Midwest Energy News. She was recently appointed to Governor Dayton’s Committee on Pollinator Protection. She speaks at regional and national conferences on BSU’s unique sustainability model which includes a wellness component and an emphasis on integrating Indigenous voices. Erika is currently on the board for Happy Dancing Turtle in Pine River and the alumni board for the University of Minnesota, Morris. She is a founding member of the City of Bemidji Sustainability Committee, and recently became the Director of the Niizoo-gwayakochigewin project to integrate an indigenous lens into campus sustainability work and academic programs. Erika maintains an active schedule with two young boys and a passion to make the Bemidji community a healthier and more sustainable place.