People

For all its activities the Earth System Governance Project relies on a large dynamic network that reflects the interdisciplinary, international, and multi-scale challenge of developing integrated systems of governance to ensure the sustainable development of the coupled socio-ecological system that the Earth has become. The Earth System Governance Network has different categories of affiliation:

Scientific Steering Committee - The Earth System Governance Project operates under the direction of a Scientific Steering Committee. The role of the Scientific Steering Committee is to guide the implementation of the Earth System Governance Science Plan. The members are appointed by the IHDP Scientific Committee for the period of three years.

Lead Faculty - The Lead Faculty of the Earth System Governance Project is a group of not more than 100 individual scientists of high international reputation who will take over (shared) responsibility for the development of research on particular analytical problems, crosscutting themes or flagship activities of the Earth System Governance Science and Implementation Plan.

Research Fellows, and Senior Research Fellows - Earth System Governance Fellows are early to mid-level career colleagues who seek to link their own research projects with the broader themes and questions advanced by the Earth System Governance Science and Implementation Plan. Through a bottom-up, dynamic and active network Earth System Governance Fellows collaborate on research projects, debate ideas and disseminate information on relevant events and opportunities in the field.