Meet the network
Research Fellows of the project contribute to the intellectual vibrancy and impact of earth system governance research. The network seeks to support an inclusive approach to research with equity, diversity, dialogue, critical reflection, and pluralism as key principles.
The network includes over 500 research fellows. In 2021, this grew by 53 Research Fellows and 7 Senior Research Fellows. These new research fellows alone joined from 26 countries.
Scientific Steering Committee
The Earth System Governance Project operates under the direction of a Scientific Steering Committee, whose members and their profiles are visible below.
Please read more here about the role and ways of working of the Scientific Steering Committee.
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Scientific Steering CommitteeSenior Research Fellows
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebony State, Nigeria
Lead FacultyScientific Steering Committee
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Scientific Steering CommitteeSenior Research Fellows
Radboud University, the Netherlands and University of Brasilia, Brazil
Lead FacultyScientific Steering Committee
Lead Faculty
The Earth System Governance Lead Faculty is a small group of scientists of highest international reputation who take (shared) responsibility for the development of research on particular analytical problems or crosscutting themes. Members are invited by the Scientific Steering Committee taking into account academic criteria while striving for a geographical, disciplinary, and gender balance.
Radboud University, the Netherlands and University of Brasilia, Brazil
Lead FacultyScientific Steering Committee
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebony State, Nigeria
Lead FacultyScientific Steering Committee
Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI), France
Lead Faculty
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Lead Faculty
SLOVAKGLOBe, Slovak Academy of Sciences and Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Lead Faculty
Senior Research Fellows
Senior Research Fellows are experienced scientists and faculty members who seek to link their own research projects with the broader themes and questions of earth system governance.
Through a bottom-up, dynamic, and active network, senior research fellows and research fellows collaborate on research, debate ideas and disseminate information on relevant events and opportunities in the field.
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United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Japan
Senior Research Fellows
Senior Research Fellows
Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Australia
Senior Research Fellows
Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University , Australia
Senior Research Fellows
Senior Research Fellows
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America
Senior Research Fellows
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Senior Research Fellows
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Scientific Steering CommitteeSenior Research Fellows
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
Senior Research Fellows
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Scientific Steering CommitteeSenior Research Fellows
University of Colorado at Boulder, United States of America
Senior Research Fellows
Research Fellows
Research Fellows are early to mid-level career scientists who seek to link their own research projects with the broader themes and questions of earth system governance.
Through a bottom-up, dynamic, and active network, senior research fellows and research fellows collaborate on research, debate ideas and disseminate information on relevant events and opportunities in the field.
Research Fellows
Research Fellows
UCD Centre for Sustainable Development, University College Dublin, Ireland
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The University of Tokyo, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
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Universidad Rosario Castellanos, Mexico City, Mexico
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Stockholm University, Sweden, Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden
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EPFL Space Center, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
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University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana
Early Career CommitteeResearch Fellows
University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering // Research Centre for Territory, Transports and Environment, Portugal
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German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) & Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
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University of Leuven, Belgium & University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute of Sustainability Governance, Germany
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School of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile
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Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany
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Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Canada
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School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Canada
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Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Ithaca College, United States of America
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Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS), Brazil
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Research Fellows
College of Law Center for Law and Development (CLD), Qatar University, Qatar
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National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, DC, United States
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La Statale University of Milan; European University Institute, Italy
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University of Oxford, United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Leibniz-Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Germany
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German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Germany
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Fundação Getulio Vargas - Escola se Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV - EAESP), Brazil
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Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States of America
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States of America
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Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in Accra, Ghana
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Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, Australia
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University of Oxford and University of Utrecht, United Kingdom and the Netherlands
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German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Germany
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University of Sussex, United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Brunel University London, United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Environmental Chemistry, Germany
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Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland
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Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom
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University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines, Philippines
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German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Germany
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University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana
Early Career CommitteeResearch Fellows
International Project Office