Profiles

Miguel Londoño is a Senior Program Officer at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). He works on issues of sustainability, conflict, and urban green growth,…

Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao is a researcher working at the intersection of issues of biodiversity, community conservation, environment, and peacebuilding. She is currently a post-doctoral…

Alec Crawford

Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Environment Conflict and Peacebuilding
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Canada

Jul 28, 2020

Alec Crawford is a Senior Policy Advisor with the International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)’s Resilience and Economic Law and Policy programs, and is the…

Juha Uitto

Director, Independent Evaluation Office
Global Environment Facility
United States

Jun 30, 2020

Juha Uitto is the Director of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). His work focuses on global environmental and sustainable…

Achim Wennmann is Senior Researcher at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and Executive…

Ashok Swain is a professor at Uppsala University, where he also serves as the Director of the Research School of International Water Cooperation. His work…

Paula Hanasz is a practitioner and policy maker, focusing on issues of environmental conflict and cooperation, particularly around water. She is a Senior Policy Officer…

Geoff Dabelko is Professor and Associate Dean at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University. Focusing on the intersection between research…

Richard Pearshouse is a human rights practitioner, researcher, and advocate, focusing on the intersection of environment, conflict, and human rights. He is currently Head of…

Doug Weir is the Research and Policy Director at the Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS). His work focuses on research and awareness-raising on the environmental…

Sharon Burke is a senior advisor to New America, focusing on issues of international security, natural resources, and energy security. Sharon has primarily worked in…

Joanne Lebert is the Executive Director for IMPACT (formerly known as Partnership Africa Canada), an organization that focuses on improving natural resource management in areas…

Amanda Kron is a lawyer and practitioner focusing on climate change, security, and legal protections for the environment. She serves as both the legal advisor…

Oli Brown is an Associate Fellow with the UK think tank Chatham House (also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs) as well as…

Bocar Thiam is a social scientist and practitioner focusing on issues of land tenure and natural resources governance. He has worked as a consultant, project…

Gidon Bromberg is the co-founder and co-director of EcoPeace Middle East, an Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian environmental peacebuilding organization. With offices in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan, their work…

Jon Barnett is a professor of political geography at the University of Melbourne and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. His research focuses on the ways…

Maxine Burkett is Professor of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and the co-founder of the Institute for Climate and Peace. Her work…

Michael Bothe is Professor Emeritus of Public Law at the J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main. Throughout his career, he has worked on questions of international and…

Ken Conca

Professor
American University
United States

Dec 18, 2018

Ken Conca is a professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University, focusing on the connection between environment, conflict, and…

Casimiro Olvida is a practitioner from the Philippines, focusing on watershed rehabilitation through public-people-private sector partnership, forest land use planning, forest governance, watershed management, and…

Mara Tignino is a Reader at the Faculty of Law and at the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the University of Geneva and Coordinator of…

Swathi Veeravalli is an interdisciplinary research scientist and practitioner working at the intersection of climate change, water resource management, and peacebuilding. She currently works as…

Tobias Ide

Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
Murdoch University
Australia

Sep 11, 2018

Tobias Ide is the Coordinator of the Research Field Peace and Conflict at the Georg Eckert Institute and a lecturer at the Chair of International…

Saleem Ali is Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware, focusing on issues of environmental conflict resolution,…

Janani Vivekananda is a Senior Adviser at adelphi, working on the linkages between climate change, peacebuilding, and risk analysis. She is also a founding member…

Philippe Le Billon is a professor at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Geography and the Liu Institute for Global Issues. He…

Angela María Amaya Arias is a lawyer, researcher, and professor, focusing on environmental law and sustainable development. After training as a lawyer at the Universidad…

Becca Farnum

Queen Mary University of London
United Kingdom

Jun 19, 2018

Becca Farnum is an environmental peacebuilding researcher and scholar. As an undergraduate, she received degrees in anthropology, international development, international relations, and interdisciplinary humanities from…

Erika Weinthal

Professor of Environmental and Public Policy
Duke University
United States

Jun 5, 2018

Erika Weinthal is a political scientist and the Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.…