Dr. Jessica Thorn, a lecturer at Imperial College London and ARISE Fellow, researches climate adaptation, biodiversity, and land use change. With 17 years across 65+ countries, she’s secured £7 million in funding, influenced global policy, and supervises PhD students, postdocs, and interns in interdisciplinary environmental research.

Geographer, climatologist, PhD in Earth Sciences in the field of geography. Magdalena's scientific interests focus on bioclimatology and urban climate. She developed a monitoring network of the urban heat island in the Warsaw agglomeration. I research the climate of neighbourhoods and the impact of Warsaw’s parks on the surrounding areas.

Miriana Stephens belongs to the tribal groups of Ngāti Rārua, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui in Aoteaora, New Zealand. Miriana co-leads Kai Anamata mō Aotearoa, a five-year research programme advancing research on regenerative agriculture and indigenous / taonga species providing a platform sustainability and resilience in food production.