Dr Cathrine Dyer, Lecturer at VUW in the Master of Climate Change Science and Policy programme is a regular contributor to Bernard Hickey’s award-winning weekly podcast ‘The Hoon’ and substack ‘The Kākā’. Her research is concerned with climate justice and the effects of sustained policy underreactions on shifting risks, rights, and responsibilities.

Dr Sophie Jerram, Research Fellow at VuW is an activist for shared common spaces in urban and non-urban environments. She has been responsible for multiple spaces for artists: third spaces for dialogue and immersive experiences. In 2022-2024 she led Wellington City Council’s arts strategy, Aho Tini. Dr Cathrine Dyer, Lecturer at VUW in the Master of Climate Change Science and Policy programme is a regular contributor to Bernard Hickey’s award-winning weekly podcast ‘The Hoon’ and substack ‘The Kākā’. Her research is concerned with climate justice and the effects of sustained policy underreactions on shifting risks, rights, and responsibilities.

Dr Sophie Jerram, Research Fellow at VuW is an activist for shared common spaces in urban and non-urban environments. She has been responsible for multiple spaces for artists: third spaces for dialogue and immersive experiences. In 2022-2024 she led Wellington City Council’s arts strategy, Aho Tini.

Dr. Heide Imai is Architect, Author and tenured Associate Professor at the Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Senshu University, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Imai has taught undergraduate and postgraduate at different universities in Japan, the UK and Germany. She has researched widely about vernacular landscapes, cultural identities and urban/rural practices in Asia.