Dr Anna Hurlimann is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 'Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation in built environments' completed in January 2025. Anna's teaching and research focus on climate change and environmental planning.

Alejandro Bárcena is a researcher at IIED, whose research focuses on urban risk, adaptation politics, and governance in cities of Low- and Middle- Income Countries. His work examines how power, politics, and knowledge production shape adaptation pathways, with a strong focus on transdisciplinary research that bridges sciences, policy, and practice.

Gonzalo Pérez Espinoza (Aysén, Chile), PhD candidate in rural resilience, climate change and public management, master in local development and bachelor in tourism, academic and researcher in tourism and local development. His work is related to sub-national management of climate change resilience.