Gabriela Nuri Baron is a researcher, educator, and strategist specializing in participatory methodologies for sustainability and conservation. A Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, she collaborates with Indigenous and local communities, integrating decolonial approaches. She is a designer with a PhD in Environmental Engineering, and a certified DiveMaster.

Veronica helps adaptation researchers and government decision-makers to understand and value each other. Through leading core adaptation capability at Australia’s national research organisation, managing a research funding program on transformational adaptation in international development, and now being a nimble consultant, she works to scale rigorous adaptation decision-making up and out. James specialises in participatory systems research, developing tools and processes with decision-makers that enable them to better understand future change, and to adapt and innovate accordingly. His diverse background includes multi-disciplinary research in agricultural economics, development studies and ecology gained in Africa, Scotland, Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. Madiha is an early-career social scientist, using qualitative and quantitative skills to understand and address climate-induced migration, urban transitions, and climate resilience more broadly. She is particularly passionate about the practice of operationalising locally-led adaptation. Jon has thirty years’ interdisciplinary experience on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and transformation; soil and water conservation; and agricultural innovation systems from Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. He fosters interdisciplinary research teams and builds transdisciplinary networks with policy-makers and other decision-makers to advance new discourses essential for transformational change. Ewelina is an experienced manager, social scientist, and communicator specialising in climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, and development and impact evaluation. She uses qualitative research skills to understand and nurture climate change responses taking place through societal change, policy and public administration. Hemant is a researcher, practitioner, and policy analyst. He works with decision makers, researchers, community groups, social entrepreneurs, and businesses to co-create impact across the Global South. He focuses cross-sectorally, tackling questions of governance, system innovation and transformation to improve justice, resilience, and sustainability in the rapidly changing world.

Thirty years’ agricultural research experience from Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America on climate change adaptation and social equity. Fifteen years’ experience fostering interdisciplinary research teams and building trans-disciplinary networks to enhance climate change transformative adaptation.

Dr Seona Meharg is an interdisciplinary social scientist researching how individuals and organisations learn and change, specifically asking what enables individuals and groups to take up ownership of knowledge, tools, and processes for more informed decision-making in complex domains.

Edward’s research covers complex risk analysis, adaptation pathways, and monitoring, evaluation and learning in complex systems. He is passionate about co-creation and concept development. His work focusses predominantly on understanding and managing the complex impacts from climate change. He is currently perusing his PhD on pathways for complex risk management.