Committee - Adaptation Futures Conference 2025

AF2025 Conference Steering Committee

Convenor, Professor Bronwyn Hayward — Convenor, Professor Bronwyn Hayward

Director, Sustainable Citizenship & Civic Imagination Research

University of Canterbury

Convenor, Professor Shaun Ogilvie — Convenor, Professor Shaun Ogilvie

Professor of Ecology and the Environment

University of Canterbury

Convenor, Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva — Convenor, Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva

Director, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies

University of Canterbury

Dr Maarten Kappelle — Dr Maarten Kappelle

Head, Secretariat

World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP)

Dr Nick Cradock-Henry — Dr Nick Cradock-Henry

Principal Scientist

GNS Science Te Pū Ao

Professor Bruce Glavovic — Professor Bruce Glavovic

Professor: School of People, Environment and Planning Massey

Massey University

Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett) — Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett)

Author, President & CEO

Aluu’taa (Indigenous Research)

Dr Judy Lawrence — Dr Judy Lawrence

Adjunct Professor

Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Professor Sandy Morrison — Professor Sandy Morrison

Dean and Professor Te Pua Wananga ki te Ao

University of Waikato

Professor Tim Naish — Professor Tim Naish

Co-Leader Te Ao Hou: Te Ao Hurihuri – Our Changing Coast Programme

Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Dr Meg Parsons — Dr Meg Parsons

Associate Professor

University of Auckland

Professor Janet Stephenson

Research Professor Centre for Sustainability

University of Otago

Dr Christina Tausa — Dr Christina Tausa

Research Project Manager

Pacific Oceans Climate Crisis Assessment (POCCA)

Professor Anita Wreford — Professor Anita Wreford

Applied Economist

Lincoln University

AF2025 Scientific Program Committee Co-chairs

Professor Katrina Brown — Professor Katrina Brown

Professor Emerita of Social Science

University of Exeter

Professor Mark Howden — Professor Mark Howden

Director - Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions

The Australian National University

Professor Cynthia Rosenzweig — Professor Cynthia Rosenzweig

WASP Scientific Committee co-chair

NASA/Columbia University Earth Institute

AF2025 Scientific Program Committee

Dr Paulina Aldunce — Dr Paulina Aldunce

CITRID University of Chile

Professor Kathryn Bowen — Professor Kathryn Bowen

Professor and Deputy Director Melbourne Climate Futures

University of Melbourne

Professor Winston Chow — Professor Winston Chow

Co-Chair, Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Singapore Management University

Professor Matthias Garschagen — Professor Matthias Garschagen

Chair in Human Geography

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Associate Professor Sherilee L. Harper — Associate Professor Sherilee L. Harper

Principal Researcher

University of Alberta

Dr Viliamu Lese — Dr Viliamu Lese

Senior Lecturer - Disaster Risk Management at the Centre for Environment & Sustainable Development

University of the South Pacific

Dr Debbie Ley — Dr Debbie Ley

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Dr Aditi Mukherji — Dr Aditi Mukherji

Director

CGIAR Climate Change Impact Action Platform

Associate Professor Johanna Nalau — Associate Professor Johanna Nalau

WASP Scientific Committee Co-chair

Griffith University

Professor William Solecki — Professor William Solecki

Professor - Department of Geography

Hunter College-City University of New York

Dr Adelle Thomas — Dr Adelle Thomas

Senior Fellow, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Centre

University of The Bahamas

Dr Christopher Trisos — Dr Christopher Trisos

Senior Researcher

African Climate & Development Initiative

Dr Joeli Veitayaki — Dr Joeli Veitayaki

Associate Professor - School of Marine Studies

University of the South Pacific