AF2025 Patrons
Chizuru Aoki
Chair of the World Adaptation Science Programme
Sefanaia Nawadra
Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Lisa Tumahai
A Ngāi Tahu leader, and Deputy Chair He Pou a Rangi: NZ Climate Commission
AF2025 Co-Convenors
Convenor, Professor Bronwyn Hayward
Director, Sustainable Citizenship & Civic Imagination Research
University of Canterbury
Convenor, Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva
Pro-Vice Chancellor Pacific and Director, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
University of Canterbury
AF2025 Conference Steering Committee
Dr Nick Cradock-Henry
Principal Scientist
GNS Science Te Pū Ao
Professor Bruce Glavovic
Professor: School of People, Environment and Planning Massey
Massey University
Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett)
Author, President & CEO
Aluu’taa (Indigenous Research)
Dr Judy Lawrence
Adjunct Professor
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
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
Associate Professor
University of Auckland
Professor Wolfgang Rack
Director, Gateway Antarctica - School of Earth and Environment
University of Canterbury
Professor Janet Stephenson
Research Professor Centre for Sustainability
University of Otago
Professor Anita Wreford
Applied Economist
Lincoln University
Ariela Zibiah
Research Assistant, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
University of Canterbury
AF2025 Scientific Program Committee Co-chairs
Professor Katrina Brown
Professor Emerita of Social Science
University of Exeter
Professor Mark Howden
Director - Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
The Australian National University
Professor Cynthia Rosenzweig
WASP Scientific Committee co-chair
NASA/Columbia University Earth Institute
Professor Sandy Morrison, Co-Chair (WASP NZ)
Professor Te Pua Wananga ki te Ao
University of Waikato
AF2025 Scientific Program Committee
Dr Paulina Aldunce
CITRID University of Chile
Professor Kathryn Bowen
Professor and Deputy Director Melbourne Climate Futures
University of Melbourne
Professor Winston Chow
Co-Chair, Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Singapore Management University
Professor Matthias Garschagen
Chair in Human Geography
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Associate Professor Sherilee L. Harper
Principal Researcher
University of Alberta
Dr Viliamu Iese
Senior Research Fellow (Drought Resilience and Climate Studies)
University of Melbourne
Dr Debbie Ley
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Dr Aditi Mukherji
Director
CGIAR Climate Change Impact Action Platform
Associate Professor Johanna Nalau
WASP Scientific Committee Co-chair
Griffith University
Professor William Solecki
Professor - Department of Geography
Hunter College-City University of New York
Dr Adelle Thomas
Senior Fellow, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Centre
University of The Bahamas
Dr Christopher Trisos
Senior Researcher
African Climate & Development Initiative
Dr Joeli Veitayaki
Associate Professor - School of Marine Studies
University of the South Pacific
AF2025 Climate Change: Arts, Education and Communication Advisory Panel
Erin Harrington
Senior Lecturer, English
University of Canterbury
Conor Clarke
Lecturer, Fine Arts
Ngāi Tahu, Scottish, Welsh
Jon Vea
Lecturer, Fine Arts
University of Canterbury
Raewyn Martyn
Lecturer, Fine Arts
University of Canterbury
Tara Ross
Senior Lecturer Media and Communication
University of Canterbury
Justin De Hart
Associate Professor, Music
University of Canterbury
Francis Yapp
Senior Lecturer, Community Music
University of Canterbury
Zita Joyce
Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication
University of Canterbury
Nina Oberg Humphries
Multimedia artist and Pacific arts
Cook Islands, NZ
Donald Mattheson
Professor, Media and Communication
University of Canterbury
Susan Ballard
Professor, Art History and the Environmental Humanities
Victoria University of Wellington
Sara Tolbert
Professor, School of Curriculum Teaching & Inclusive Education
Monash University
Gabby O'Connor, PHD
Installation Artist
Wellington
Mark Harvey
Senior Lecturer, Dance Studies Programme
University of Auckland