Meet the network

Research Fellows of the project contribute to the intellectual vibrancy and impact of earth system governance research. The network seeks to support an inclusive approach to research with equity, diversity, dialogue, critical reflection, and pluralism as key principles.

The network includes over 500 research fellows. In 2021, this grew by 53 Research Fellows and 7 Senior Research Fellows. These new research fellows alone joined from 26 countries.

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Scientific steering commitee

Scientific Steering Committee

The Earth System Governance Project operates under the direction of a Scientific Steering Committee, whose members and their profiles are visible below. Please read more here about the role and ways of working of the Scientific Steering Committee.
Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Carleton University, Canada
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Radboud University, The Netherlands
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Tohoku University, Japan
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North-West University, South Africa
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University of Waterloo, Canada
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Wageningen University, the Netherlands
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University of Canberra, Australia
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Dartmouth University, USA
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German Development Insitute
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Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebony State, Nigeria
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Utrecht University
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Lead faculty

Lead Faculty

The Earth System Governance Lead Faculty is a small group of scientists of highest international reputation who take (shared) responsibility for the development of research on particular analytical problems or crosscutting themes. Members are invited by the Scientific Steering Committee taking into account academic criteria while striving for a geographical, disciplinary, and gender balance.
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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University of British Columbia, Canada
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Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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Lund University, Sweden
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Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI), France
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University of Sydney, Australia
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University of Oslo, Norway
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Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America
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University of Sussex, United Kingdom
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Yale University, United States of America
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The Pennsylvania State University, United States of America
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Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
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Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University (UNU-EHS), Germany
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Australia National University, Australia
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Australian National University, Australia
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University of Sydney, Australia
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Lund University, Sweden
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University of Ghana, Ghana
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Lund University, Sweden
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Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, France
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American University, United States of America
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Durham University, United Kingdom
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Ecosecurities International, Indonesia
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University of Waterloo, Canada
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University of Vermont, United States of America
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University of Toronto, Canada
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California State University, Long Beach, United States of America
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University of Toronto, Canada
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Arizona State University, United States of America
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Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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El Colegio de la frontera Norte, Mexico
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University College London, United Kingdom
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The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
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Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
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Initiative for Equality - USA, Brazil
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Stockholm University, Sweden
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Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI), France
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SLOVAKGLOBe, Slovak Academy of Sciences and Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , United States of America
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University of Sussex, United Kingdom
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Lund University, Sweden
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Waseda University, Japan
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University of Delhi, India
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Australian National University, Australia
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Tsinghua University, China
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China University of Political Science and Law, China
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Tyndall Centre, United Kingdom
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Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst, United States of America
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Campinas University UNICAMP, Brazil
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Renmin University of China, China
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University of Michigan, United States of America
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University of Canberra, Australia
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University of Brasilia, Brazil
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Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Chiang Mai University School of Public Policy, Thailand
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National University of Singapore, Singapore
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University of California (Santa Barbara), United States of America
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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International Law Association, Brazil
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University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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University of Arizona, United States of America
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Keio University, Japan
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University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University, Sweden
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University of Oregon, United States of America
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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University of Oslo, Norway
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American University, United States of America
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Senior research fellows

Senior Research Fellows

Senior Research Fellows are experienced scientists and faculty members who seek to link their own research projects with the broader themes and questions of earth system governance. Through a bottom-up, dynamic, and active network, senior research fellows and research fellows collaborate on research, debate ideas and disseminate information on relevant events and opportunities in the field.   Apply here. 
Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
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Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
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School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, India
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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
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Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Australia
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Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
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Florida State University, United States of America
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Institute for Water Futures, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australia
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Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, United Kingdom
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Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University , Australia
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Wilfrid Laurier University, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada
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Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), Hong Kong
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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
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Arizona State University, United States of America
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Case Western Reserve University, United States of America
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City College of New York, United States of America
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University of Vienna, Austria
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Sichuan Agricultural University, China
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The Australian National University, Australia
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Boston University, United States of America
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America
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Arizona State University, United States of America
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Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
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SINTEF Ocean, Norway
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
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Mumbai University, India
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Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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University of Bern, Switzerland
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American University, United States of America
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North South University, Bangladesh
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University of Connecticut, United States of America
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University of Central Florida, United States of America
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Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (visiting professor), India
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University of Nairobi, Kenya
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University of Tasmania, Australia
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The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
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University of Extremadura, Spain
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RMIT University, Australia
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Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Wageningen University, The Netherlands
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Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
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University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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University of Vermont, United States of America
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Laval University, Canada
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Kumaun University, Nainital, India
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King's College London, United Kingdom
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Victoria University of Wellington, Australia
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
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University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
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Lund University, Sweden
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Plymouth University, United Kingdom
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Newcastle University, United Kingdom
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University of Canberra, Australia
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Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences (TIES), India
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Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina
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University of Arizona, United States of America
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IHE Delft, The Netherlands
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Colorado State University, United States of America
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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University of Cape Coast, Ghana
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University of Regina, Canada
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University of California, Santa Cruz, United States of America
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University of Newcastle, Australia
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Australian National University, Australia
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University of Bath, United Kingdom
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University of Colorado at Boulder, United States of America
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Nigeria
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University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Griffith University, Australia
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University of Queensland, Australia
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Queen's University, Canada
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Université Saint Louis – Bruxelles (USL), Belgium
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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University of Eastern Finland, Law School, Finland
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Research fellows

Research Fellows

Research Fellows are early to mid-level career scientists who seek to link their own research projects with the broader themes and questions of earth system governance. Through a bottom-up, dynamic, and active network, senior research fellows and research fellows collaborate on research, debate ideas and disseminate information on relevant events and opportunities in the field.
University of Leuven, Belgium & University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Deakin University, Australia
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Northwestern University, United States of America
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Shantou University, China
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University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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University of Miami, United States of America
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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University of Arizona, United States of America
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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University of Tasmania, Australia
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VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute of Sustainability Governance, Germany
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Queensland University of Technology, Australia
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Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
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University of Brasília, Brazil
Early Career CommitteeResearch Fellows
University of Eastern Finland , Finland
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University of Brasília, Brazil
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University of Brasilia, Brazil
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School of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile
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University of Murcia, Spain
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University of San Francisco, United States of America
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University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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University of Bath, United Kingdom
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Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland
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Griffith University, Australia
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University of Toronto, Canada
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University of Cape Town, South Africa
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University of Turin, Italy
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University of Helsinki, Finland
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Griffith University, Australia
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University of Canberra, Australia
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Radboud University, Netherlands
Early Career CommitteeResearch Fellows
Institute for Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Ghana
Early Career CommitteeResearch Fellows
Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India
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Monash University, Australia
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Colorado State University, United States of America
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Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany
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Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Sweden
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Department of Political Science, Université Laval, Canada
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The Australian National University, Australia
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AT Academic Feedback, Germany
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University of Bergen, Norway
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TECHNOINDIA- BATANAGAR, India
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Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan
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University of Bath, United Kingdom
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South China Sea Institute, Xiamen University, China
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University of Barcelona, Spain
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University of Groningen, Netherlands
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Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States of America
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Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IITT), India
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University of London (International Programmes - Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka
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Universitat de Girona, Spain
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Duke University, United States of America
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Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland
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University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana
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University of Eastern Finland, Finland
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El Colegio de México, México
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University of Jyväskylä, School of Resource Wisdom, Finland
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Uppsala University, Sweden
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School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Canada
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Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Ithaca College, United States of America
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University of Osnabrück, Germany
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University of Zurich, Switzerland
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University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
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The OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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Linköping University, Sweden
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Université Laval, Canada
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Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Germany
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Stockholm University, Sweden
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Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany
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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS), Brazil
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The University of Queensland, Australia
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Utrecht University, Netherlands
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University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil
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College of Law Center for Law and Development (CLD), Qatar University, Qatar
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Open University , Netherlands
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Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany
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University of Helsinki, Finland
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University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Arizona State University, United States of America
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Center for Political Theory, University of Ljublijana, Slovenia
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
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University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
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University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lund University, Sweden
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National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, DC, United States
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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La Statale University of Milan; European University Institute, Italy
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Argentina
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McGill University, Canada
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IVM-VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States of America
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University of Oxford, United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain
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Trier University, Germany
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University of Halle-Wittenberg (MLU Halle), Germany
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McGill University, Canada
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Stockholm University, Sweden
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Middlesex Univeristy, United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia
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Leibniz-Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Germany
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Université Laval, Canada
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University of Ottawa, Canada
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German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Germany
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Australian National University, Australia
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University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik/German Development Institute (DIE), Germany
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University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
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University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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King's College London, United Kingdom
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University of Potsdam, Germany
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University of Maryland College Park, United States of America
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Seeds of Opportunity, Malawi
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Wuhan University, China
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University of Rennes 1, France
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University of Rhode Island, United States of America
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Free University of Berlin, Germany
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EY Norway, Norway
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University of Eastern Finland, Finland
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Colorado State University, The United States of America
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University of California, Irvine, United States of America
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University of Waterloo, Canada
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University of Toronto, Canada
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Okanagan College, Canada
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University College London, The United Kingdom
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Paris Diderot University, France
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University of Tasmania, Australia
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Radboud University, The Netherlands
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Stockholm University, Sweden
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Hu Zhou University, China
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Colorado State University, United States of America
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Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles, Belgium
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Fundação Getulio Vargas - Escola se Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV - EAESP), Brazil
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Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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University of Freiburg, Germany
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Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
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Université Laval, Canada
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Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya
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Michigan State University, United States of America
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Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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University of Wollongong, Australia
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States of America
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States of America
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American University, United States of America
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Portland State University, United States of America
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Instituto Mora, Mexico
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University of Alabama, United States of America
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University of São Paulo, Brazil
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The University of Haripur, Pakistan
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University of Bologna, Italy
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University of Queensland, Australia
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Stockholm University, Sweden
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South Dakota State University, United States of America
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University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
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Stockholm University, Sweden
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ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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Utrecht University, Netherlands
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China University of Political Science and Law, China
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Future Earth, Canada
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Michigan State University, United States of America
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Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in Accra, Ghana
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Utrecht University & Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). , The Netherlands
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University of Potsdam, Germany
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Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
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Stockholm Resilience Centre , Brazil
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Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
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University of Twente, The Netherlands
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University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland
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University of Bath, United Kingdom
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University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Colorado State University, United States of America
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Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, Australia
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Duke University, United States of America
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Lund University, Sweden
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Federal University of Technology, Minna & University of Bern, Switzerland
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University College London, Germany
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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden
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University of Toronto, Canada
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