Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is an interdisciplinary group of researchers responsible for making final decisions on the intellectual content and format of the conference. After the conference, the Steering Committee will write the Conference Report as well as other outputs from the conference. The Steering Committee will have two meetings prior to the conference.

  • Miranda Boettcher

    Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam
    CEC21 steering committee chair (current)

    Miranda Boettcher is a resesarch associate at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany. Her research interests...

  • Thomas Bruhn

    Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam
    CEC21 steering committee chair (current)
    Former CEC participant

    Dr. Thomas Bruhn is a physicist working transdisciplinarily at the IASS Potsdam since 2012. He is leading the research group AMA (A Mindset for...

  • Matthias Honegger

    Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam
    CEC21 steering committee
    Former CEC participant

    Matthias Honegger researches the role of values and narratives in the politics of emerging climate change governance topics: carbon dioxide...

  • Sean Low

    Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam
    CEC21 steering committee
    CEC17 steering committee

    Sean Low is a research associate at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, and a doctoral candidate at the Copernicus Institute for...

  • Stefan Schäfer

    Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam
    CEC21 steering committee
    CEC17 steering committee chair
    CEC14 steering committee chair

    Stefan Schäfer leads the research group on Climate Engineering at Science, Society and Politics at IASS Potsdam. His research draws on approaches...

  • Shinichiro Asayama

    National Institute for Environmental Studies
    CEC21 steering committee
    Former CEC participant

    Shinichiro Asayama is a senior researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. As an environmental social scientist, he is...

  • Kerryn Brent

    University of Adelaide Law School
    CEC21 steering committee
    Former CEC participant

    Kerryn Brent is a lecturer in climate change and environmental law the University of Adelaide Law School in Adelaide, Australia. She is also...

  • Holly Jean Buck

    The State University of New York at Buffalo
    CEC21 steering committee
    CEC17 steering committee
    CEC14 steering committee

    Holly Jean Buck is a assistant professor at the Department of Environment and Science at The State University of New York at Buffalo.  Her...

  • Laura Hartman

    Roanoke College
    CEC21 steering committee
    Former CEC participant

    Laura M. Hartman is assistant professor of environmental studies at Roanoke College in Virginia, USA. She specializes in environmental humanities...

  • Daniel Heyen

    ETH Zurich
    CEC21 steering committee
    CEC17 steering committee
    CEC14 steering committee

    Daniel Heyen is a postdoctoral researcher in economics at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His research focuses mainly on the role of uncertainty and...

  • Ben Kravitz

    Indiana University, & Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    CEC21 steering committee
    CEC17 steering committee
    CEC14 steering committee

    Ben Kravitz is an expert in climate modeling studies of solar geoengineering.  He is the co-founder and coordinator of the Geoengineering Model...

  • Nadine Mengis

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
    CEC21 steering committee
    Former CEC participant

    Nadine Mengis is a climate scientist at the GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, working towards a comprehensive assessment of net-...

  • Andy Parker

    SRM Governance Initiative
    CEC21 steering committee
    CEC17 steering committee
    CEC14 steering committee

    Andy has worked on solar radiation management geoengineering (SRM) for over a decade, first as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Royal Society, then...

  • Feisal Rahman

    Durham University
    CEC21 steering committee

    Feisal is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Geography at Durham University. Trained as an Environmental Engineer, he works at...

  • Vivian Scott

    University of Edinburgh
    CEC21 steering committee
    CEC17 steering committee
    Former CEC participant

    A researcher at the University of Edinburgh, Vivian Scott works on carbon capture and storage (CCS), energy and climate policy, and assessing the...