Academic service
In addition to my research, teaching and PhD supervision responsibilities, I serve in various academic functions and capacities, including in leadership and management roles, expert and advisory functions, editorships and as a member of academic networks. ​
Leadership and management roles
​Member, Scientific Steering Committee, International Earth System Governance Research Alliance (2018 – present)
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Providing strategic leadership to the international Earth System Governance research alliance.
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Co-Chair, Scientific Steering Committee (2022 - 2023)
In this capacity, I coordinated SSC deliberations and decisions on core issues facing the network in this period. including representing the scientific steering committee at the 2023 ESG Radboud Conference; and co-leading identification of next conferences locations and a new institutional host for the ESG International Project Office.
Coordinating Lead Author, New Directions Initiative (2016 – 2018)
Co-led the development of the alliance’s new Science and Implementation Plan
Co-Coordinator, Anticipatory Governance Working Group (2015 – 2020)
Established and co-led a working group within the ESG research alliance to build a virtual research community around anticipatory governance.
Lead Faculty (2014 – present)
Providing strategic advice and undertakes collaborative research within ESG.
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Co-Coordinator, Cluster X on Environmental Governance, Netherlands Research School for Socioeconomic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE) (2009 – 2016)
Organized PhD training and research activities within SENSE.
Vice-Chair, Management Committee, EU COST Action IS0802 (2008 – 2012)
Part of a European research network on global environmental governance.​​​​​​
Advisory and expert roles
Member Scientific Advisory Board, NIAS-Lorentz Program (2025 - present)
This board advises the joint NIAS-Lorentz collaboration that encourages unusual research ideas, in academia and beyond, to address complex societal challenges.
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Advisor Global Challenges Foundation (2024- present)
Advisor to the GCF secretariat, and GCF Board upon request, on matters related to global catastrophic risk and related global governance.
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Invited Expert, Input to the United Nations Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board (December 2024)
Invited to be part of an expert roundtable on solar radiation modification to provide input on this controversial topic to the United Nations Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board.
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Member, WUR Advisory Committee on Collaboration with Fossil Industry (2023)
To determine university policy on collaboration with the fossil industry. Following multiple committee meetings and stakeholder consultations, the final advise was submitted to WUR Executive Board in Dec 2023.
Member, Advisory Group, 3rd International Climate Engineering Conference (October 2020)
Advised on content and topic balance for the conference.
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Editorships
Series C​o-editor, Cambridge Elements in Earth System Governance
(2023 - present)
Cambridge Elements in Earth System Governance was launched in 2018 to provide authoritative analyses of the challenges of governing earth system transformations. It addresses governance processes at all levels of decision-making from local to global and is interdisciplinary in scope.
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As series co-editor, I am responsible for securing agenda-setting analyses from leading scholars in the field of global environmental and sustainability governance
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Responsible for assessing suitability of submitted manuscripts to be sent out to review, organizing peer review and taking final decisions
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Associate Editor, Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press (2012 - 2021 )​
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One of four Associate Editors
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Tasks included deciding if articles go out to review, proposing reviewers, advising editors on final decisions; co-selecting special issue proposals; and co-selecting Editorial Board members
Editorial Board Member
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Earth System Governance (2018 – present)
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International Environmental Agreements (2015 – present)
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Global Environmental Politics (2008 – 2012; 2021 – present )
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Memberships
Member, Climate Strategies (2017 – present)
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Member, International Studies Association (ISA), Environmental Studies Section (2007 - present)
Member, Science and Democracy Network (2002 – present)
Invited Member, Digitalization and Sustainability (D^2S) Network (2019)
Exploring the role of digital technologies in achieving sustainability.
Member, Academic Working Group on International Governance of Climate Engineering (2016–2018)
Invited Member, Brundtland@30 Academic Group (2016–2018)
Contributed to a critical assessment of the Brundtland Commission's report on its 30th anniversary.
Member, Climate Equity Network (2016 – 2017).