Susan Clayton is the Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology at the College of Wooster in Ohio. She received her PhD from Yale University, in social psychology. Dr. Clayton’s research examines people’s relationship with the natural environment, how it is socially constructed, and how climate change affects mental health and well-being. She is co-author of the widely-used Climate Change Anxiety Scale, as well as the Environmental Identity Scale, both of which have been used and validated in countries around the world. She is author or editor of six books, including Identity and the Natural Environment, Conservation Psychology, and Psychology and Climate Change, and is currently the editor of the Cambridge Elements series in Applied Social Psychology. A fellow of the American Psychological Association and the International Association of Applied Psychology, she is on the editorial boards for the Journal of Environmental Psychology, Environmental Research: Health, and OneEarth, and was a lead author on the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Her current research focuses on impacts of climate change on mental health as well as on future planning. She also hopes to promote a positive vision for the future that emphasizes the interdependence between humans and nature.

Professor Candice Satchwell is Professor of Literacies and Education at the University of Lancashire, UK, where she is Co-Director of the Institute of Creativity, Communities and Culture, and Co-Director of the Centre for Children and Young People’s Participation. Her research over several decades has included the uses of literacy in education and in everyday life amongst children, young people, homeless adults and marginalised communities. She regularly uses creative activities and stories as both methods and outputs in her research, and is committed to amplifying voices of children and young people, learning from their experiences, and understanding their concerns about climate change and environmental issues. Relevant publications include:

• Satchwell, C. (2024). Being Flamingos and Trees: Marginalized Groups Respond to Landscapes Using Inclusive Multimodal Literacies and Arts. Qualitative Inquiry, 31(6), 562-573. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004241254085 (Original work published 2025)
• Satchwell, C., Walley, B., Dodding, J., Lagi, M.D. (2024). Conversations across international divides: children learning through empathy about climate change, Geographical Research, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12638
• Satchwell, C., Mills, B., Parkinson, C., Herring, L., & Parathian, H. (2024). Creative approaches to landscape research: Using multisensory and multispecies research perspectives with marginalised groups. Landscape Research, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2024.2336544

Kerry Chance is a Professor of Social Anthropology at UiB in Norway, and a Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow at The Sorbonne. Her research focuses on the politics of urban ecology and the sociocultural dynamics of climate change, particularly in South Africa and the United States. Chance is the P.I. of The Habitable Air Project (habitableair.org), which examines climate change from the perspective of unequal distributions of air pollution. She has published multiple articles and book chapters, as well as a monograph titled Living Politics in South Africa’s Urban Shacklands (The University of Chicago Press 2018). She has a forthcoming book, which is titled Eco-Anxiety and Climate Urgency in the Mother City and an edited volume, which is titled Habitable Air: Urban Inequality in the Time of Climate Change.

Maria Fernandes-Jesus (PhD, University of Porto) is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. She is also an associate researcher at the Center for Social Research and Intervention at Iscte-Institute University of Lisbon and an honorary research fellow at the University of Johannesburg. She currently teaches mainly qualitative research methods. Her scholarly work focuses on collective action, climate justice, youth participation, community-led initiatives, and political imagination. She is interested in researching these topics using mixed methods and following applied, participatory, and transdisciplinary approaches. She is currently the leader of the working group ‘Social Networks and Social Inclusion’, which is part of the European Rural Youth Observatory.  She is an associate editor of the Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JSPP) and the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology (JCASP). Maria has published more than 50 scientific outputs (for a full list of publications, see here or here) and was guest editor in several special issues, including: ‘Communities reclaiming power and social justice in the face of climate change’ published at the Community Psychology in Global Perspective’ (CPGP).

Carlie D. Trott, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati where she heads the Collaborative Sustainability Lab and advises students in the Community and Organizational Research for Action (CORA) PhD program. Dr. Trott’s climate justice research agenda aims to bring visibility to, and work against the inequitable impacts of climate change, socially and geographically. As a social psychologist by training and community psychologist in practice, Trott’s work aims to center the voices and actions of those most affected by environmental injustice and the climate crisis and often involves community-engaged, participatory, and action-oriented research methods. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Her research has been published in the journals Sustainability Science, Action Research, Local Environment, Environmental Education Research, Studies in Higher Education, Journal of Social and Political Psychology, and others.

Dena Arya is a member of the Iranian diaspora who has worked in the UK as a youth and community practitioner for over fifteen years. Dena’s research interests in youth politics stem from the early days of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Since this time in her practice with young people, she has witnessed the developing socio-economic pressures and climate injustice they face and how they navigate this in their politics. Her research interests include intersectionality, the political economy of youth, eco-socialism, and climate activism. Her current research focuses on Youth Participatory Action Research with young people from Global Majority communities to develop climate justice education tools. Dena is currently a Research Associate at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and is also a youth personal development coach and works with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health UK to support youth to have a voice in health policy-making.

Stephanie Lam, M.A. (She / They) is an Asian American doctoral Candidate of Community Psychology. She is training with the Community and Organizational Research for Action Program, in the department of psychology at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Stephanie’s current research focuses on the intersection of racial and climate justice. Specifically, she is focused on recording the experiences and perspectives of BIPOC youths who engage in climate justice actions. Her work process takes in the form of collaboration with ingredients are co-collaboration, fluid negotiation, and creative processes. Stephanie strives to create spaces of care, creativity, and collaboration in whatever project she is engaging with. She is currently a board member serving as secretary of the Community Engagement Collective (CEC), and community-based nonprofit organization serving Cincinnati Communities. She is currently assisting in building a coalition for a BIPOC mental health directory in Cincinnati to help bridge the gap for Cincinnati BIPOC to find mental health provider.

Rupinder Grewal is a Punjabi-Canadian and recent Master of Education graduate from Lakehead University. Her thesis focused on centring the voices of Black, Indigenous, and racialized youth activists in the Climate Justice Movement. Drawing from her experiences, she conducted qualitative research with 15 youth from marginalized communities engaged in climate activism. Her work illuminated their stories, highlighting not only the racism and oppression they faced but also showcasing their resilience and leadership in navigating these challenges and creating opportunities for fellow youth activists. Rupinder is a high school teacher with a passion for social justice, intersectionality, and youth activism. She has taught in schools in Canada and Thailand and has contributed significantly to equity-focused initiatives as a curriculum specialist with Ontario’s educational television network, TVO. Firmly believing in the transformative power of storytelling, Rupinder continues to explore the complexities of life while advocating for meaningful change in education and beyond.