Brendon Barnes is a Professor at the Institute for Social and Health Sciences at Unisa. He is the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Viessmann Centre for Engagement and Research in Sustainability at Wilfred Laurier University, Canada and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. He is previous chairperson and co-founder of the Climate, Environment and Psychology Division of the Psychological Society of South Africa. He has won teaching, academic citizenship, mentoring, and research awards.