Network Leaders
Prakash Kashwan is an educator, author, and scholar, whose work cuts across the fields of climate governance, environmental and climate justice, and international affairs. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University. He also holds faculty affiliations with the Heller School of Social Policy & Management, Politics Department, and the International & Global Studies Program at Brandeis. He is co-founder of Climate Justice Network, one of the Editors of the journal Environmental Politics, and the former Chair (2023-2025) of the Environmental Studies Section (ESS) of the International Studies Association (ISA).
Lauren M. MacLean is the Dean's Professor of Political Economy and Civic Engagement and Department Chair of Political Science at Northeastern University in Boston. Prior to relocating to Boston, Lauren was the Arthur Bentley Chair, Department of Political Science and a member of the Governing Board, Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University Bloomington; 2017 Carnegie Fellow
Gustavo Garcia-Lopez, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Planning, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras. Dr. García López will hold has been appointed to the Prince Claus Chair (PCC) for a period of two years (2019-2021) at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), part of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Mithika Mwenda is the Executive Director of Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), which is a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on climate and environment justice with over 1,000 members in 45 countries in Africa. Mwenda is also the Chair of the Institutional Collaboration Platform for Climate Research for Development in Africa (CR4D). He was named among the 100 most influential people in the world on climate policy in 2019
Radhika Iyengar is an Associate Research Scholar at the Earth Institute, Columbia University. She also is the Director of Education Sector at the Center for Sustainable Development. She leads international education programs in multiple countries in sub-Saharan Countries and in South Asia.
Frank Matose, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology andDirector, Environmental Humanities South, University of Cape Town.
James Murombedzi, Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC), The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
Navnita Chadha Behera, Department Head, Department of Political Science, The University of Delhi (DU); Coordinator, Delhi School of Transnational Affairs, Delhi.
Ibrahim Oanda, Senior Program Officer; Head of the Training, Grants and Fellowships Program, The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal.
Solomon Mombeshora, Director, Research & Postgraduate Centre, Women's University in Africa, Harare.