SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Enabling a science-based dialogue

Our committee

The WRF25 Scientific Committee is at the core of developing the conference programme, bringing together a mix of expertise, backgrounds, and experiences. Composed of experts from across the globe, the committee blends diverse perspectives and academic disciplines to ensure a comprehensive approach to resource governance and management. With representation from a wide range of geographical regions, the committee embodies the spirit of global collaboration that WRF25 fosters. Thanks to expertise spanning issues like circular economy, multilateral governance, sustainable buildings, responsible sourcing, digitalisation, and finance, the committee members ensure that the WRF25 programme is grounded in the latest scientific research and real-world practices.

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Committee Members

5

Continents

23

Countries

Patrick Wäger

Committee Chair

Sonia Valdivia

Committee Co-Chair

Paul Ekins

Committee Member

Masuma Farooki

Committee Member

Gang Liu

Committee Member

Catharina Bening

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Mallikarjun Pillamarry

Committee Member

Linda Godfrey

Committee Member

Sanjeevan Bajaj

Committee Member

Simone Manfredi

Committee Member

Susanne Karcher

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Henning WIlts

Committee Member

Jef Peeters

Committee Member

Johanna Linus

Committee Member

Jinhui Li

Committee Member

Claudia Peña

Committee Member

Céline Carrère

Committee Member

Bernard Combes

Committee Member

Thea Schoeman

Committee Member

Andreas Endl

Committee Member

Guido Sonnemann

Committee Member

Anupam Khajuria

Committee Member

Gilles Carbonnier

Committee Member

Kathrin Greiff

Committee Member

Maren Ingrid Kropfeld

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Fritz Brugger

Committee Member

Lorena Muñoz del Campo

Committee Member

Harald Sverdrup

Committee Member

Achillas Charisios

Committee Member

Victoria Haro

Committee Member

Michael Tost

Committee Member

Roland Weber

Committee Member

Pierre Hennebert

Committee Member

Atsushi Watabe

Committee Member

Damien Giurco

Committee Member

Alejandro Gallego Schmid

Committee Member

Olubukola Tokede

Committee Member

Natalia Cano

Committee Member

Harmony Musiyarira

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