Frans Berkhout Named Interim Director of Future Earth
The International Council for Science (ICSU), on behalf of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, announced that Professor Frans Berkhout will be the Interim Director of the new Future Earth initiative.
Prof. Berkhout will lead the implementation of Future Earth – bringing existing and new research communities and stakeholders together to deliver solutions-oriented knowledge for global sustainability. Frans Berkhout is an outstanding social scientist based at the Department of Geography, King’s College London, with a broad portfolio of research interests and expertise, ranging from science and technology policy to global environmental change. He is a lead author in Working Group 2 of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and holds a number of other scientific and policy advisory roles.
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