Jago Dodson is Professor of Urban Policy and Director of the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT University since 2014. He has extensive record of research into housing, transport, urban planning, urban policy, governance, infrastructure, energy, and spatial labour market questions. Prior to joining RMIT Jago was Director of the Urban Research Program at Griffith University.

Ina Säumel leads the research group on Multifunctional Landscapes at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She conducts and supervises research on urban and landscape ecology and land use change with a special focus on developing concepts for multifunctional, biodiversity-friendly and healthy landscapes.

Enric Tello is an Agricultural and Environmental Historian in the Department of Economic History, Institutions, Policy and World Economy at the University of Barcelona. He leads a multidisciplinary research team that explores new societal topics from a long-term historical perspective. His research employs socio-metabolic approaches to energy and material balances of agricultural systems, as well as landscape ecology analysis of land cover land-use changes, among others.

Gustavo Duch is an independent activist and Coordinator of the Journal “Food Sovereignty, Biodiversity and Cultures.” He collaborates closely with peasant movements such as La Vía Campesina and Plataforma Rural and is author of several books on related topics, such as Stories of Progress, Gardens of Freedom, Secrets and Lots of Little People. Previously, Gustavo worked as Director of Veterinaries without Borders.

Dr. Hayet Bayoudh, Mayor of Carthage since 2018 and President of the EdiCitNet City Team, is committed to safeguarding the Site Carthage-Sidi Bou Said, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. She has been working on the diversification of approaches for protection in order to make heritage a driving force for local development through international collaborations in the areas of sustainable urban food, tourism development, intercultural exchange and heritage restoration, among others.

Boubaker Houman has a PhD in Agro-eco-pedology and is a specialist in soil and environmental sciences. Teacher and researcher for more than 35 years at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Tunis, he was also Chief of Staff at the Ministry of the Environment. An environmental activist for the respect of human rights and the environment, he is a member and activist of several Mediterranean networks.

Natalie Keene is an Australian agroecologist living in Norway and working as the ‘district farmer’ in an inner city area of the Oslo Municipality. She leads a project called Young City Farmers (Unge bybønder) and is the person responsible for a green funds scheme to kindergartens. Her work and projects won the District of Old Oslo the EdiCitNet award for the Best Overall Edible City Approach last year.

Caroline is a social green entrepreneur. She has worked since 2011 at various urban farming projects in the Rotterdam area and as well as in the development of the city-wide network of green (food) initiatives Groen010.

Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud is a political scientist and sociologist with academic background in the field of management and audit. Her research interests and expertise lie the fields of democracy and the organization for co-decision making in urban regeneration processes and in urban governance related to innovation, entrepreneurship and the quality of government.

Ana Moragues Faus is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Barcelona. Her inherently interdisciplinary research revolves mainly around urban and regional development, sustainable food systems, food security, social justice, and governance with a strong dedication to having an international impact.

Nevelina is Research Fellow at RMIT Europe, the European hub of Australian university RMIT. As lead of the Urban Governance and Network Infrastructure Work Package in the EdiCitNet project, she works with cities in exploring appropriate governance arrangements for facilitating stakeholder engagement, anchoring edible-nature based solutions in planning and enabling exchange and learning across the EdiCitNet network. Her background is in political science, development economics and participatory planning.

Marc Montlleó Balsebre is Director of Environment and Energy Efficiency at Barcelona Regional (BR). An environmental engineer and biologist by training, Marc has participated in the development and coordination of a diverse range of environmental assessments and strategic development plans in the metropolitan regions of Barcelona. Alongside with his work at BR, he also teaches at the BIArch Productive Land Workshop, the Open University of Catalonia and the Polytechnical University of Catalonia, among others.

Mar Humet Caballero graduated in environmental sciences from the University of Barcelona. She is part of the MarChange group at the Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) in Portugal. Since October 2022 he has been collaborating with the Biodiversity Program of Barcelona City Council.

Mireia Abril Janer is Coordinator of the 2019-2030 Urban Agriculture Strategy, which is currently a part of the new Natura 2030 Plan of Barcelona. Her expertise and experience lie in the areas of forest ecology, environmental management, education for sustainability, environmental communication and participatory processes. Currently, she is also a member of the technical team Mans al Verd (citizenship participation) at the Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens at the Barcelona City Council.

Dr. Antonina Torrens Armengol is coordinator of WASH (Water Hygiene and Sanitation) and Nature Based Solutions (NBS) for sustainable development programs at the Solidarity Foundation of the University of Barcelona (FSUB), member of HIDROSEC (Sanitary, Cooperation and Economic Hydrology) research group of the University of Barcelona (UB) and associated professor at the Biology, Healthcare and Environment department, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences (UB). Her research interests and expertise is in the field of natural technologies for sustainable water management, water quality and water reuse. 

Rosa Binimelis has a PhD in Environmental Sciences (Ecological Economics). She has worked on the multidisciplinary analysis of agro-food systems, and she is specialized in socio-environmental conflicts related to bio-security. In parallel, she investigated on food sovereignty and alternative agri-food systems movements. During the last years, her work is focused on the design and implementation of public policies for food sovereignty and agroecological transition within the cooperative Arran de terra.

Alfred Decker is an award-winning permaculture designer, a certified educator with the Permaculture Association of Britain, and one of Europe’s leading permaculture educators. He is the founder of the 12P Permaculture Design consultancy, Permacultura Barcelona and the Forest Gardens project at Can Masdeu. He is also co-founder of the Spanish Permaculture Academy (Academia de Permacultura Íbera) and was a member of the European Permaculture Teachers Partnership and the Permaculture Council of Europe.  Alfred holds a post graduate diploma in sustainable architecture and renewable energy (Centre for Alternative Technology).

Filka Sekulova is a postdoctoral fellow at the IN3 institute, (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), part of the Urban Transformation and Global Change Laboratory and the COOLSCHOOLS project. Filka is a founding member of the academic think thank Research & Degrowth, and part of the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability. Between 2014 and 2021 Filka was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) working in the field of community-based initiatives, urban environmental justice, degrowth and happiness.

Betina works at the municipality of Copenhagen where she specialized in procurement of sustainable and organic food. She was appointed by the European Commission to work as an expert for commenting on the Green Public Procurement Criteria for food and catering that was published in 2019. Since 2017, she has been a member of the EU Stakeholder Expert Group on Public Procurement (SEGPP).

Line has a background in political science and works in the fields of policy making process, fundraising and strategic consulting concerning public government. She has more than 10 years of work experience with various public institutions, such as the City of Copenhagen, Copenhagen House of Foods and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark. Since 2014 she has been an independent consultant in her company FoodCause. She is also a co-founders of CPH Food Space – a cooperative for food start-ups and entrepreneurs and a founder  of Changing Food, an organization that aims to assist professional kitchens to be drivers for a sustainable food system.

Ashby Lavelle Sachs is a Postdoctoral Fellow for the RECETAS Project targeting loneliness with nature-based activities at the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal). Ashby holds a PhD in Environmental Studies from CU Boulder in the USA, where she studied loneliness, social connectedness, and prescribing time in nature. Previously, Ashby completed her BA in French Language, and minor in Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia and a MS fellowship in Public Horticulture with Longwood Gardens and the University of Delaware in the USA. Additionally, Ashby worked in botanic gardens such as Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, Tresco Abbey Gardens in Cornwall, UK, as well as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Golden Parks and Recreation in Golden, Colorado as a horticulturalist, educator, administrator, fundraiser, and researcher.