Meet our COP28 team
Several University of Leeds staff and students were involved in COP28 in Dubai and also remotely, joining online from the UK.
Find out more about some of them below.
Richard Beardsworth
Professor of International Politics and Head of School, Politics and International Studies
James Ford
Professor of, and Priestley Chair in, Climate Adaptation
Jyoti Narsude
PhD researcher
Vaibhav Pramode Nair
Undergraduate student
Susan Samuel
PhD researcher
Luba Pirgova-Morgan
Research Fellow
Rebecca Sarku
Research Fellow in Climate Change and Food Systems
Debbie Rosen
CONSTRAIN Science and Policy Manager
Viktoria Spaiser
Associate Professor in Sustainability Research and Computational Social Science
Piers Forster
Professor of Climate Physics and Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures
Ruth Jihyung Joo
Knowledge Translation Fellow
Christine Unterhitzenberger
Associate Professor in Project Management, Director of Leeds Centre for Projects
Catriona Flesher
PhD researcher
Omar Salameh
Masters student and Electrical Engineer
Arjun Khara
Deputy Head of School, School of Design; Lecturer of Graphic, Information, and Communication Design
Hauke Dahl
PhD researcher and Scaling Lead – East and Southern Africa, International Water Management Institute
Chris Brooks
Head of Global Philanthropy
Vasiliki Kioupi
Lecturer in Sustainable Curriculum
Jan Selby
Professor of International Politics and Climate Change
Beverley Adams
Postgraduate Researcher
Harriet Thew
Lecturer in Climate Change
Simon Manda
Lecturer in International Development