Find out how this project started and what drives us.
Research associates
Varsha Yajman
Varsha Yajman, a passionate speaker, podcaster, and dedicated advocate, is at the forefront of climate justice and mental health awareness. As a coordinator at SAPNA South Asian Climate Solidarity Network and a paralegal at Equity Generation Lawyers specialising in climate change litigation, she actively drives meaningful change.
Varsha Yajman
Varsha Yajman, a passionate speaker, podcaster, and dedicated advocate, is at the forefront of climate justice and mental health awareness. As a coordinator at SAPNA South Asian Climate Solidarity Network and a paralegal at Equity Generation Lawyers specialising in climate change litigation, she actively drives meaningful change.
Varsha Yajman
Varsha Yajman, a passionate speaker, podcaster, and dedicated advocate, is at the forefront of climate justice and mental health awareness. As a coordinator at SAPNA South Asian Climate Solidarity Network and a paralegal at Equity Generation Lawyers specialising in climate change litigation, she actively drives meaningful change.
Grace Vegesana
Grace Vegesana is the National Director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. She has been building youth power to end fossil fuel expansion since she was 17. Her legacy includes co-founding the People of Colour Climate Network, pioneering climate justice organising on Dharug Country in Western Sydney with AYCC, and mobilising 3000 Australian businesses to join the Climate Strikes. She collaborates with and advises the New Possibilities project.
Grace Vegesana
Grace Vegesana is the National Director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. She has been building youth power to end fossil fuel expansion since she was 17. Her legacy includes co-founding the People of Colour Climate Network, pioneering climate justice organising on Dharug Country in Western Sydney with AYCC, and mobilising 3000 Australian businesses to join the Climate Strikes. She collaborates with and advises the New Possibilities project.
Grace Vegesana
Grace Vegesana is the National Director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. She has been building youth power to end fossil fuel expansion since she was 17. Her legacy includes co-founding the People of Colour Climate Network, pioneering climate justice organising on Dharug Country in Western Sydney with AYCC, and mobilising 3000 Australian businesses to join the Climate Strikes. She collaborates with and advises the New Possibilities project.
Past student collaborators
Anhaar Kareem
Emily Webb
Moxit Saurabhkumar Doshi
Ashish Mohanraj Doyizode
Dipti Sharma
Skye Tasker
Jean Lewis
Jen Alford
Anirudh Sastry
Nina Montero
Shea Rigney
Braedyn Edwards
Angela Samala
Bria Luu
International expert group
Dr Patricio Cabello
Assistant Professor at the Centre for Advanced Research in Education at Universidad de Chile.
Professor James Sloam
Professor of Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Professor Bronwyn Hayward
Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of Hei Puāwaitanga
Professor Ariadne Vromen
Joined ANU in mid-2020 as the new Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration in the Crawford School
Dr Paul Reilly
Senior Lecturer in Communications, Media and Democracy in the School of Social & Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow
Associate Professor Mattias Wahlstrom
Assistant Head of Department with responsibility for research and research education at the Department of Sociology and Work Science.
Dr Sarah Pickard
Professor at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, France. She is also a convenor of the Political Studies Association (PSA) Young People's Politics specialist group and a vice president of the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC34 Sociology of Youth.
Dr Patricio Cabello
Assistant Professor at the Centre for Advanced Research in Education at Universidad de Chile.
Dr Paul Reilly
Senior Lecturer in Communications, Media and Democracy in the School of Social & Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow
Professor James Sloam
Professor of Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Associate Professor Mattias Wahlstrom
Assistant Head of Department with responsibility for research and research education at the Department of Sociology and Work Science.
Professor Bronwyn Hayward
Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of Hei Puāwaitanga
Dr Sarah Pickard
Professor at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, France. She is also a convenor of the Political Studies Association (PSA) Young People's Politics specialist group and a vice president of the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC34 Sociology of Youth.
Professor Ariadne Vromen
Joined ANU in mid-2020 as the new Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration in the Crawford School
