People and the Planet

The People and the planet working group was set up by the Royal Society and is chaired by Sir John Sulston FRS, Chair of the Institute for Science, Ethics & Innovation, University of Manchester.

Other members of the Working Group

• Pat Bateson - Emeritus Professor of Ethology, University of Cambridge
• Nigel Biggar - Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford
• Cai Fang - Director of the Institute of Population & Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Suzana Cavenaghi - President of the Latin America Population Association, Brazil
• John Cleland - Professor of Medical Demography, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Joel Cohen - Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor, Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University and Columbia University, USA
• Partha Dasgupta - Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge
• Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue - Associate Professor, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University and Associate Director, Cornell Population Program.
• Alastair Fitter - Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of York
• Demissie Habte - President of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences
• Sarah Harper - Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford
• Tim Jackson - Director of the Research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment. University of Surrey
• Georgina Mace - Professor of Conservation Science, Imperial College London
• Susan Owens - Professor of Environment and Policy, University of Cambridge
• Jonathon Porritt - Co-founder, Forum for the Future
• Malcolm Potts - Professor of Population and Family Planning, University of Berkley, USA
• Jules Pretty - Professor of Environment & Society, University of Essex
• Faujdar Ram - Director International Institute for Population Sciences
• Roger Short - Emeritus Professor of Reproduction Biology, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Sarah Spencer - Deputy Director, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford
• Zheng Xiaoying - Director of Population Institute, Peking University & Vice Chairman of Chinese Population
• Eliya Zulu - Executive Director, African Institute for Development Policy and President, Union for African Population Studies