Steve has research interests include climate change adaptation and resilience, sustainable development, food security, and sustainability. He has worked with indigenous and ecological knowledge systems, climate change risk assessment and community-based adaptation in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently working under the RISE project assessing climate change impacts on traditional food systems to explore adaptation priorities for resilience-building and sustainability.

I am from Bolivia and I studied Biology at Mayor de San Andrés University. I am interested in plant-pollinator dynamics and urban ecology. I also consider that environmental education is essential for conservation, especially in urban ecosystems. My Master’s degree research at Hokkaido University focuses on the impact of urbanization on insect-pollinator communities in Sapporo City.

Irene is interested in fisheries and satellite oceanography studies. She is currently hired under the Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II (ARCs II) project to study the effects of climate variability and climate change on the biodiversity patterns and range changes of fish and invertebrates in the Bering Sea and adjacent Arctic waters. Check Irene's recent papers in Diversity and Distributions and Science of the Total Environment for some more context on the work she's up to.

I have a BSc in Biology from U. Mulawarman in Indonesia. I'm fascinated about mammal ecology and the application of camera traps. Given the significant roles that mammals play in ecology, it is imperative that we manage their habitats with great care. My master's research investigates how the ecotones surrounding the habitat of the Japanese northern pika affect its interactions with other animals.

I am interested in how microclimates may offer refugia that facilitate species persistence, and how the management of those refugia can contribute to biodiversity conservation under climate change. In the PhD course, I am planning to study the Japanese pika (Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis), a cold-adapted and low-mobile species occurring in Hokkaido, Japan. I will look into the range shifts of the species and the connectivity among their habitats.