The Royal Society has convened a working group of experts, including Professor Sarah Harper, to analyse how population variables will affect and be affected by economies, environments, societies and cultures over the next forty years and beyond.
> People and the Planet Project
The People and the planet working group is chaired by Sir John Sulston FRS, Chair of the Institute for Science, Ethics & Innovation, University of Manchester.
The other members of the group are:
- Sir David Attenborough OM FRS
Broadcaster and naturalist - Sir Pat Bateson FRS
Emeritus Professor of Ethology, University of Cambridge - Professor Nigel Biggar
Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford - Professor Cai Fang
Director of the Institute of Population & Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences - Professor Suzana Cavenaghi
President of the Latin America Population Association, Brazil - Professor John Cleland FBA
Professor of Medical Demography, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Dr Joel Cohen
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor, Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University and Columbia University, USA - Sir Partha Dasgupta FRS FBA
Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge - Professor Alastair Fitter FRS
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of York - Professor Demissie Habte
President of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences - Professor Sarah Harper
Director, Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford - Professor Tim Jackson
Director of the Research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment. University of Surrey - Professor Georgina Mace FRS
Professor of Conservation Science, Imperial College London - Professor Susan Owens OBE
Professor of Environment and Policy, University of Cambridge - Jonathon Porritt CBE
Co-founder, Forum for the Future - Professor Malcolm Potts
Professor of Population and Family Planning, University of Berkley, USA - Professor Jules Pretty OBE
Professor of Environment & Society, University of Essex - Professor Faujdar Ram
Director International Institute for Population Sciences - Professor Roger Short FRS
Emeritus Professor of Reproduction Biology, University of Melbourne, Australia - Sarah Spencer CBE
Deputy Director, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford - Professor Zheng Xiaoying
Director of Population Institute, Peking University & Vice Chairman of Chinese Population - Dr Eliya Zulu
Executive Director, African Institute for Development Policy and President, Union for African Population Studies
