Board Members

Centred around a hybrid model, the Board comprises a group of eminent scientists with a track record in applying their expertise, including in the humanities, and another group of Chief Scientists and science leaders from the United Nations system.

yoshua bengio
Yoshua Bengio

A.M. Turing Award Laureate; Founder and Scientific Director, Mila - Quebec AI Institute; Full Professor, Department of Computer Science and Operations Research of Université de Montréal

Asha de Vos

Asha de Vos

Founder and Executive Director, Oceanswell; Adjunct Research Fellow, The Ocean Institute of the University of Western Australia

Sandra Díaz

Sandra Díaz

Senior Member, National Scientific and Technical Research Council - Argentina; Professor of Ecology, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Fei-Fei Li

Fei-Fei Li

Sequoia Professor, Computer Science Department at Stanford University; Co-Director, Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute

Alan Lightman

Alan Lightman

Professor of the Practice of the Humanities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Thomas Südhof
Thomas Südhof

Nobel Laureate; Avram Goldstein Professor, School of Medicine at Stanford University

Thuli Mandonsela

Thuli Madonsela

Professor of Law and the Law Trust Research Chair in Social Justice, Stellenbosch University

Ko Barrett

Ko Barrett

Deputy Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Beth Crawford

Beth Crawford

Chief Scientist ad interim and Assistant Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Network

The Board acts as a hub for a network of scientific institutions. The institutions will represent diverse voices from all geographic, linguistic, and age groups with a particular focus on developing countries. Network institutions will be associated and collaborate with the Board.

Network Institutions