We are a small core team of interdisciplinary experts from public health, economics, political science, global governance and environmental science. Members include the Laureate Fellow, two Laureate Research Fellows, three PhD students, a Government Relations Specialist, a Social Media Co-ordinator and part-time research assistants. The Senior Project Officer manages the activities of the Hothouse.
Core Team
![Sharon Friel](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2022-07/Sharon_Friel_cropped.jpg?itok=LgDD03TW)
Sharon Friel
Sharon Friel is an ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Health Equity and Director of ARCHE | Australian Research Centre for Health Equity at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), Australian National University. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
![Nick Frank](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2022-07/Nick_Frank_cropped.jpg?itok=UQj03JQ7)
Nick Frank
Dr Nicholas Frank is a Laureate Research Fellow with the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse in the School of Regulation and Global Governance. Prior to this, he was an Associate Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. Nicholas specializes in the political economy of trade and investment governance. He employs formal theory, econometrics, inferential network approaches, and text-as-data techniques in his research.
![Giorgia Dalla Libera Marchiori](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2023-09/Gio.jpg?itok=LC9vtyi4)
Giorgia Dalla Libera Marchiori
Giorgia (Gio) is a Laureate PhD candidate at the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse. Her thesis will focus on the role of philanthropy in shaping planetary health equity research priorities. Originally trained as a biomedical scientist, Gio worked with various non-profit organisations focused on global health and sustainability including Health Care Without Harm Europe, Buy Better Food at ICLEI Europe and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.
![Roxana-Claudia Tompea](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2023-10/Roxana_new%20-%20Copy.png?itok=eq9vwbbD)
Roxana-Claudia Tompea
Roxana is a Laureate PhD candidate at the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse. Her research examines the impact of digitalisation on curbing greenwashing in the Australian and European food sectors. Roxana is an experienced political scientist with a passion for sustainable development. Her focus areas include Circular Economy, resource efficiency, the EU Single Market for Green Products, product life-cycle and Environmental Footprint.
![Chelsea Hunnisett](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2024-03/Chelsea2_crop.jpg?itok=uTIHF0U4)
Chelsea Hunnisett
Chelsea Hunnisett is a Laureate PhD Candidate and Government Relations Specialist at the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse. Chelsea's research focuses on planetary health equity metrics within Australia's approach to the wellbeing economy. Chelsea is an experienced policy, advocacy and government relations specialist with expertise in planetary health, food and preventive health policy. Chelsea has held positions at the Climate and Health Alliance, The George Institute for Global Health and the Climate Action Network Australia.
![Amy Carrad](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2022-07/Amy%20Carrad_cropped.jpg?itok=U66-4nuM)
Amy Carrad
Amy is our Senior Project Officer, and is also a Research Officer within the ANU’s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), working on the NHMRC Ideas Project ‘Behind the scenes of socioeconomic advantage and health inequities: evaluating the role of public policy and privilege’, and a member of the Australian Research Centre for Health Equity (ARCHE). Her research interests include governance for healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems, including the roles of both those traditionally understood as being responsible for governing (e.g., governments), and others (e.g., civil society actors). She is also interested in wellbeing economies and the ways these alternatives could contribute to planetary health equity.
Advisory Board
The Hothouse Advisory Board comprises world renowned academics with expertise in public health, climate science and health, social systems science, economics and political studies, and key change makers in government, international organisations, business, civil society and the media. The Board will help strengthen the expertise of the Laureate team; translate the evidence generated into policy and action in Australia and internationally, and provide the Laureate Research Fellows and PhDs opportunities to build their leadership in collaborative publications, grant development and knowledge mobilization. The confirmed Advisory Board members (as of July 2022) are:
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Chee Yoke Ling
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David Schlosberg
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He is known internationally for his work in environmental politics, environmental movements, and political theory - in particular the intersection of the three with his work on environmental and climate justice. His other theoretical interests are in food justice and multispecies justice, climate adaptation and resilience, and environmental movements and the practices of everyday life - what he terms sustainable materialism.
![Fran Baum](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2022-08/FranBaum_cropped.png?itok=zNGhRE3L)
Fran Baum
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From 2009-2021 she was a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor and Director of the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University and received an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her public health service.
Fran is an activist academic who advocates for a fairer, more sustainable and healthy world.
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Ian Dunlop
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He is an independent advisor on climate change and energy, a Director of Australia 21, and a Fellow of the Centre for Policy Development.
Previously, Ian has worked in oil, gas and coal exploration and production, and in scenario and long-term energy planning. He was a senior executive of Royal Dutch Shell for many years and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has chaired the Australian Coal Associations and the Australian Greenhouse Office Experts Group on Emissions Trading which developed the first emissions trading system design for Australia.
![Jenn Clapp](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2022-08/JennClapp_cropped.png?itok=KgtJCIzv)
Jennifer Clapp
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Prof. Clapp has published widely on the global governance of problems that arise at the intersection of the global economy, food security and food systems, and the natural environment.
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Paul Barclay
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Paul has produced countless stories over more than 25 years for an array of programs on virtually all ABC radio networks.
![Photo of Sandro Demaio](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2022-07/Bio_Advisory_SandroDemaio.jpg?itok=iwIMlENL)
Sandro Demaio
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Dr Demaio co-hosts the ABC television show Ask the Doctor – an innovative and exploratory factual medical series broadcasting across Australia and around the world.
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Sophie Lewis
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Previously, she was climate scientist at the University of NSW Canberra. She was also a lead author on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, which are used worldwide to develop policies around climate change.
Dr Lewis was named 2019 ACT Scientist of the Year in recognition of her research, particularly on weather extremes and how climate change contributes to events such as bushfires and droughts. In 2015 she was presented with the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Early Career Researcher Award for her work in climate science.
Future Leaders Program
The Planetary Health Equity Future Leader Fellows are PhD and early career researchers from around the world. In September 2023, the first cohort of Future Leaders gathered in Canberra to participate in a structured program of workshops and masterclasses over a fortnight.
![Hothouse Future Leader Fellows 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2023-09/Group%20photo%20-%20resize.png?itok=sm_r1x5J)
Visitors Program
There are two categories of visitors to the Hothouse, Distinguished Visitors and Visiting Fellow. For more information about the Hothouse Visitor Program, please read the Visitor Program guidelines.
Distinguished Visitors
Distinguished Visitors are invited visitors to the Hothouse. The Distinguished Visitor program aims to promote collaboration with international and national level stakeholders from policy, advocacy, and ethical businesses.
![Katherine Trebeck](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2023-09/Katherine%20Trebeck.jpg?itok=YJUeTSBN)
Katherine Trebeck
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She sits on a range of boards and advisory groups such as the C40 Centre for Urban Climate Policy and Economy, and the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity. She instigated the group of Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) – comprising Scotland, New Zealand, Finland, Wales, Iceland, and Canada.
Visiting Fellows
Visiting Fellows can be academic and non-academic. Visiting Fellows may undertake work that involves: collaborating with Hothouse researchers; a discrete project related to our expertise and interest; or self-directed research visits to support components of an academic program (such as a research project of a master's degree) or independent projects.
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Megan Arthur
Dr Megan Arthur is a Laureate Research Fellow with the Planetary Health Equity Hothouse. She is an interdisciplinary qualitative researcher working at the intersection of social policy and public health. She studies the politics of governance for health and wellbeing at multiple levels, with a particular interest in the social and environmental determinants of health equity, and how these are mediated by political, economic, cultural, and commercial environments.
![James Hasler-Bail](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2023-09/James%20Hasler-Bail.jpeg?itok=jLc5vWK6)
James Hasler-Bail
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James is interested in planetary health equity, climate change, the commercial
determinants of health, the gut microbiome, medical anthropology, and
the first 1000 days of life.
![Charlotte Godziewski](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_image/public/2023-09/Charlotte%20Godziewski%20%20-%20resize%20-%20Copy.jpg?itok=rzZ88mcJ)
Charlotte Godziewski
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Charlotte earned her PhD in 2020 from the University of Sheffield, in the Department of Politics and International Relations. She is a coordinator of the UACES-funded research network on EU Health Governance, a member of the City Political Economy Research Centre and the Institute for the Study of European Laws.
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