Dr. Catherine Alexander is a Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology Department at Goldsmiths College, London. Catherine’s work has focused on the relations between citizens and the state, as well as on issues of urban planning, property rights and privatisation. She currently coordinates two projects within the SUE-funded Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Urban Waste Management consortium.

Dr John Colvin has been Social Policy Manager at the Environment Agency for the past six years. Formerly an organisational and then sustainability consultant, he has had a long-term interest in cross-sector dialogue and learning and how to support this. His current role involves using social science to help the Environment Agency to think of its work in terms of people and institutions, thereby introducing new ideas and practices of governance and learning. John carries this responsibility into four key areas: environmental inequalities; River Basin Planning; flood risk management; and changing behaviour.

Prof. Rachel Cooper is Professor of Design Management, at the University of Salford and co-director of the Salford Centre for Research and Innovation in the Built and Human Environment. She has been undertaking design research for the past twenty years, covering a wide range of topics including design management, new product development, design in the built environment, design against crime; and socially responsible design. Professor Cooper is currently leading ‘Vivacity’, a five year study of urban sustainability for the 24-hour city, which, like SuScit, is funded by the EPSRC’s Sustainable Urban Environment (SUE) programme.

Maxine Holdsworth is Head of Sustainability at Islington Council, London, responsible for embedding environmental sustainability   in all of the council's activities . Before joining Islington, Maxine worked as a Senior Policy Officer at the Na tional Consumer Council,   researching and campaigning   on sustainable   consumption issues. She has   a background in London's voluntary sector, having also worked for the London Advice Services Alliance and the Terence Higgins Trust. She is currently Chair of PACE a charity providing mental heal th and well being services to London's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered community.

Prof. Stephan Jefferis is a director of Environmental Geotechnics Limited and Cybersense Biosystems and part-time Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Surrey. He is an internationally recognised expert in the innovative decontamination of land and has over 25 years experience focused on the investigation and solving of unusual environmental problems typically associated with contaminated land, waste legacies and other in-ground problems. He is currently academic champion for the EPSRC funded Pollutants in the Urban Environment (PUrE) Consortium.

Margaret Minhinnick has been a committed environmentalist for over 20 years. She is the Founder and Director of Sustainable Wales Cymru Gynhaliol charity, and the founder and co-director of Sustainable Wales Projects Ltd - a co-operative operating Gentle Touch Nappy Laundry Service and not-for-profit company Sussed Wales. All seek to promote sustainable development practises. A former teacher, with 10 years experience, Margaret founded and developed Friends of the Earth Cymru, and was chief spokesperson, directing campaign strategies from 1984-­94 and organising regular Wales -wide training days for the public on a range of environmental issues. In 1995/96 she was a presenter and researcher for HTV’s ‘Grass Roots’ series. She has wide experience of community groups, boards, committees, grants and fundraising.

James Wilsdon leads the Science and Innovation Programme at think tank Demos. His research interests include science policy, emerging technologies, and sustainability. In September 2004, he co-authored the influential book ‘See-through Science', and he is currently involved in The Nanodialogues – a series of experiments aimed at involving the public in decision-making around nanotechnologies. Before joining Demos, James worked as Senior Policy Adviser at the sustainable development charity   Forum for the Future.

Neil Witney is a team leader in the Sustainable Development Unit in Defra. His team co-ordinated the publication of the UK Government’s Sustainable Development Strategy, "Securing the Future", and his team is responsible for delivering the commitments in the Strategy. In particular he looks at the research needs for sustainable development, and policy development in areas around wellbeing, and environmental inequalities. Neil has also worked on the Government’s Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy and on rural regeneration issues for Defra.

Dr WalterWehrmeyer is Reader in Environmental Business Management at the Centre for Environmental Strategy of the University of Surrey. His research interests include organisational approaches to innovation and sustainable development and participatory approaches to decision-making. A significant project is his involvement with SUBR:IM - the ESRC funded consortium to support and improve land remediation practice in the UK from an interdisciplinary perspective - where he is looking after the development of sustainability indicators for the participatory use across all stages of the remediation and land use life-cycle.