Tim’s research is increasingly concerned with ways to understand the social and cultural value of ecosystems through concepts including sense of place, cultural ecosystem services and wellbeing, adopting arts and social science based approaches. He is the Director of the Greenwich Maritime Centre and is Principal Investigator on the WetlandLIFE project.

Robert is an ecologist and entomologist specialising in modelling of integrated pest management approaches and implementing control methods for disease vectors and migrant pests.

Andrew undertakes research in the fields of geography and environmental planning with a focus on recreation and tourism as cultural ecosystem services. Andrew was a coordinating lead author on the Defra expert panel for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) with responsibility for the chapter on ‘Cultural Ecosystem Services’. He is currently a Coordinating Lead Author leading an international team for the chapter on trends and status in ecosystem services from the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Regional Assessment for Europe and Central Asia.

Peter is an environmental historian who has been involved in various collaborative projects working on topics such as militarized landscapes, orchards, fluvial environments and waterscapes generally. He also has strong interests in animal history and invasive species, large and small.

David leads initiatives to understand and enhance interdisciplinary working, knowledge exchange and research impact across the environmental sector. He has a particular interest in the role of the arts and humanities in transformative learning and the co-production of knowledge.

Adriana is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist working in the field of socio-ecological systems, biodiversity conservation and human-wildlife interactions. Her research interests include values and attitudes towards wildlife and the environment, and participatory management and development solutions to environmental problems.

Chris works on arts and ecology projects both as a producer and as a researcher. He is concerned with interdisciplinary collaboration and the role that artists can undertake working with natural and social scientists, engineers, as well as communities. He produces ecoartscotland, a blog, mobile library, and curatorial platform.

Mary undertakes empirical qualitative fieldwork to explore the corresponding relationships between practices of community resilience and water resources policy, planning and management in the context of sustainable futures. Her current work focuses on sustainable futures transitions in respect to changing water environments, social-ecological systems resilience and socio-political dimensions of integrated water resource management.

Gabriella is a medical entomologist with a particular interest in mosquitoes. Her work has focussed on understanding their sensory physiology and behaviour, as well as their interactions with humans and other animals, including livestock.

Anil is currently a Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University and researches biophysical, social, economic, and ecological aspects of land use systems nationally, in Europe and globally. He has worked on a range of research funded by national, EU, and global sponsors. His experience includes evaluating the impact of low external input technologies in tropical agricultural systems, farmer preferences for non-production farm assets and stakeholder analysis in relation to UK farmland bird populations and chalk grasslands, the role of monetary and non-monetary approaches to valuation of ecosystem services, and integrated biophysical and economic modelling of ecosystem services to evaluate the market and non-market costs associated with decision making on lowland peatlands, soil degradation in England and Wales, and management options within arable, livestock, agroforestry and forestry systems in the UK and Europe.

Frances is a medical entomologist studying the behaviour and ecology of mosquitoes and using this knowledge to develop new methods to monitor and control their numbers. Her research interests include the habitat and distribution of UK mosquito species and the behaviour of malaria mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Helmut Lemke is a sound and environment artist driven by an unshakable passion for the world around him. He collaborates with nature to capture the unique sounds of each place, believing that sounds can be the voice of a landscape. Helmut's work spans site-specific art, often involving collaborations with other artists and even scientists. He's currently contributing his artistry to the WetlandLIFE project, highlighting the essential role of artists in environmental research.

Victoria Leslie, an accomplished writer and folklorist, has crafted compelling works like "Skein and Bone" and "Bodies of Water," garnering awards and fellowships that have taken her from Scotland to Finland in pursuit of Nordic water myths. Her writing prowess extends to non-fiction featured in esteemed publications. Within the WetlandLIFE project, part of the Valuing Nature Programme, Victoria delves into local storytelling traditions and folklore, fashioning fresh narratives for wetlands in both fiction and non-fiction. Her work contemplates the role of narratives in shaping a place's cultural identity and preserving environments through sentimental connections.

Dr Jolyon Medlock is Head of Medical Entomology at Public Health England. He has 20 years of experience working on mosquitoes, and has published field research on the impact of the creation, management and expansion of English wetlands on British mosquitoes. His group is responsible for coordinating UK surveillance of native and non-native mosquitoes. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and has published >100 scientific papers on vector-borne diseases. He also advises the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on vector-related issues. 

Joe Morris is Emeritus Professor at Cranfield University specialising in the social and economic valuation of natural resources, related governance systems, and the supporting links between science, policy and practice. He was lead expert in two UK Foresight Projects on land and water issues, and lead author for the Economics & Freshwater Chapters of UKNEA. He is currently Co-I on the NERC Wessex-BESS Project concerned with cultural aspects of biodiversity, Lead Author on land degradation for the International Platform of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and advisor to the UK Climate Change Committee on Land Use Issues.

Kerry Morrison is an environmental artist with a profound connection to urban nature. She immerses herself in the city's natural world through various methods like walking, talking, listening, drawing, photography, ethnography, data collection, and performance, delving into the ecology and culture of these environments. Kerry is driven by questions about our urban perceptions of nature and the factors that influence our choices in conservation and eradication. Her practice involves performative investigations and spontaneous conversations within the urban landscape, emphasizing people and place. Her approach is a transdisciplinary and collaborative journey that integrates political, cultural, ecological, social, and philosophical viewpoints on nature. Notably, she pursued a PhD in Environmental Science at the University of Salford, focusing on the cultural value of unmanaged brownfield sites in urban areas. In 2011, she co-founded in-situ, a non-profit artist-led initiative, dedicated to exploring art, environment, and culture in Brierfield, Nelson, and Colne.

Neil specialises in understanding the people-environment relationships associated with farming, forestry and water resources.

Sharanya's research specialisms include water and environmental law and economics. Currently, her research focuses on economic valuation, scenario analysis, risk assessment and economic impact assessment of ecosystem services, especially in wetlands.

Alexander Vaux is a Medical Entomologist at Public Health England. Alex has a background in Ecology, and brings this discipline to the understanding of ticks and mosquitoes. He is responsible for advising government on the risk to public health posed by ticks and mosquitoes. This includes conducting surveillance for native and non-native mosquitoes, and field-based research on the impact of climate change and environmental change on vectors.