Who we are

ASRA is a unique initiative catalyzing the development of practical tools decision-makers need to effectively cope with and navigate polycrisis. We are home to a global network of transdisciplinary experts and thought-leaders who are radically rethinking risk in order to improve policy and decision-making to the benefit of nature and humanity.

The Team.

Ruth Richardson

Executive Director

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Ajay Gambhir

Director of Systemic Risk Assessment

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Hanna Asipovich

Director of Network Facilitation

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Sarah Hendel-Blackford

Director of Systemic Risk Policy and Response

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Zabrina Kjeldsen

Operations Manager

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Kasia Murphy

Director of Communications

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The Network.

Tesse de Boer

Technical Advisor, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Michael Adu Gyekye

Auxiliary Board Member, Africa Bridge

Florian Ulrich Jehn

Data Science Lead, ALLFED

Anina Hartung

Officer, Resilient Development, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Robin Lamboll

Research Fellow, Imperial College London

David Manheim

Director of Policy and Research, ALTER

Lindsey Jacobson

Graduate Research Assistant, North Carolina State University

Rhys Phillips

Senior Client Manager, nPlan

Tilman Räuker

Co-Director, Pivotal Research

Rebekah Richardson-Duffy

Climate Risk and Resilience Advisor, WSP Canada Inc.

Nico Wunderling

Researcher Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research, Center for Critical Computational Studies

Joshua Williams

Team member, Civilization Research Institute

Guro Øren Skei

Philanthropy Partnership Operations Lead, Founders Pledge

Jasper Verschuur

Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology

Hunter Wardman

Senior Consultant Risk & Resilience, Aurecon

Taylor Winchell

Climate Adaptation Program Lead, Denver Water

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The Steering Committee.

Elizabeth Cousens

President and CEO, UN Foundation

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Lou Munden

Founder, TMP

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Zora Kovacic

Senior Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

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Tim Lenton

Director, Global Systems Institute and Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science, University of Exeter

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Ayan Mahamoud

Senior Programme Coordinator, Intergovernmental Authority on Development

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Michael Lesnick

Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Meridian Institute

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