Carl Steinitz

Carl Steinitz is the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning, Emeritus, at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. He began his affiliation with Harvard in 1965 as a research associate in the Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis. He is currently Honorary Professor at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London. His applied research and teaching focus is on methods to design for the future of large and highly valued landscapes that are undergoing substantial pressures for change. He is principal author of Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes (Island Press, 2003) and author of A Framework for Geodesign, (Esri Press, 2012). Professor Steinitz has lectured and given workshops at more than 180 universities. He has received several international and professional honors and is a co-founder of the International Geodesign Collaboration. He coordinates the IGC Global to Local to Global climate mitigation project.

Stephen Ervin

Stephen Ervin is the (retired) Assistant Dean for Information Technology, and Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. He has taught and published on applications of information / technology in landscape planning and design; co-authored Landscape Modeling: Digital Approaches (McGraw-Hill 2001); received a Lifetime Achievement Award as a “Geodesign Pioneer” from Esri (2012); and has co-taught geodesign workshops and studios worldwide together with Carl Steinitz for many years.

Pedro Arsénio

Pedro Miguel Ramos Arsénio is the Coordinator of the Portuguese Herbarium João de Carvalho e Vasconcellos (Index Herbariorum Code: LISI), and teaches at the University of Lisbon - School of Agronomy, Department of Landscape Architecture. As a Researcher in LEAF – Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Centre, as well as its associate Laboratory TERRA, his research mostly focuses on applied geobotany, namely flora and vegetation mapping. As a member of the Portuguese Vegetation Science Association (PHYTOS), he has organized several scientific meetings and geobotanical excursions. He is the scientific co-editor of a book on Portuguese flora and co-author of 26 articles in international scientific journals. He is a member of the International Geodesign Collaboration, and team member in the IGC Global to Local to Global climate mitigation project. 

Tijana Dabović

Tijana Dabović is Full Professor at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Geography, Serbia. Her research spans the fields of spatial planning theory, planning education, land use planning and geodesign. She is the author of the National Spatial Development Strategies (University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography, 2008), and the Planning Theory textbook (University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography, 2017), and author or co-author of 100 articles. She participated in spatial planning projects at all levels in Serbia, and coordinated several geodesign studies in Serbia and abroad. She is the 2023 – 2026 Chair of the Excellence in Education Board of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) and the European representative in the International Geodesign Collaboration (IGC) since 2021. She received the Danubius Mid-Career Award from the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe and the Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Research in 2021. She is a team member of the IGC Global to Local to Global climate mitigation project.