Anna Davies is Professor of Geography, Environment and Society at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, where she directs the Environmental Governance Research Group and is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.
She is widely published with more than 100 publications from research monographs to industry publications and leads diverse research projects at the intersection of environmental governance and sustainability science. She has advised the Irish Government as an independent member of its National Economic and Social Council and Ireland’s National Climate Change Advisory Council as well as being a Board Member of the European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production and a founding member of Future Earth’s Knowledge Action Network (KAN) on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production. Anna was also the founding Chair of Future Earth Ireland. A keen supporter of grassroots sustainability initiatives, Anna is the Chairperson of The Rediscovery centre in Dublin, a creative space connecting people, ideas and resources for greener living in Ireland. Anna currently holds a number of European and Irish grants exploring diverse issues of environmental governance and sustainable development from climate change adaptation to sustainable urban food systems.