Albert van Jaarsveld ni a yàn 11th Oludari Gbogbogbo ti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ni 2018. Ṣaaju ki o darapọ mọ IIASA, o jẹ Igbakeji-Chancellor ati Alakoso ti University of KwaZulu-Natal ni South Africa, ati Aare ati Alakoso ti South African National Research Foundation (NRF).
Van Jaarsveld gba PhD rẹ ni Zoology (University of Pretoria), lepa awọn ikẹkọ postdoctoral ati iwadii ni isedale itọju ati aabo agbaye ni Australia ati UK, o si pari ikẹkọ iṣakoso adari ni Ile-ẹkọ giga Harvard. Ise iwadi re lojutu lori ipinsiyeleyele, eto itoju, ipinsiyeleyele ati iyipada afefe, ati awọn iṣẹ ilolupo. O jẹ olukọ ni kikun ni awọn ile-ẹkọ giga ti Pretoria ati Stellenbosch ati pe o ṣe atẹjade diẹ sii ju awọn iwe iwadii akọkọ 100, pẹlu awọn iṣẹ toka gaan ni Imọ ati Iseda.
Van Jaarsveld ṣiṣẹ bi alaga ti atẹle MEA: Awọn igbelewọn agbaye, ọmọ ẹgbẹ ti Igbimọ yiyan International fun Imọ-jinlẹ (ICSU), aaye ibi-afẹde IBES, Alaga ẹgbẹ awọn minisita sayensi G8 ti awọn oṣiṣẹ agba lori awọn amayederun iwadii agbaye. , alaga ti IGFA, àjọ-Alaga ti Belmont Forum, egbe ti awọn ICSU awotẹlẹ nronu (2013), IBES ita awotẹlẹ nronu (2018), Future Earth ita awotẹlẹ Panel (2020) ati lori ISC Commission on Missions for Sustainability (2021) .