Bernd Siebenhüner is Professor of Ecological Economics at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany. He has also held positions at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Harvard University, and the Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. As a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Earth System Governance Project, he contributed to its first Science Plan. In his current research he focuses, among other things, on social learning, international organizations, climate adaptation, and transdisciplinarity.