Sander van der Leeuw
Arizona State University
After holding academic positions in Amsterdam, Cambridge (UK) and Paris (Panthéon-Sorbonne I), Sander van der Leeuw is the emeritus dean of Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability. He was trained in archaeology and medieval history at the University of Amsterdam. An expert in the role of invention, sustainability, and innovation in complex adaptive systems, he coordinated interdisciplinary research projects on long-term environmental issues and human-nature interactions for the European Union. A native of Holland, he is a corresponding member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences and an external Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. In 2012, UNEP named him the “Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation” for his work on human-environmental relations.