Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is an Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University. She is also a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Arts (RSA)](https://www.thersa.org/).

Dr. Kubiszewski was a climate change negotiator for the Dominican Republic, following adaptation and loss & damage. She was a delegate at the 19th through 21st Conference of Parties.

Dr. Kubiszewski is the author or co-author of over 50 scientific papers and co-authored or co-edited six books. She is a Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment and Board Member at the Institut Veblen pour les réformes économiques (Veblen Institute for Economic Reforms) in Paris, France. Dr. Kubiszewski is also a full member of the Club of Rome and the Balaton Group.

Her editorial work includes being the founding managing editor and current Associate Editor of magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions, as well as, a co-founder and former managing editor of the Encyclopedia of Earth. She sits on the editorial boards or advisory boards of various journals, including Ecosystem Services, Anthropocene Review, PeerJ, and the Environmental Information Coalition.

Dr. Kubiszewski received her B.A. in Astronomy and Physics from Boston University and her M.A. in Energy and Environmental Analysis through the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies also at Boston University. She received her Ph.D. through the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. Her dissertation topic was ‘Searching for the Sweet Spot: Managing information as a good that improves with use.’