Advisory Board
Who selects the winner of the Atlas Award?
Advisory Board members select the recipient of the Atlas Award for a given SDG theme. Twice a year, the Board carefully chooses one winner from a list of ten nominated articles based on the novelty of the research and its potential impact on society. Board members are appointed by invitation.
Advisory Board
LA
Lewis Akenji
Managing Director, Hot or Cool Institute
MA
Mohamed Atani
Head of UNEP Office for West Africa
TB
Tonya Blowers
Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)
YB
Yap Boum
Executive Director, Pasteur Institute of Bangui
SFC
Shun Fung Chiu
Member, UN Environment International Resource Panel
GC
Gracian Chimwaza
Chair of the Research4Life Executive Council
LG
Louise Gallagher
UNESCO Chair of Hydropolitics
JG
Joyeeta Gupta
Professor of environment and development in the global south, University of Amsterdam and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
AKW
Ambassador Kim Won-soo
Ban Ki-Moon Centre
RN
Ryoji Noritake
President, Health & Global Policy Institute
NP
Neil Pakenham-Walsh
Coordinator, Healthcare Information for all - HIFA
OS
Osamu Saito
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
VS
Veena Sahajwalla
Founding Director, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT@UNSW)
DS
DeAndrea Salvador
CEO, Renewable Energy Transition Initiative (RETI)