Our Mission

Age Quod
Necesse Est.

'Age Quod Necesse Est' literally translates to 'Do What Is Necessary'.

Our broad mission ensures our continual relevance in a world where the only constant is change.

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Our Process

Collect

We begin all our new programs by gathering quality data to give us insights into the problem we're working to tackle.

Understand

Once we're satisfied with the data we have, we work to fully understand it so we can best utilise it to formulate a data-driven strategy.

Create

This is where the fun begins. At this stage we work to create an effective data-driven strategy to achieve the desired result.

Board of Trustees

Joseph Merz

Chairman

Mike Joy

Trustee

Simon Michaux

Trustee

Tobias Merz

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Management

Joseph Merz

Director

Sebastián Murillo

Director

Mat Maroni

Strategy Director

Ana Diez

Research Director

Emma Roach

Operations Director

Bridget Doran

Policy Director

Advisory Board

Alexandra Ellen Appel

Education

Ana Diez

Neuroscience

Bill Rees

Ecological Economics

Bridget Doran

Cognitive Psychology

Chris Rhodes

Energy

Cody Peluso

Social Change

Dane Smith

Behavioural Science

DJ White

Strategy

Emma Roach

Neuroscience

Faris Kronfli

Behavioural Analysis

Francisco Perez

Human Behaviour

Jack Santa Barbara

Sustainability

Jane Muncke

Ecotoxicology

Jennifer Cardinal

Anthropology

Jesse Abrams

Earth System

Kris Wyckhuys

Entomology

Mat Maroni

Strategy

Michael Heiler

Horticulture

Nandita Bajaj

Population

Nathan Surendran

Energy Transition

Paul Story

Ecotoxicology

Phoebe Barnard

Global Change

Rachel Cernansky

Media

Sam Davidson

Artificial Intelligence

Scott Cardinal

Anthropology

Tommy Wiedmann

Sustainability

Will Steffen (d.)

Earth System

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