In developing our content and implementing our events, we collaborate closely with leading experts in the fields of climate and transformation science, climate communication, climate psychology and storytelling.
Rrof. Stefan Rahmstorf is a climate scientist and one of the leading authors of the fourth IPCC report. He is one of the most-cited researchers globally in his area of expertise.
Prof. Maren Urner is a neuroscientist and professor for media psychology at the Cologne Media University for Applied Sciences. In 2016, Urner founded the first ad-free online magazine for constructive journalism “Perspective Daily”. She is a columnist for German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau. Her books “Schluss mit dem täglichen Weltuntergang” (Enough with the daily apocalypse) and “Raus aus der ewigen Dauerkrise” (Get out of the eternal crisis) are both bestsellers.
Samira El Ouassil is an actress, musician and author for Übermedien and Spiegel, among others. With Friedemann Karig, she wrote Erzählende Affen – a book about the ambivalent power of stories, about which kinds of stories are a threat to us today and about why we need new ones.
Katharina van Bronswijk is spokesperson at Psychologists and Psychotherapists for Future, and as such, she is an expert for the complex interplay between environmental crises and mental health. In this field, she regularly gives talks and interviews and has written two books: “Climate Action – Psychologie der Klimakrise” (Psychology of the Climate Crisis) and “Klima im Kopf” (Climate on your mind).
Silke Zertz has written scripts for over fourty feature films and series in German TV. For her work, she was awarded both the Deutscher Filmpreis and the Bavarian Filmpreis, two high-profile TV awards. For many years, she has been promoting in theory and practice the acknowledgement and use of the power of popcultural narratives to fight the climate crisis.
Dr. Insa Thiele-Eich is a meteorologist, scientific coordinator at Bonn university’s meteorological institute and a candidate to be the first female astronaut in Germany.
Dr. Nicole Wasmuth-Zabelis an expert in media law with years of experience in the film industry, a climate fiction consultant and founder of Planet Narratives.
Lars Jessen,founder of PlanetNarratives, is an award-winning film director and producer (Mittagsstunde) and initiator of numerous projects playing off the transformative power of great stories.
Moritz Vierboom ist Schauspieler und Mitgründer der Green-Filming-Initiative Changemakers.film, die seit einigen Jahren Vorreiterin ist beim Entwickeln ökologischer Standards für Dreharbeiten.