We are a multi-disciplinary group based worldwide, with research interests in the Global South and the Arctic and sub-Arctic as well as Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, Oceania and Antarctica. This enables us to develop unique comparative insights. Our founding members are academics trained in management, law, engineering, sociology, communication, political science, anthropology, and related fields. We have expertise in climate change studies, mining and other extractive areas, impact assessment, risk-management, business and human rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, community engagement methods, global value chains, sustainability management, traditional knowledge, the social license to operate, regulatory strategy and governance.