Dr Gustav Kessel

Gustav holds a PhD in Marine Biology from Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, and has a diverse research background covering the ecological impacts of climate change, fisheries sustainability, genetics, evolutionary biology, coral taxonomy, and indigenous involvement in science. Gustav is now based at the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi, where he advises the International Science Council’s Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science.

Gustav will help run an International Science Council (ISC) session at the ‘Enabling Diverse Knowledges Workshop’, hosted by SOCRATES this June. Staying on as a visiting fellow for two weeks, he will prepare workshop outputs, give a presentation about his work advising the ISC’s Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science (CFRS), and participate in as much discussion and conversation with the diverse experts at SOCRATES as possible, which he anticipates will be extremely useful for guiding the CFRS’ perspective and approach.