Laura Pereira
Laura is a Professor at the Global Change Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand and a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Her work focuses on sustainability transformations in developing country contexts, tipping points, future thinking, and food systems. She leads the “Seeding Transformative Futures for People and Nature in Africa” project and is the co-PI of the Future Ecosystems for Africa project. She is also Seeds of Good Anthropocenes project member.
Laura has been an active member of the Transformations Community and participated in the TC23 conference, where she shared her insights on social-ecological transformations and the role of futures thinking in addressing global challenges, emphasizing the need to consider "transformations towards what future(s), whose futures, and where those futures will take place" using approaches such as the IPBES Nature Futures Framework. Laura will also serve as one of the co-conveners for the upcoming Transformations Community/ESG 2025 Conference.
HER recent work includes:
Biosphere Futures project – A collaborative initiative exploring transformative pathways for sustainable futures, where Laura contributes her expertise on socio-ecological systems and futures thinking.
Earth Commission– Laura is an Earth Commissioner co-leading the Transformations Pathways workstream that aims to build storylines and models on how to achieve a future where we live within safe and just Earth System Boundaries
Tipping Points- Laura has also been contributing to the work on global tipping points, co-leading the Global South hub and the work component related to equity and justice.
Laura’s Call to Action for the Transformations Community:
…Come and join us in South Africa in 2025!!!!
