Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook, PhD is a relational and innovative practitioner-scholar, educator, knowledge weaver and writer. Rooted in transnational Indigenous knowledge systems and contemplative wisdoms, and place-rooted and systems-informed transformation, she is deeply engaged in environmental and biocultural stewardship, ecological and climate resilience and justice, innovation, AI stewardship, futures building, and embodied leadership with collaborators around the world.

Tanya’s Akawaio-Kapon and mixed ancestry from Guyana and the Netherlands, combined with transdisciplinary approaches across cultures, ecologies and geographies, inspire multifaceted perspectives in her work. She advises diverse initiatives and teaches environmental, Indigenous and urban studies, as well as transformative leadership and wellbeing.

She is co-editor and co-author of Sacred Civics: Building Seven Generation Cities, lead chapter author of A Global Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science, and other peer-reviewed and online publications.