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Dr. Roland Kupers is an advisor on Complexity, Resilience and Energy Transition, as well as a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Amsterdam and a Professor of Practice at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU.

A theoretical physicist by university training, Roland spent the first 11 years of his career with AT&T in the Netherlands and in Italy, holding different business management positions. His last assignment there was as Regional Managing Director for Northern Europe.

After AT&T, Roland spent a sabbatical year looking at new developments in understanding the dynamics of organizations, as well as publishing and lecturing on the topic of complex systems.

From 1999 to 2010 he joined Royal Dutch Shell in various senior executive functions, including Vice President for Sustainable Development and Vice President Global LNG. He was closely involved with strategy and scenario planning.

He has published widely, including in HBR, on Project Syndicate and co-authored The Essence of Scenarios 鈥� Learning from the Shell Experience (with A. Wilkinson 鈥� Amsterdam 2014), Complexity and the Art of Public Policy (with D. Colander 鈥� Princeton 2014) and A Climate Policy Revolution (Harvard 2020). Roland was a co-author of a report commissioned by the German Government on a New Growth Path for Europe. In 2013 he was the Director for the inception phase of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

Roland is a Dutch national; his travels have made him fluent in five languages.

Rob Alexander is an associate professor of public policy and administration in the political science department, where he teaches courses in sustainability policy and public management and leadership. 
His teaching and research interests reflect his multidisciplinary training. He enjoys teaching courses on collaborative public management, environmental and natural resource policy, environmental conflict management, organizational theory, and research design and implementation. His research examines the challenges and opportunities facing public, private, nonprofit and citizen organizations as they interact to address problems in the sustainability arena. 
Dr. Alexander also serves as the co-director of the , an academic institute that provides training, produces scholarship and engages in direct service for public agencies and non-profit organizations on the topic of facilitating dialogue and deliberation. 
Grounded in environmental science and experienced in public and nonprofit management, Dr. Alexander holds a bachelor's degree in geology from Duke University, dual master's degrees in public administration and environmental science from Indiana University-Bloomington, and a doctorate in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He spent 15 years as an environmental educator and nonprofit executive before obtaining his doctorate. He formerly was a visiting assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.