Bronwyn Hayward is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She was a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on 1.5 degrees of global warming and is a coordinating lead author for the IPCC on cities and infrastructure. Bronwyn also leads CYCLES: the Children and Youth in Cities, Lifestyles Evaluation and Sustainability project for UK ESRC-funded Centre for Sustainable Prosperity at the University of Surrey. She has been a visiting fellow with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change at the University of East Anglia. In addition to her academic work, Bronwyn has worked in children's media and national parks and environmental policy. She has collaborated with youth researchers in Brazil, India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the UK and USA.