Sônia Fátima Schwendler is a Full Professor in education at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, acting as a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Education. She holds a PhD in Iberian and Latin American Studies from Queen Mary University of London, a Master in Rural Extension, and a degree in Pedagogy from the Federal University of Santa Maria. Visiting Researcher at the University of London (Queen Mary and UCL Institute of Education), with experience in Participatory Action Research, based on studies and actions carried out with social movements and rural women in the field of education, gender studies and agroecology. She is the coordinator of the Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate research project at the Federal University of Paraná.

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ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7098-3239

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Katya Regina Isaguirre-Torres holds a Ph.D in Environment and Development from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), a Master's in Corporate Law and Citizenship and a Law degree from the Curitiba Law School (UNICURITIBA). Associate Professor of Environmental and Agricultural Law at the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Paraná, she works as a permanent professor of the Graduate Program in Law. She is the leader of the EKOA socio-environmental law research group; a member of the Extension University Project “Rights in movement”, and the coordinator of the thematic axis “Safety and rights of populations affected by dams.

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Cristina Frutuoso Teixeira holds a Bachelor of Social Science with a Master in Sociology from the Federal University of Brasília, and a PhD in Environment and Development from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). Associate Professor in Education at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), she works in different bachelor's and licentiate courses and as a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Environment and Development. Her interdisciplinary trajectory of research, extension and teaching applied to environmental and development problems started in the 1990s working on Environmental Impact Studies and through studies in Social Ecology at the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (France). Her work focuses on development & environment, socio-environmental injustice in coastal regions and Environmental Education from the perspective of Political Ecology theories.  

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Naína Pierri Estades holds a Degree in Sociology from the Republic of Uruguay University (UROU, Uruguay, 1992), Master's degree in Environmental Education at the National University of Distance Education (UNED, Spain, 1998), PhD in Environment and Development at the Federal University of Paraná (MADE/UFPR, Brazil, 2002) and Post-Doctorate in Fisheries Socioeconomics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brazil, 2013). Pierri is an Adjunct Professor at the Center for Marine Studies of the Federal University of Paraná (CEM/UFPR), where she created and coordinates the Socioenvironmental Laboratory (LabSoc). She also works as a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Environment and Development of the UFPR focusing on development and environment, development alternatives based on communities, coastal and fishing socio-economy, socio-environmental injustice and forms of resistance, and climate change’s effects on coastal regions and artisanal fishing, with a gender approach.

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CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2285626716336801

Andrieli holds an Oceanography degree from the Federal University of Paraná. Her research focuses on paleoenvironmental changes on the continental shelf of Southeastern Brazil. 

Julya holds a law degree from the Federal University of Paraná.  Her research focuses on climate change's impact on education, law, and health, as well as colonialism's effects and alternatives to democratize international law.

Mariana is a PhD candidate in Education at the Federal University of Paraná. Her academic focus is on gender, education and agroecology. Currently, she's a substitute professor in specialized educational services at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, with interests in diversity, inclusion, work, and professional education. 

Robson holds a  Journalism degree from the Federal University of Paraná.  His research focuses on indigenous territories and environmental issues.  He is a member of the Amazon indigenous community, from the Baré ethnicit.

Sylviane is a PhD candidate in Education at the Federal University of Paraná. She specializes in Art-driven Education and Cultural Production, with particular experience in performing arts and countryside education. 

Victoria is an undergraduate student in Oceanography at the Federal University of Paraná. She works as the Coordinator of the Entrepreneurial Model at Maris, a Junior Oceanography Company. 

Vinicius is pursuing a Master's in Law and is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the Federal University of Paraná. He holds a law degree from the Federal University of Paraná and a postgraduate degree in Public Ministry and Democratic Rule of Law with an emphasis on Indigenous Law. His research focuses on ruralities and environment.