John Thackara - an author, curator and professor - is developing the design agenda for ecological restoration, urban-rural reconnection, and multi-species design. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years, first in Amsterdam, later across India; he was commissioner of the UK social innovation biennial Dott 07, and the French design biennial City Eco Lab; and in 2019, he curated the Urban-Rural expo in Shanghai. He is Visiting Professor at Tongji University in Shanghai, School of Visual Arts in New York, and Politecnico di Milano, and is a Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Art. He is a 2022 Design For Planet Fellow at Design Council, UK. and curator of the Social Food Forum. His last book was How To Thrive In the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow’s World Today.