facultyexplore advaya’s teachers
Explore advaya's faculty of teachers, scientists, practitioners, philosophers and storytellers, who share multidimensional, local and diverse narratives from across the world.
Bayo Akomolafe
Sophie Strand
Satish Kumar
Vandana Shiva
Veronica Strang
Manda Scott
Beloved Sara Zaltash
David Abram
Dr Andreas Weber
David Whyte
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic
Charles Eisenstein
Aisha Paris Smith
Brontë Velez
Bas Verschuuren
Bas Verschuuren is dedicated to the human-nature relations through the management and governance of nature and cultural heritage in area-based conservation.
Professor Bas Verschuuren is an assistant professor focussing on the role of human-nature relations in the management and governance of nature and cultural heritage in area-based conservation. Conceptual and theoretical areas of interest include: political ontology; cultural anthropology, phenomenology and ethnography.
His research is applied, participatory and co-constructed with local communities, Indigenous peoples, conservation experts, NGOs and governments. He has published over 40 book chapters and journal articles as well as five edited books on human-nature interactions. Complementary to his teaching and research, Bas consults for international conservation organisations such as IUCN and UNESCO.
He serves as a co-chair to the IUCN WCPA Specialist group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas (www.csvpa.org) is the co-founder of the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative (www.sacrednaturalsites.org), a member of EarthCollective (www.earthcollective.net) and The RCB religion and Conservation Working Group.
