Chris Brown is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of numerous articles on international political theory and of International Society, Global Politics (2015), Practical Judgement in International Political Theory (2010), Sovereignty, Rights, and Justice (2002), International Relations Theory: New Normative Approaches (1992), editor of Political Restructuring in Europe: Ethical Perspectives (1994) and co-editor (with Terry Nardin and N.J. Rengger) of International Relations in Political Thought (2002). His textbook Understanding International Relations (2009) is now in its 4th edition and has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, and Turkish. He was Chair of the British International Studies Association from 1998 - 2000.
Robyn Eckersley is Professor of Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia. She has published widely in the fields of environmental politics, democratic theory, and International Relations, with a special focus on the politics and governance of climate change. Her books include Globalization and the Environment (with Peter Christoff, 2013), Why Human Security Matters (co-editor with D. Altman, J. Camilleri and G. Hoffstaedter, 2012), Special Responsibilities: Global Problems and American Power (co-author with M. Bukovansky, I. Clark, R. Price, C. Reus-Smit & N.J. Wheeler, 2012), The State and the Global Ecological Crisis (co-editor with J. Barry, 2005), Political Theory and the Ecological Challenge (co-editor with A. Dobson ,2006), and The Green State: Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty (2004).