Audrone Telesiene is Professor in Sociology and Communication Science at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. She directs the KTU Center for Data Analysis and Archiving, has chaired the European Sociological Association’s ‘RN12 Environment and Society’ research network, and served as lead author and co-convener of the Behavioral, Social and Cultural Task Group for UNEP’s GEO-7 report.Matthias Gross is Professor of Environmental Sociology at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ in Leipzig, Germany, and by joint appointment, the University of Jena, Germany. He is a founding editor of journal Nature + Culture, coordinating editor of Restoration Ecology, and has chaired the European Sociological Association’s ‘RN12 Environment and Society’ research network.Markus Hadler is Professor at the University of Graz, Austria. He convened the global 2020 ISSP Environment surveys and is Austria’s representative to ISSP. He serves as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Sociology, and is vice-coordinator of the European Sociological Association’s ‘RN12 Environment and Society’ research network.