Sofie Pelsmakers (she/her) is Professor of Sustainable Housing Design at Tampere University, Finland. She is a chartered architect (UK), author of several books and has dedicated the past two decades to teaching, designing and researching sustainable architecture. She brings experience from Denmark (the Aarhus School of Architecture) and the UK (Sheffield School of Architecture, The Bartlett, University of East London). Her collaborative work connects research, teaching and practice for the training of the architects of the future.

James Benedict Brown is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Umea University in Sweden. He teaches architectural history and theory and researches the relationship between architectural education, practice, values and materials.