Sammy Kayed is an independent applied researcher and cofounder of the Environment Academy program at the American University of Beirut – Nature Conservation Center. He has 13 years of collaborative leadership experience leveraging transdisciplinary science to address environmental breakdown in fragile contexts. He’s created over 40 interdisciplinary projects primarily within academia and managed 25 consultancies focused on environmental sustainability and innovation in MENA and the Mediterranean region. He’s authored 12 peer-reviewed works on topics like conflict and environment, reflexive participatory approaches, just transformation, and grassroots innovation.