Jenny Bryant-Tokalau is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Otago’s School of Geography.

She is a Geographer by training and worked at the University of Papua New Guinea and the University of the South Pacific for much of her career, as well as in the United Nations Development Program as Sustainable Development Adviser for 6 years. She is also a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy.