Iain Stewart is Professor of Geoscience Communication at the University of Plymouth, where he holds the UNESCO Chair in Geoscience and Society. Since 2021, he has also been the El Hassan bin Talal Research Chair in Sustainability at the Royal Scientific Society in Jordan. With a research background in earthquake geology and geohazards, his academic interests are in geoscience applications for sustainable development, being founder and inaugural Director of the University of Plymouth’ s Sustainable Earth Institute. He is widely recognized for his science broadcasting work with the BBC, presenting acclaimed series such as "Earth: The Power of the Planet" and "How Earth Made Us.", and in 2013 was awarded an MBE for his public engagement services to geoscience.