ECONOVO is headed by Center Director Professor Jens-Christian Svenning. The centre's core group also includes Professor Felix Riede, Professor Michael Møller Hansen, Head of Archaeology Trine Kellberg Nielsen, Associate Professor Alejandro Ordonez, Associate Professor Robert Buitenwerf, and Assistant Professor Ninad Mungi.
All activities in ECONOVO are centered on four main research themes (RTs): Diversity dynamics, Complexity restoration, Resilience and functioning, and Biosphere upscaling. Each RT is led by teams of four core group members with relevant expertise, with two members being RT leads (to facilitate mentorship) and the other two co-leads. RT leads and coleads supervise PhD students and postdocs associated with this RT. ECONOVO has 9 international associates, who will act as advisory board, collaborate on research, and take part in bidirectional exchanges of senior staff and early-career researchers. The center is supported by a group of administrative, research and technical staff members.
