Professor Reyers’ research sits at the interface of academia and practice where she works to build understanding, methods, and approaches, as well as the policy context and capacity for this work. Dr. Reyers was Chief Scientist at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa, followed by an appointment as the Director of the GRAID Resilience and Development program at the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Professor Reyers sits on the advisory board of the UNDP Human Development Report and has played several leadership roles for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), as well as for other global science and policy platforms.