Dr. Lucilla Spini is a bio-anthropologist with advanced academic training in the natural and social sciences as well as in the humanities. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Spini has held various positions within the UN System (UNESCO, FAO and United Nations University) and international NGOs, working on global environmental change, sustainable development, science/policy interface, and gender lens. From 2015 to 2019, she co-organized the Scientific and Technological Community Major Group at the UN for the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University and as a Giorgio Ruffolo Research Fellow in Sustainability Science at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Policy Leader Fellow at the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Cultural Heritage Sciences of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-ISPC). She holds a B.A. (Honors in Anthropology) from New York University, a Laurea in foreign languages and literatures from the University of Florence, and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in human biology and Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in biological anthropology, both from the University of Oxford. In 2020, she has published the book “Of Scatterlings and Stakeholders: diversity, inclusion and transnational governance for sustainable development” (Pontecorboli Editore, Firenze). At KSU-Florence she teaches “Global Climate Change”, “Conservation of Natural Resources” and “Food Security and Sustainability”.