Validated Expert info
Expert can perform the Lead expert role and Ad hoc expertise missions at network and programme level in relation to:
1. The design and delivery of (transnational) exchange and learning activities
2. Thematic expertise:
> Participative governance
3. Methods and tools for integrated and participatory approaches:
> Integrated and participatory design of strategies
> Securing funding and resourcing
Summary
Most people assume sustainable development is a knowledge problem. Get the right data, publish the right report, brief the right minister, and things will change. It does not. The gap between research, policy, and practice is not technical. It is human. And that means the solution is too.
I study how collaboration between scientists, policymakers, businesses, and civil society can be structured to produce genuine shifts in how decisions are made, not just knowledge exchange. My findings show that deliberately designed dialogue processes expand who participates in governance over time, drawing in private sector actors, NGOs, and communities who would otherwise stay outside the room. I am honest about the limits: participation remains uneven, and this work requires long-term commitment.
I am a sustainability researcher and policy advisor with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of science, governance, and practice. My work centres on how research findings translate into policy, and how policy translates into real change on the ground. I have led EU-funded research projects, designed and facilitated multi-stakeholder processes, and contributed to academic and policy debates across Europe. I am particularly interested in the collaborative architectures that make sustainable development governance work: who is in the room, how they relate to each other, and what structured dialogue and deliberate process design can do to turn diverse perspectives into shared decisions.