Lucia’s background in International Relations and a Master’s Degree in Political Science combines with a broad experience as an entrepreneur committed to social change and sustainable development through innovation.
Intrigued by how groups of individuals make decisions in contexts of high uncertainty and imbalances of power, her earlier research interest was on political decision-making processes having an effect in the adoption of sustainable sources of energy at national level. During this period, she was also involved in a research group in Brasilia University dedicated, among other things, to build capacity among public administration policymakers on how to assess the impact of public policy and projects.
Leveraging the insights on how government works and how to assess impact of projects, Lucia then joined the founding team of Eidos Global, youth-led organisation that evolved into a global social enterprise. Created to deliver educational projects that challenged the pre-conceptions of what a learning experience is, Eidos became a nurturing space where Lucia experienced multiple roles, from business development to project management, while leading a growing team of young people. During this period, she was also involved in several advocacy roles, including delivering a speech to G20 Ministries of Education in 2018, becoming a member of the OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 IWG and the Futures of Education initiative at UNESCO. She was also a Regional Focal Point for the United Nations Major Group of Childhood and Youth (UNMGCY) and was invited as a speaker at the United Nations for International Education Day in 2020.
Having spent a decade in the education sector, a growing concern with the climate crisis has led her to put all skills into a new focus: how do we advance the achievement of reducing carbon emissions and creating a more sustainable way of life?
Lucia is now back in academia with new focus on mobility and carrying a fruitful backpack of skills that include team management, learning experience design, ideation facilitation, impact assessment, business strategy and project management. Her current research explores the role of large employers as potential policy mediators for the adoption sustainable transport, and the effect that factors such as trust, and diverse participation can have in the quality of such interventions.
Lucia has recently published papers on her research journey.
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