Dr Stella Tsani is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in sustainable development, energy, natural resource management, and economic policy. She is the 2025 EUSEW Women in Energy Award winner, honored by the European Commission for her contributions to Europe's energy transition. Dr Tsani is lead author of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7), an expert contributor to the IPCC 7th Assessment Report scoping, elected member of the InterAcademy Partnership Policy Advisory Committee, and expert member of the International Science Council Initiative on Science Advice for Public Policy in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. She serves on expert boards, including the European Commission’s Cohesion for Transitions (C4T) Community of Practice, Just Transition Platform, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economic Sciences Board of Directors, MED2050 foresight group, UNEP/Mediterranean Action Plan Working Group on Ocean Economy and Sustainable Finance, ORCID Researcher Advisory Council, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Body of Knowledge expert and start-up mentor and contributor to the International Energy Agency (IEA) Clean Energy Innovation Policies in Emerging and Developing Economies report. Her interdisciplinary research applies systems perspective and economic tools to address questions related to sustainability and policy analysis.