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Advancing policy change towards a society and an economy based on sustainability, justice and environmental protection constitutes for Ioanna a core priority throughout her academic and professional career. Ioanna is an agronomist who graduated from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at the Agricultural University of Athens. She, then, completed postgraduate studies at the Department of Economic and Regional Development at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences. Her previous work included advocating for sustainable agrifood systems, promoting organic farming, farmers’ markets and advancing direct access  to food . She also monitored developments in national, European and international policies and laws on environment, biodiversity, water resources, energy, climate change and sustainable development. Until recently, she served as Scientific Associate of the President of the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection and the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Hellenic Parliament focusing on the coordination and scientific review of specific topics and reports of the Committees.

Communication among individuals, groups and institutions as a condition for the democratic constitution of the public sphere is the drive of Elena’s career path. Elena is a Media and Communications specialist. She completed her doctoral dissertation at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens, on the study of social change through discourse analysis. She graduated from the Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Athens, and she holds an MA in Political Science and Sociology (PSPA, University of Athens). Before joining the Green Tank, Elena has worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the design and implementation of the research project “Media in the limelight. A dialogic approach”, conducted in collaboration with the National Center of Social Research-EKKE, Greece. The aim of the project was to map perceptions of the Greek media landscape, promoting the dialogue between news media, journalists and everyday media users. Previously, she worked as a Scientific Advisor of Member of the Hellenic Parliament where she reviewed the work of parliamentary committees and legislative processes, while she was in charge of the coordination and dissemination of the MP’s work in the media, stakeholders and interested communities.

The study and utilization of data for the improvement of society and the economy, the fair distribution of resources, as well as the protection of the environment drive Ioanna' s professional and academic career. Ioanna has graduated from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Aristotle University Thessaloniki, specializing in the field of Energy. During her studies and internship at the University of Denmark (DTU) and CERTH, she worked on the analysis and visualization of domestic energy consumption, smart grids and district heating systems. In her professional career she has been working on the development of software for demand forecasting, team management as well as technical support and automation of processes. She participates in initiatives and organizations with social and environmental impact, focused on climate change, and the protection and development of the ecosystem at local level.

Angeliki is a Communications graduate from The American College of Greece, with years of experience in office administration, project management and customer relations. She has worked in the past for large international companies of different industries in Athens and Hamburg. After living in Oslo and Hamburg for a decade, she has recently relocated back in Athens. She joined The Green Tank in March 2023, eager to support the scientific team in their valuable work.

The effective protection of the environment, the provision of incentives for the establishment of a sustainable growth model and the socially just transition towards this model represent for Aria the greatest challenges as regards the formulation and implementation of environmental and energy policy. As a graduate of the Law School of the Democritus University of Thrace, during her master’s studies at the Law School of the University of Athens, she specialized in Public Law and, in particular, in the study of the role of the State as a regulator, a counterparty and an economic actor. During the master’s programme “European Public Law and Governance”, University of Maastricht, she broadened her field of expertise by delving into the institutional functions of the European Union and the interplay between the European and the national legal orders. In this context, she studied the application of these arrangements to the design of EU regulatory instruments to achieve the EU environmental and climate objectives. At the same time, her PhD research is oriented towards examining the regulatory framework governing the award of public contracts in terms of economic efficiency. Throughout her career as a lawyer, Aria has worked in the field of public procurement and was actively involved in legal cases pertaining to environmental permits, infringements regarding the protection of archaeological sites and protected areas, as well as to urban and spatial planning legislation. Aria has remained consistently committed to the balancing considerations associated with decision-making in public policy, and contributes, as a member of our team, to the formulation and promotion of policy solutions for a sustainable future.