Edoardo Croci is Professor of Practice at Bocconi University in Italy, and Director of the Sustainable Urban Regeneration Lab and the Senior Research Fellow at GREEN (Centre for Geography, Resources, Environment, Energy and Networks), where he coordinates the ‘Green Economy Observatory’ and the ’Smart City Observatory’. He is Scientific Coordinator of several European research projects focused on urban sustainability, circularity and resilience. He is Chairman of UERA – Urban European Research Alliance, member of the Thematic Group on Goal 11 (Cities) of United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, member of the Team of specialists on policy innovation principles of UNECE, member of the Managing Board of the university network ‘urban@it’. Edoardo Croci served as Milan City Councillor for Mobility, Transport and Environment, Administrator of the Agency for the Protection of the Environment of Lombardy Region, National government sub-commissioner for the implementation of Milan wastewater treatment system, Vice-President of FEDARENE (European Federation of Regional Energy and Environment Agency), and Vice-President of Italian Agenda 21 Coordination Association.