Diana Mangalagiu

Diana has over two decades of research, teaching and advising expertise in environmental and sustainability management and governance, strategic planning and foresight and articulation of environmental and economic policies in corporate and public policy settings. She addresses these through modelling, stakeholder-based inquiry and foresight approaches.

Diana has a dual background, in natural sciences (PhD Artificial Intelligence, Ecole Polytechnique, MSc Physics) and social sciences (MSc Sociology, MSc Management) and she has authored numerous scientific articles and books in fundamental and applied areas.

Diana co-founded the Initiative for Science, Society and Policy Dialogue, co-chaired the pan-European Environmental Outlook of the UN Environment, is a scientific board member of the Global Climate Forum, a member of the High-Level Group for International Science Council, a member of the UNEP-ISC Foresight Expert Panel, and Coordinating Lead Author for the Nexus Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

She leads and participates in advisory, research and development projects with national and regional governments, companies, World Bank, OECD and UN agencies. A Romanian and French national, she is fluent in seven languages.