Margherita Emma Turvani, associate professor of political economy and economic policy in the Università Iuav di Venezia; full professorship, national habilitation in political economy and economic policy; fellow in Venice International University. She has an outstanding record of study and research in the field of sustainable development and economics. Having a strong background in social sciences, microeconomics and econometrics, she has a record in multidisciplinary investigation and collaboration in teaching which academicians and experts in various other fields, such as environmental science, information technologies, and architects and planner as well. The complexity and richness of her research experience is also manifested in her teaching activities through time; she has been visiting scholar in major excellent universities in the US, like Stanford, MIT, Columbia, and she has a record of intensive relations with Chinese universities and institutions, where she cooperates with IESD_UNEP and CAUP Tongji University, Shanghai, and Tsinghua in Beijing.

She has been chief investigator in several national and EU funded research grants and she has covered many institutional duties on behalf of her Italian university (Università Iuav di Venezia).