Lira Luz Benites Lazaro holds a Ph.D. in Earth System Science from the National Institute for Space Research, Brazil. She also holds a Ph.D. and a master's degree in Latin American Integration from the University of São Paulo, where she has made significant contributions to her field. Lira was a visiting researcher at the Durham Energy Institute in the United Kingdom. She is actively involved in research on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil, working at the Institute of Advanced Studies of São Paulo University. With a wealth of experience in both research and academia, Lira has demonstrated her expertise in various crucial areas. Her research interests encompass environmental governance; energy transition; policy analysis; energy and climate policy; institutions and management; and the water-energy-food nexus. She is a member of the Working Group on Energy and Sustainable Development of the Latin American Council of Social Science (CLACSO).
Esteban Serrani is a Sociologist, he has a master’s degree in social research and a PhD in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and Professor at the National University of San Martin, Argentina. He was Director of the Project "Approaches to the relationship between energy models and industrial policy in Argentina, 2002-2019" and “Analysis of the performance of large industrial companies in the energy transition in Argentina”, supported by the National Agency for the Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation. In Argentina, he is a Co-Director of the Center for Social Studies of the Economy, at the Interdisciplinary School of High Social Studies, National University of San Martin. In Latin America, he is the coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on "Energy and Sustainable Development", he coordinates the energy transition and climate change working group of the International Development Economics Associates-Latin America (IDEAs-LAC) and he is member of the Academic Committee, Southern Cone Regional Center at Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS).